Arizona Legislature Passes “Pregnancy Begins 2 Weeks Before Conception” Bill
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[QUOTE]Arizona‘s Legislature yesterday afternoon passed three harsh anti-abortion bills, including one that defines pregnancy as being two weeks before conception. Known in some circles as the “egg drop” bill, lawmakers apparently believe they are more knowledgable than physicians at determining gestational age. The attempt to redefine pregnancy of course is to reduce the legal window of when a woman may have an abortion. Arizona Republican “pro-life” Governor Jan Brewer would not comment on her intent to sign or veto the bill.
UPDATE: ‘Pregnancy Begins 2 Weeks Before Conception’ Now The Law In Arizona
“State Rep. Kimberly Yee (R-Phoenix), the bill’s sponsor, was not immediately available for comment. Her assistant said that Yee, a former aide to former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), was voting on the House floor,” The Huffington Post reports:
State Rep. Matt Heinz (D-Tucson), a physician, said he did not want the state to set the gestational age since science could not provide a precise one. “I imagine it will be a legal dispute. How can a judge determine gestational age?” Heinz said. “If medical science can only determine gestational age to within 10-14 days, how can a superior court judge do it?”
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill to prohibit abortions after the 18th week of pregnancy; a bill to protect doctors from being sued if they withhold health information about a pregnancy that could cause a woman to seek an abortion; and a bill to mandate that how school curriculums address the topic of unwanted pregnancies.
The 18th week bill includes a new definition for when pregnancy begins. All of the bills passed the Senate and now head to Gov. Jan Brewer (R) for her signature or veto. Passage of the late-term abortion bill would give Arizona the earliest definition of late-term abortion in the country; most states use 20 weeks as a definition.
A sentence in the bill defines gestational age as “calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman,” which would move the beginning of a pregnancy up two weeks prior to conception.
Elizabeth Nash, states issues manager for Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization in Washington, said the definition corresponds with how doctors typically determine gestational age. She said since the exact date of conception cannot be pinpointed, doctors use the day of the woman’s last menstrual period to gauge the duration of a pregnancy. The method does not provide an exact date.
“It will have some impact, from what we understand there are abortions provided at that point in Arizona,” Nash said. “It will reduce access.”
The Huffington Post also notes:
The other two bills passed by the House include the state’s “wrongful birth, wrongful life” bill that prohibits lawsuits against doctors who do not provide information about a fetus’ health if that information could lead to an abortion. In addition, parents cannot sue on the child’s behalf after birth.
The third bill requires that schools teach students that adoption and birth are the most acceptable outcomes for an unwanted pregnancy.[/QUOTE]
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Well, at least they aren't even trying to pretend that they're living in the same reality as the rest of us anymore.
next they'll have a 9 month waiting period for abortions
So now you can be pregnant without actually having sex. How wonderfully backwards of Arizona.
I can't even comprehend the levels of stupidity and inbreeding that must be a part of the legislator that has passed this through their House. I honestly cannot. The sheer lack of brain cells being used is staggering.
Breaking news: every woman is now pregnant!
In other news, legislature in Anozira actually fucking makes sense and follows reality.
Next thing you know you're gonna be arrested for spilling your seed.
Steven Colbert on this very issue.
[url]http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/413072/april-23-2012/tip-wag--pheromone-parties----pre-life--laws[/url]
[QUOTE=elevate;35704917]Next thing you know you're gonna be arrested for spilling your seed.[/QUOTE]
Someone actually drew up a bill like that already.
[QUOTE=elevate;35704917]Next thing you know you're gonna be arrested for spilling your seed.[/QUOTE]
[media][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kJHQpvgB8[/URL][/media]
[I]Let the heathen spill theirs
On the dusty ground,
God shall make them pay for
Each sperm that can't be found.
Every sperm is wanted,
Every sperm is good,
Every sperm is needed,
In your neighborhood.[/I]
what does that even mean?
like, i have college level understanding of the reproductive process and i have no idea what this means
okay i got it now, the title is misleading as always.
I found it interesting that it was a female governor that signed this bill into law.
[QUOTE=elevate;35704917]Next thing you know you're gonna be arrested for spilling your seed.[/QUOTE]
One count of murder for each sperm lost.
[QUOTE=OvB;35704970]One count of murder for each sperm lost.[/QUOTE]
Oh god I'm worse than Hitler.
How the fuck is this even possible?
[QUOTE=thisispain;35704959]what does that even mean?
like, i have college level understanding of the reproductive process and i have no idea what this means[/QUOTE]
I believe it means that, in Arizona, every woman who is not on her period is legally pregnant. :suicide:
Good; I don't personally care but people need to start appreciating human life and understanding the implications of having sex and conceiving a child.
Before pregnancy? What?
I though pregnancy begins at the point of conception.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;35704964]I found it interesting that it was a female governor that signed this bill into law.[/QUOTE]
I'm not really surprised. Oklahoma has a female governor and she does the same crap.
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;35704991]Good; I don't personally care but people need to start appreciating human life and understanding the implications of having sex and conceiving a child.[/QUOTE]
you could have replaced your sentence with BLLAGHGH and achieved about the same intellectual output.
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;35705001]I though pregnancy begins at the point of conception.[/QUOTE]
No, life starts before life starts.
Just like death starts before you die.
wait
So then technically, every period a woman has, is an abortion, according to these idiots
[QUOTE=thisispain;35705016]you could have replaced your sentence with BLLAGHGH and achieved about the same intellectual output.[/QUOTE]
Oh look it's facepunch anti-conservative poster #19234 trolling me again.
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;35704991]Good; I don't personally care but people need to start appreciating human life and understanding the implications of having sex and conceiving a child.[/QUOTE]
Rape?
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;35704991]Good; I don't personally care but people need to start appreciating human life and understanding the implications of having sex and conceiving a child.[/QUOTE]
Yeah totally better to bring unwanted children to this world right?
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;35705044]Oh look it's facepunch anti-conservative poster #19234 disagreeing with me again.[/QUOTE]
if i'm the 19,234th one to disagree with you it's probably not an external issue is it...
Life starts when the parents first make eye contact.
I mean, while where making arbitrary decisions about when life begins...
[quote]A sentence in the bill defines gestational age as “calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman,” which would move the beginning of a pregnancy up two weeks prior to conception.[/quote]
wow
WOW
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;35705044]Oh look it's facepunch anti-conservative poster #19234 trolling me again.[/QUOTE]
disagreeing with an idiotic opinion is not necessarily trolling
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