http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/08/a-doctor-speaks-out-on-abortion-bills Comments On: A doctor speaks out on abortion bills by Leslie Newell Peacock en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ArkansasGirl]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:37:02 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by abbie]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:02:57 -0600 Arkansas Times
Abortion is NOT an easy decision, nor is it a form of birth control for immoral women. It is typically a decision reached between a doctor and a woman that is pregnant. Trust me, I've been there.

So, let's say hypothetically, that I find that I found I have a child that has severe defects, that could survive, but would be incredibly disabled their entire life. So yes, I saved a life, but yet, on the other side, it would cost $50k a year to keep them alive for medical care and I won't be able to work as I'd have to take care of them full time. And since I'm not working, I don't have healthcare. Then the costs go to the state, medicaid, food stamps, etc. Which the people that are talking about this want to cut down on because they feel people are taking advantage of it.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

But straight up, Men - I love you, but this is not your decision. If you're worried about abortion, then get a vasectomy. Women typically take care of most of the birth control decisions, and sometimes they fail. But if they fail, you cannot fault us and make us suffer. All said 'Wrap It' or vasectomy and this will not be an issue.
Posted by abbie]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:49:55 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by kimocat]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:31:02 -0600 Arkansas Times
*Oh, yes, forgot. Mayberry said these are immoral women.***

Who better to judge other people's morality than the Mayberry Martyrs?
Posted by Polecat]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:12:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:49:06 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Yellowdogdaughter]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:33:20 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Since routine ultrasound is not considered medically necessary as a component of first-trimester abortion, the requirements appear to be a veiled attempt to personify the fetus and dissuade a woman from obtaining an abortion."

The report from the Guttmacher Institute a policy brief on "Requirements for Ultrasound" by various states is dated February 1, 2013.
http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spib…

The article I posted earlier was from December. I see that just yesterday that the Michigan house speaker ruled out a bill on forced transvaginal ultrasound. The article says "since even when that type of GOP-backed legislation doesn’t explicitly mandate a transvaginal probe, that’s often the end result. For the majority of women seeking an abortion within the first trimester of pregnancy, it’s too early for an abdominal ultrasound to be effective, so a doctor will have no choice but to use a transvaginal probe to fulfill the law."

It goes on to say "any measure that requires women to undergo an unwanted medical procedure... has nothing to do with ensuring women’s safety, health, or access to technology..."
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/07…

Our male state senators and representatives need to quit trying to legislate what a woman does with her body and worry about more important issues.
Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:13:44 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:52:34 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by MSRD]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:05:23 -0600 Arkansas Times >These bill have [has] nothing about the health of the mother.

Why do you think it's called the War on Women?
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:57:27 -0600 Arkansas Times
What if mom already had three children and her death would leave them orphans?

What if the pregnancy wouldn't kill mom, but would leave her paralyzed, unable to take care of her other children?

These bill have nothing about the health of the mother.


I guarantee you that if a man got a diagnosis that he had a 25% chance of dying without a certain medical procedure, that procedure would never be outlawed.

Diddo that if a man would be paralyzed without a certain procedure, that procedure would never be outlawed.

If these knuckle draggers are going to legislate abortion I want them to put a percentage on when an abortion is allowed so every women in the state will know exactly how they view women.
Posted by Polecat]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:19:50 -0600 Arkansas Times
And Mayberry, someone cut this nut open and stick a basketball in there for 9 months so he can have the experience of carrying around a non-viable object!
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:54:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Hogger]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:33:53 -0600 Arkansas Times
Having lost faith in the AR legislature (and having several Senator emails bounce back), I called and emailed the governor's office today, requesting his veto if any of this dangerous, illegal crap makes it to his desk.

683-6428 is the staffer handling these calls, and you can email here:

http://governor.arkansas.gov/contact/index…
Posted by kateicl]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:13:00 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by jcar]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:03:56 -0600 Arkansas Times
In Arkansas and the South generally, ever marching to that distant dead drummer, Dogma trumps Reason.

Pro-Choice? You've made yours.

So Reason and Compassion look elsewhere to live.
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:19:08 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Once again, conservative activists have been successful in restricting women’s access to abortions by passing laws that they insist protect women’s health or safety. Anyone who believes that protecting women was actually at the root of this most recent legislation is, well, quite easily fooled. Protecting them from what? Themselves? Their own decision-making capability?

The paternalistic tone of recent state anti-abortion laws is evident to anyone who cares to look beyond the thin veneer of a press conference or a gubernatorial signing statement. Using the government to regulate women’s bodies – and what they choose to do with them – in accordance with a particular set of beliefs is the obvious motive. By regulating and taxing facilities that provide abortions out of existence, we’ll have fewer abortions, right? Wrong. We’ll have fewer abortions provided in clean, safe facilities by medically trained professionals. We’ll have more abortions done the old-fashioned way, and you need only to look at the tool your coat is hanging on to remember what that way is.

Michigan is just the latest casualty in the war on abortion rights. In obvious attempts to circumvent – if not effectively nullify – Roe v. Wade, states have been passing laws that are putting increased restrictions on a woman’s right to make choices about her reproductive health. The myth of the carefree woman who uses an abortion clinic like she uses a drive-through window, multiple times, with little or no thought about what she’s doing so she can get back to her life of obvious sin is just that, a myth. It’s also a judgment, one that the government has no business making, especially under the guise of “protecting women.”"

Full article here also discusses how the insurance prohibition did not get signed: http://polistew.com/2012/12/28/just-anothe…

There is also some good information here but it is nearly a year old so it is outdated by now! http://thinkprogress.org/abortion-restrict…

Let's hope that if any of these bills make it through the Arkansas legislature, that Governor Beebe will not sign them!
Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:14:32 -0600 Arkansas Times
The Biblical God is NOT pro-life, he advocates child murder, infanticide, child abuse and abortion:


I see so many retarded ass Christians talking about abortion being a crime against God. It’s not a wonder that they are hard pressed to find a conclusive biblical statement to corroborate their position. In their determination to control women they have been forced to rely on exceedingly weak sections such as “thou shall not kill”,”I kneweth thou in the womb” and their favorite: “When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon; and he shall pay as the judges determine. If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth...“--Exodus 21:22-24 The problem here is that the man who injures a pregnant woman in the process, shall repay her according to the degree of injury inflicted on her, not the fetus. I am often dumbfounded at how Christians can assume that abortion is wrong judging by these feeble verses when the Bible clearly advocates infanticide and many other atrocities against children and pregnant women. I can no longer allow such ignorance of the Bible and deem it necessary to expose the true agenda. I am tired of the many young Christians who are brainwashed by their clergy. They are only taught the “love and mercy” parts of the Bible and never bother to read what is not so openly preached . The Church thrives off of speaking in half truths and concealing their blood soaked robes. Of course my job as preacher of an Atheist parish is to give a sermon about those things that the Bible TRUTHFULLY commands. Here they are, god’s views on the unborn, the actions of righteous men” and god’s commands of infanticide and child abuse: (note-There are Torah verses in this list but I will not attack the Jewish faith for being pro-life since they are not rampant advocates of the matter.)

http://www.evilbible.com/god%27s%20not%20p…
Posted by ButWhoCares]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:10:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by joanimal]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:09:17 -0600 Arkansas Times