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RyanPsych

(402 posts)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:22 AM Apr 2012

Arizona Lawmakers Pass Law That Defines Pregnancy as Begninning BEFORE Conception

Arizona lawmakers gave final passage to three anti-abortion bills Tuesday afternoon, including one that declares pregnancies in the state begin two weeks before conception.

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.

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Arizona Lawmakers Pass Law That Defines Pregnancy as Begninning BEFORE Conception (Original Post) RyanPsych Apr 2012 OP
So, are they calling this the "Gleam in Your Eye" act, or what? nt MADem Apr 2012 #1
POTD! Champion Jack Apr 2012 #3
Apparently conception occurs HillWilliam Apr 2012 #11
Guess they were looking for a way to leave the penis out of it. lol polichick Apr 2012 #2
This requires less responsibility for the poor wittle men BlueToTheBone Apr 2012 #5
Yep - miraculously, women can now get pregnant without them! polichick Apr 2012 #6
Could this be what they fear? BlueToTheBone Apr 2012 #8
Could be. In any case, this ain't the way to go! polichick Apr 2012 #12
Heh. Shadowflash Apr 2012 #4
Oh good lord. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #7
Hey! MADem Apr 2012 #14
Thanks! It goes with the whole Green thing. I thought about bringing back GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #17
Ahhh....gotcha! MADem Apr 2012 #18
That's a good idea. I will have to try that. :^D GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #21
I've heard of unenforceable laws meow2u3 Apr 2012 #9
What could possibly happen? I mean how bad could it get if Janet left for DC? I mean, Safetykitten Apr 2012 #10
Unfuckingbelievable. CrispyQ Apr 2012 #13
I think if I were pregnant in Arizona EC Apr 2012 #15
I think I'd file for food stamps for all the Fawke Em Apr 2012 #19
More than that EC Apr 2012 #20
I've long been bothered by classical physics, and I'm hoping Arizona can do something about it. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #16

HillWilliam

(3,310 posts)
11. Apparently conception occurs
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:54 AM
Apr 2012

somewhere during the first beer. I guess that's what they mean when they say "arrive early and drink til they're purty".

Shadowflash

(1,536 posts)
4. Heh.
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:34 AM
Apr 2012

Someone failed biology class big time.

Wait a minute! Biology is SCIENCE. They probably just skipped it since science it the work of Satan.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
14. Hey!
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:41 PM
Apr 2012

I like your sunflower avatar, but have you retired that swell pic of your mom forever, or are you just switching up the avatars for a bit?

I liked that picture--she was a lovely young woman!

GreenPartyVoter

(72,382 posts)
17. Thanks! It goes with the whole Green thing. I thought about bringing back
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:52 PM
Apr 2012

the pic of my mom, but now that my Dad is also gone I feel like I would be leaving him out. Unfortunately, to put a pic up of them together would be so tiny no one would be able to figure out what the pic is of.

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)
9. I've heard of unenforceable laws
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:51 AM
Apr 2012

but this is absolutely insane! How are they going to enforce this? by putting cameras in every woman's bedroom?

 

Safetykitten

(5,162 posts)
10. What could possibly happen? I mean how bad could it get if Janet left for DC? I mean,
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:52 AM
Apr 2012

they are not THAT insane, are they?

CrispyQ

(36,540 posts)
13. Unfuckingbelievable.
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:08 PM
Apr 2012

They truly believe we are property.

I lack words to express how much I loathe these assholes.

EC

(12,287 posts)
15. I think if I were pregnant in Arizona
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:43 PM
Apr 2012

I'd go out of state for prenatal care. Better yet, if affordable, I'd move out of state and never look back.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
19. I think I'd file for food stamps for all the
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 01:30 PM
Apr 2012

kids I MAY have every year. That would be 12 kids a year over the course of 30 years of fertility. That would be 360 pre-fetuses for the state to allot me SNAP funds, welfare, housing subsidies and charitable donations.

These legislators are NUTZ!

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
16. I've long been bothered by classical physics, and I'm hoping Arizona can do something about it.
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:45 PM
Apr 2012

The lobbyists of Big Physics have always told us the Force is equal to mass multiplied by acceleration. I want that changed. I think force should be equal to mass squared, DIVIDED by 1/acceleration. If they can start pregnancies before the sexual intercourse takes place, surely they can also address my physics pet peeve.

I detest willfully stupid people, stress on the 'willfully' part.

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