Reply #127: THIS IS JUST DISGUSTING! [View All]

[Loyal]

I was listening to Boxer speak about an hour ago, about this, and I'm just disgusted.

If the fucking Republicans would simply ALLOW a health exception in this bill, then Barbara Boxer has said she would vote for a ban on ALL late-term abortions(third-trimester ones). I would definitely support a ban on third-trimester abortions too, because there is no doubt that the fetus can feel pain at that point and is mostly developed.

BUT, the Republicans don't want this. They want to keep abortion as an issue on the table to appeal to Southern voters in 2004. They know that the Supreme Court will overturn this like they did the Nebraska case, which is quite similar. They will say something like, "Look, your hero, Chimpy, er, I mean, President Bush, pressured the Congress to pass this PBA ban, and the darned librul Supreme Court justices overturned them. Vote for Bush again so he can appoint "strict constructionist" judges to the High Court, instead of "liberal activist" judges. That's what this is about

INSTEAD, we have Orrin Hatch on TV now talking about how liberals support killing children. If Orrin Hatch really gave two shits about children he wouldn't have voted to slash education and health care funding to children. A lot of the Republican base is stupid, so the somewhat smarter Republicans in the Senate cater to their stupidity.

Any fair minded person would realize that we should ban late-term abortions, BUT THAT WE NEED EXCEPTIONS! We need a life and health exception for the mother, so that if a baby would possibly paralyze her if delivered, or cause a stroke, that she would be able to abort it. This is just common sense. Or if she could become infertile because of the baby - these are why we need the health exception, folks.

I CANNOT and WILL NOT support this bill without a health exception. Without a health exception, this bill is deadly. Say that a girl is raped, and she cannot afford to have an abortion until the last trimester when she can raise the money. The baby could kill her if it is delivered. The Republicans(and a lot of stupid Democrats, too) are going to sentence her to death for being raped. This is just disgusting.

If this bill had a health exception, I would gladly support this bill, as would all 100 Senators, and probably all of the Congresspeople, too.

Thanks for reading this. :mad: