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Florida law passed under Jeb Bush required some single mothers to advertise their sexual history
Not The Onion!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-law-required-single-moms-advertise-sexual-history-article-1.2253178
Jeb Bush allowed a law to pass in Florida in 2001 that forced single mothers — including minors and rape victims — planning to put their children up for adoption to advertise their sexual histories in a newspaper if they didn’t know the identity of the father.
Bush, who was Florida’s governor at the time, declined to veto the bill, which quickly became known as the “Scarlet Letter Law.” The law’s intent was to notify fathers about potential children so they could take custody if they wanted to do so.
The advertisements, which women had to run monthly in the area where the child may have been conceived, included physical descriptions of the mother, the child’s name and birthplace and a description of the possible father....
Jeb Bush’s connection to births out of wedlock goes back to his 1995 book “Profiles in Character,” which was published before he was elected governor. The Huffington Post reported Tuesday that Bush argued in his book for the public shaming of unwed mothers, misbehaving teenagers and welfare recipients to regulate “irresponsible behavior.”
Bush, who was Florida’s governor at the time, declined to veto the bill, which quickly became known as the “Scarlet Letter Law.” The law’s intent was to notify fathers about potential children so they could take custody if they wanted to do so.
The advertisements, which women had to run monthly in the area where the child may have been conceived, included physical descriptions of the mother, the child’s name and birthplace and a description of the possible father....
Jeb Bush’s connection to births out of wedlock goes back to his 1995 book “Profiles in Character,” which was published before he was elected governor. The Huffington Post reported Tuesday that Bush argued in his book for the public shaming of unwed mothers, misbehaving teenagers and welfare recipients to regulate “irresponsible behavior.”
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to express the total disgust I feel for him and his whole famn damily. That is all.
