Missouri governor lets abortion law take effect

[OhioChick]

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri abortion clinics will face new mandates to offer women ultrasound images and heartbeats of their fetuses as a result of legislation allowed to become law Wednesday by Gov. Jay Nixon.

The Democratic governor, facing his first decision on an abortion bill, sidestepped a direct endorsement of the new requirements by citing a Missouri constitutional provision allowing bills to become law without the governor's signature.

The legislation is part of a national trend among abortion opponents to encourage women to reconsider their decisions through the use of modern medical technology.

A Planned Parenthood official said legal challenges to other states' laws offering ultrasounds generally have been unsuccessful, and its Missouri clinics are preparing to comply with the law when it takes effect Aug. 28.

But "there are various aspects of this law that are troubling, difficult and are really just intended to make it harder for women to get safe legal abortions," said Paula Gianino, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region.

Missouri law already requires a woman to be told of the physical and psychological risks at least 24 hours before undergoing an abortion. The new law will require consultation in person instead of over the phone and mandate that women receive a description of the "anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child."

More: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/national/Copy_of_USAbortionMissouri_87422709

[OZark Dem]

1. I can't believe women voters are letting them get away with this type action

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Me either.

[FiveGoodMen]

6. Churches in the South tell women that god will love them if they stfu and do as they're told...

...and then they vote.

[Marlana]

10. What are we supposed to do?

I am a woman, in Missouri, so what do I do? We can vote and volunteer for Dems and send them all the money we have but they don't get elected. In the state Senate we have 11 Dems vs. 23 Repubs. In the state house we have 74 Dems vs. 89 Repubs. In my local district all you have to do to get elected is win the Republican primary and the winner of the primary is whoever runs furthest to the right, they just spend the whole primary season out-wingnutting each other.

Yes, the governor is a Democrat but he seems to be pretty spineless lately and he's pretty conservative anyway. And we have Claire McCaskill, who is also Dem, also fairly conservative. Our other senate seat is open and it's a neck and neck race between Roy Blunt and Robin Carnahan and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Blunt wins. The latest poll shows them 47% Blunt/ 45% Carnahan. Blunt is my current rep in the US House and he will definitely win in this part of the state. I don't even know if there is a Democrat running for his House seat.

[Sal Minella]

2. And who will inform the woman of the "physical risks" inherent in

nine months of gestation and childbirth, and the "psychological risks" of trying to raise a child for whom one has neither the emotional nor financial wherewithal?

[Ilsa]

9. Oh, haven't you heard? They are supposed to give the babies away to

infertile white "yuppies" to raise to be good little Republicans and koolaid drinkers and do as they are told by the church.

[Sal Minella]

11. Do you suppose

it ever occurs to the yuppies to wonder why God made them infertile?

It appears He may be a bit of a eugenicist, eh?

[Warpy]

3. Those fucking idiots really think that's going to dissuade

a woman who is trying to protect her health, job, finances, social support system and LIFE from an unwanted pregnancy?

Fetus fetishists are weird.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. They ignore the judges that stayed the implementation of this law.

Legislators now think they can make ANYTHING illegal, and don't realize or don't want to realize the courts have the final word whether they like it or not.

Like when they tried to pass laws prohibiting wearing your pants so low your underwear band was hanging out. Void for vagueness, that is called.

:banghead:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. Legalized Harrassment of those exercising a Legal Right

Unless I'm wrong

[SoCalDem]

8. Who has to pay for the additional costs?

If it's the woman, this is just a crass way to make abortion even more unaffordable.

Except for the women/girls who are either too young or mentally unable to understand, women KNOW that there is a "potential baby" in there. They know that if they do nothing, it will eventually be born, and become their responsibility for the duration of their lifetime.

Being forced to watch an ultrasound to prove what they already know (they are pregnant), will not change many minds,,unless they can no longer afford the procedure