House Doubles Down on Attacking Choice with "Arrest Grandma" Act
From all-male panels attacking birth control to mandatory ultrasounds, anti-choice politicians have spent the last month taking their War on Women straight through the absurd-o-sphere. Along the way, they've become a national laughingstock on the Internet and late-night comedy shows.
You'd think these guys would know when to stop digging.
Nope.
This week, anti-choice politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold yet another hearing on a choice-related issue. This time, it's on a bill called the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), a.k.a. the "Arrest Grandma" Act.
This bill would make it a federal crime for anyone other than a parent--say, a loving grandmother or clergy member--to accompany a young woman out of state for abortion care. It also would force doctors to impose a parental-notice requirement on young women from out of state - under the threat of fines and prison sentences.
Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, spelled out how extreme the "Arrest Grandma" Act is:
We believe that loving parents should be involved when their daughter faces an unintended pregnancy and thankfully, most do. But in some tragic circumstances, young women cannot involve their parents because they come from homes where physical and emotional abuse are present or their pregnancies are the result of incest.Under this bill, a grandmother could be prosecuted for accompanying her granddaughter to a doctor in another state --even if that doctor is closest to the young woman's home. Ministers helping a young woman in their congregation would face similar threats. This bill is not a solution; it is a callous example of government intrusion into tragic family circumstances.
So there you have it: instead of focusing on the nation's real priorities--creating jobs or growing our economy, for instance--anti-choice politicians follow up a month of outlandish attacks on women's health with a bill that could throw grandmothers in prison.
Keep digging, guys. Keep digging.
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These white suprimists that is what they are sounding like with there edicts.Have no right telling me whether I can or cannot use birth controlor if I can have abortion. I had 5 + miscarriages before having a child. A D &C is the same procedure as a abortion. Would they ban that as well.
Until can give birth , they can tell me what do with mine.
And these are the same people that complain that the media is too "liberal"? It's so "liberal" because they keep letting themselves get caught doing stupid things!
never mind national laughing stock, try international
I'm Australian, and these nutters make our nutters look very harmless indeed
"Keep digging, guys. Keep digging"
Thats a disturbing thing to say.
Genesis 3: 16 Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
When a woman's husband cheats on her she asks where the loyal committed men are. She thinks all men are cheaters. When she gets a group of them in a position of influence representing noble aspirations, regardless of impulse (this is called progress), she moans for the cheater to keep digging. I'm surprised that there are women who would rather have a man who promptly moves on to his next choice so that she can get a man to move into her from his last choice, and make it lawful to do so.
Wasn't it the Conservative Right that was terrified that 'ObamaCare' would give the Government control and get in between your Dr.'s and your medical care. This seemed to be outrageous to those on the right. And now they are proposing to directly tell Dr.'s how they can provide care for women. They can't have it both ways. Also, if birth control shouldn't be covered why should vasectomies? We need to frame the arguments in a way to comes right back to the conservatives own philosophies and shows how hypocritical their arguments are!