Governor vetoes bill to add abortion restrictions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 1:10 pm, Monday, December 18, 2017

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic governor has vetoed a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature to limit abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, rejecting what Planned Parenthood says would have been the nation's most restrictive abortion law.

Gov. Tom Wolf signed the veto paperwork Monday in Philadelphia City Hall.

Pennsylvania's current limit is 24 weeks. The 20-week limit would have kept in place exceptions under current law for when a mother's life or well-being is at risk. It had no exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities.

 
The bill also would have effectively banned dilation-and-evacuation, the most common method of second-trimester abortion, and made it a felony to violate it.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Wolf-to-veto-abortion-bill-called-nation-s-most-12438704.php

[livetohike]

1. Thats my Governor. One of the few sane people in our state

legislature.

[tazkcmo]

5. What are the possibilities

of a veto override vote passing?

[Lochloosa]

7. From another article: It doesn't look like they would have the votes to override.

The Republican-controlled House voted 121-70 for the legislation that would alter the existing 24-week limit.

The bill passed the Senate in February by a 32-18 vote. The margins in both chambers raise doubts about whether supporters will be able to muster sufficient votes to override Wolf's promised veto.

[tazkcmo]

9. Good news.

Thank you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. A big, fat K&R!

[iluvtennis]

13. Ditto

[Stryst]

3. Good on him

This was an abhorrent bill designed to harm the most vulnerable women. Straight to the shredder with this one.

[disalitervisum]

4. Good for the governor of Pennsylvania

Why has this ever been something that the state (any state or any government) is even concerned with. What have reproductive rights do to with running a country? It's nobody's business but the persons involved.

[FakeNoose]

6. Sanity is restored to Pennsylvania

... at least for today.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Good call, FakeNoose!

Nothing like a Rogers cartoon to tell it like it is.

Let us all thank the heavens that we have a governor that is willing to fight to keep us (Pennsylvania) from becoming one of the Trumpian states of the US (yeah, I know, we've got Toomey and TurdsEye as opponents, but at least we have SOMEONE out there IN POWER fighting for us!).

[FakeNoose]

12. Yes our Governor Tom Wolf is awesome

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Good. He is our only firewall

and he is up for re-election next year. He MUST MUST MUST be re-elected so that we have him there for the 2020 census.

[bronxiteforever]

14. Totally and absolutely agree [phone]

Pennsylvania gop

[nycbos]

10. But but but

I heard so often here that both parties are the same. There is no difference. Something something something third way right?