Posts Tagged fetal pain bill

Pro-choice groups file lawsuit to block Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban

This April, Arizona passed a 20-week abortion ban and joined, in Chloe’s words, the world’s shittiest club. But thanks to a lawsuit filed by pro-choice groups and three doctors in Arizona, hopefully the law will be blocked before it goes into effect next month. The New York Times reports:

The law, set to take effect on Aug. 2, prohibits abortions once 20 weeks have passed since a woman’s last menstrual period, which is about 18 weeks after fertilization. This is the earliest deadline set by any state and is weeks earlier than the threshold set by the Supreme Court.

In Roe v. Wade and related decisions, the court ruled that women have a right to abortion until the fetus is ...

This April, Arizona passed a 20-week abortion ban and joined, in Chloe’s words, the world’s shittiest club. But thanks to a lawsuit filed by pro-choice groups and three doctors in Arizona, hopefully the law will be ...

Georgia passes “fetal pain” bill

Georgia is set to join six other states in passing a bill that bans abortion after 20 weeks unless it is a “medically futile” procedure–as in if the woman’s life is at risk. There is no provision for rape and incest and there is no provision for mental and emotional health.

This bill got national media attention after Republican Rep. Terry England compared women to farm animals stating if farm animals have to carry dead calves to term, so should women. England thinks people with uteruses are walking incubators, their sole purpose is to pop out babies. Also, what a contradiction of terms–I thought woman-hating conservatives like him hate comparing humans to animals–because they believe in creationism? What we can’t ...

Georgia is set to join six other states in passing a bill that bans abortion after 20 weeks unless it is a “medically futile” procedure–as in if the woman’s life is at risk. There is no ...