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joeybee12

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Tue Mar 5, 2013, 08:12 PM Mar 2013

Blithering Idiots, aka The Arkansas Senate, overrides governor's veto of 12-week abortion bill

Arkansas' State Senate on Tuesday rebuffed the governor's veto of a controversial bill that would make abortions illegal after 12 weeks of pregnancy, voting to override his decision on what would be the most restrictive ban on the procedure nationwide.

The Senate voted 20-14, just one day after Gov. Mike Beebe vetoed SB 134, also known as the "fetal heartbeat bill," NBC affiliate KARK reported.

Beebe has called the legislation "blatantly" unconstitutional and said it would "impose a ban on a woman's right to choose an elective, nontherapeutic abortion well before viability," the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

The Arkansas House must still vote to complete the override

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/05/17197912-arkansas-senate-overrides-governors-veto-of-12-week-abortion-bill?lite

How phucking stupid are these people?

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Blithering Idiots, aka The Arkansas Senate, overrides governor's veto of 12-week abortion bill (Original Post) joeybee12 Mar 2013 OP
That would be first trimester as per Roe. Loudly Mar 2013 #1
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