Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion Due to Down Syndrome Diagnosis (the gynoticians strike again!)

[niyad]

(naturally, the woman-hating gestational slavers who are sponsoring this bs are addding a rider that the woman and the down syndrome fetus/child, will be completely supported, medically, financially, etc., until that child's death, yes?)


Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion Due to Down Syndrome Diagnosis


In the latest attempt to restrict abortion access, legislators in Ohio are proposing a bill that would prohibit doctors from performing an abortion because of a fetal diagnosis of Down Syndrome.


(kasich, the woman-hating gestational slaver)


The measure, HB 135, would make it a felony to perform or induce an abortion for a pregnant person who is seeking an abortion because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome in the fetus.

Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich has supported various anti-abortion legislation since his election in 2010. Kasich signed a law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound, and has included limitations on abortion providers’ ability to obtain transfer agreements with nearby hospitals. Kasich also signed provisions making it more difficult for family planning centers to receive funding for preventative care, such as screening for cancer or STIs.

Democratic lawmakers have asked how the state would enforce such a ban, and why decisions based on one medical condition are banned by the state but not others. “This legislation would remove a choice from a woman who may be considering terminating a pregnancy due to a medical situation,” said Kellie Copeland, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. “Women should be able to make these big decisions in their lives without political interference,” Copeland continued.

Ohio legislature is expected to vote on this measure this fall, where it will likely pass as the National Right to Life Committee makes up more than two thirds of both Ohio houses. Such a ban on abortion would likely be found to be in violation of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which protects a woman’s right to have an abortion before fetal viability.

http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2015/08/24/ohio-bill-would-ban-abortion-due-to-down-syndrome-diagnosis/

[madaboutharry]

1. These people are sick.

[niyad]

2. that is possibly the mildest thing one can say about them.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Great. So is the state of Ohio going to support these children from cradle to grave?

Because it is a lifelong responsibility and it isn't cheap. It's also a full time job. Fuck them.

[niyad]

4. SUUUUUUURE they will.

[ericson00]

15. if they did, it would almost be "compassionate conservatism" but then again

but then again wouldn't that be "big gubbermint?"

Sorry rednecks, can't have it both ways.

[smirkymonkey]

16. Here is the hypocrisy of the Republican party.

It's absolutely revolting. Why does nobody call them out on this in public? It just makes me sick.

[ericson00]

17. this bill is a political trap, plain and simple

just like "partial birth" abortion is for all the same reasons.

[uppityperson]

5. So it's ok to abort a health fetus, but not one due to disability?

[pnwmom]

6. Yup. That's their brand of craziness. n/t

[niyad]

7. now, you know that it is NEVER okay to abourt a fetus.

[niyad]

8. . . .

[ericson00]

9. its easy for the rich to deal with a DS situation

but how about middle class families who cannot afford the extreme health insurance premiums and care, the aids, etc.? For 40 years at least. DS children are god's children too, but like all other children, they're only children outside of the womb, not when they're embryos, or fetuses. I don't care if its 8 months and 29 days old: if its not outta the womb, its not a baby. Period. The mother and the entire family deserves a choice.

But then again, when you're the Kochs (who are bankrolling this bill), whats 1 million from 40 billion anyway? We should rename it Koch's Syndrome.

[niyad]

10. exactly.

[ericson00]

12. thanks! Its very hard to find anywhere socially acceptable to say what I just did

and its a shame. Even tho most Americans don't buy into all abortion bans, wayyyy too many buy into "partial birth" crap.

It is alive if its out of the womb, or it is not alive and in the womb. The end.

[niyad]

13. one of my friends today, an intelligent progressive in most ways, shocked me today by spewing

reichwing crap about abortions at seven months. I reminded her that such cases are rare, and medically indicated, and she did not back down.

[gratuitous]

11. Don't think you can handle a special needs child? Tough

And here I've been told that Republicans want to keep the oppressive hand of government out of people's lives? This proposal looks, sounds and smells like bullshit to me.

[niyad]

14. amazing the mental disconnect of these people.