Perry signing abortion bill into law

[Coyotl]

Source: msnbc.com

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will sign his state’s newest abortion restrictions into law Thursday morning.

House Bill 2, which finally gained full approval from the state Legislature last Friday, will ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, require abortions be performed in ambulatory surgical centers, require doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles of the facility, and require doctors to administer abortion-inducing drugs in person—rather than allow a woman to take them at home.

Perry drew criticism from women’s rights groups and abortion rights advocates after ordering a second special session to pass H.B. 2.

“We heard those bills during the regular session,” Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire told MSNBC at the start of the special session. “During the regular session, this abortion bill—which is a combination of three bills that were not passed—were blocked for lack of support.”

Read more: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/17/perry-to-sign-abortion-bill-into-law-thursday/

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[hobbit709]

1. JuanitaJean's commentary here

http://juanitajean.com/2013/07/17/knock-knock-whos-in-there/

[Ilsa]

2. Sickening. I hope men start complaining

that their wives won't have sex because they can't get to a clinic to get birth control.

[onehandle]

3. Thus Texas replaces Florida as worst state since Saturday.

Your move, Florida.

[Solly Mack]

4. Fuckers

[Myrina]

5. A judge placed an injunction on Walker's bill shortly after he signed it in WI ...

... let's hope NOW or ACLU or PP in Texas has their lawsuits ready to file.

[totodeinhere]

8. Correct. This bill will be immediately be challenged in court because

it is unconstitutional. Expect an injunction against enforcement of the law to come down pretty fast. Of course that will not mitigate how outrageous it was for the Texas GOP to pass this bill in the first place.

[Myrina]

10. Exactly. I've long heard that these extremists know they'll get overturned.

... but they want their fundie-leaning legistative attempts 'on record' so they can use them to get donations & run against "evil Goddless liberal" who of course appoint other evil Goddless liberals as judges ...

[Coyotl]

12. This is also a political strategy, to tie up opposition resources and deter proactive possiblities

All the outrageous crap of late is a coordinated national strategy to disable the progressives.

[uppityperson]

6. k&rec for visibility. And backwards we go

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

7. Fucking American Taliban

I'm calling them that from now on. The whole damned GOP.

[IggleDoer]

9. Governor Goodhair says the intent of the law is to provide safety to all citizens.

I suspect that there are more accidents in gun shops than medical emergencies in Women's Clinics. If Perry is really interested in safety, he should impose the same requirements for gun shops (widened doors and hallways, resuscitation equipment, admitting privileges to nearby hospitals).

Wonder it Wendy would be interested in promoting such legislation.

[Vogon_Glory]

11. My Congratulations To The Non-Voters Of Texas. This Is What You Get

My congratulations to the non-voters of Texas, particularly the ones who think "that there's no difference between the two parties" and "things will continue like they are." IMO, the non-voters of Texas are almost as responsible as right-wing Republicans and wild-eyed Teabaggers for putting Rick Perry and a Republican majority-controlled statehouse in power.

[Coyotl]

13. In Texas the attitude is more of hopeless dispair than it is of "no difference"

because of the number of Republicans. Texans clearly know what the differences are, and now a lot more Texans are aware and energized, plus the youth vote and increasing minority share are about to turn Texas blue again.

I think it is really counter-productive to spread those false memes!