Is this ban abortion stuff coordinated? Now Washington State too

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

particularly odious bill

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/25/republican-bill-would-outlaw-all-abortion-in-washington-state

"The bill also calls for a monthly report documenting how many 48-hour notices have been issued, as well as "the pregnant woman's age, the number of prior pregnancies and prior abortions of the pregnant woman" to be made available to the public."

vile shite. It seems this stuff is reaching a fever pitch.

[Ilsa]

1. I'm surprised it doesn't require

her initials and zip code. You think a little intimidation is next?

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

4. witch burning

slut shaming.

really, really fucking disgusting.

[haikugal]

2. Of course it is!!

Disgusting tactics!

[msongs]

14. that's the organizational difference between repubs and dems - stick up for beliefs nt

[moobu2]

3. It's the 40th anniversary for roe V. Wade

Maybe.

[MFM008]

5. silly wingers

this doesnt have a chance in Wa. Can you say Gov. Inslee?

[DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav]

6. I met a homeless woman in the park where I used to walk my dog. We'd chat a little everyday.

One day she was crying, told me she was pregnant and didn't want to bring a baby into the kind of world she lived in. I felt really bad for her. A few weeks passed and she'd panhandled and prostituted enough money for an abortion and asked me if I could give her a ride to the clinic next week. I did, and I waited for her and paid for a two night stay at a nearby hotel afterward because it wasn't the best weather.

Before I met her I never cared about the abortion issue one way or the other, but when I saw how terrified she was at the thought of having a child burdened with her life, it broke my heart. It's not for me to judge, nor is it my right to take hers away.

[Ilsa]

8. You were very kind. I wonder

How she would even manage to have a safe/healthy pregnancy given her situation.

[DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav]

9. She was a junkie. She wouldn't have had a safe or healthy pregnancy. You could tell by looking at

her she wasn't safe or healthy herself. She was a nice person, she just got mixed up with the bad stuff. It happens. I can't imagine what she must have been going through.

[Ilsa]

12. I wonder if some rightwing extremist

Would have tried to stop the abortion, even with all of the negative factors. Of course they would never offer to raise it themselves.

Life is hard. I'm sorry she has ended up this way, and I hope she can find a way out.

I'm related to someone who is using, out of work over 2 years, refuses to respond to ads paying below what he was making before. Hasn't used his time to retrain (he had money for it, but wouldn't). He's currently living off the generosity of family, but he will be turned out soon because he's so abusive and they can't take it any more. He could end up like this woman: desperate.

[southern_belle]

10. +1

Thank you for being their for that young woman

[cali]

7. Dems control the House in Washington and have the Governor's office thus

the power of veto. This shit is nothing new however. It's been going on for decades and it's how abortion rights have been whittled away across the country. That it's going nowhere in WA doesn't mean that measures like this won't be passed in other states.

[LittleBlue]

11. I live here, never going to happen

If it even gets close, we'll just roll over it with an initiative.

[liberal_at_heart]

15. We did just pass gay marriage and legalize marijuana

We have to be careful though. The republicans have made serious runs for governorship and will continue to try and take power and pass laws just like this one.

[bongbong]

13. Right of privacy?

Whatever happened to it???

[Brigid]

16. Wouldn't this violate HIPAA laws?

And if so, this WA law would be unconstitutional because HIPAA is federal law, right?