Wisconsin legislature passes abortion restrictions governor promised to veto

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday passed a series of restrictive abortion measures that Gov. Tony Evers (D) has vowed to veto.

The measures included the so-called "born alive" legislation, which requires health care providers to give care to babies who survive abortion attempts. The GOP-led body passed the bill in a 17-14 vote, with nearly every Republican voting for it and every Democrat voting against it, The Associated Press reported.

GOP state Sen. André Jacque, who wanted stricter penalties in the bill, was the only Republican to join Democrats and vote against the legislation.

If it became law, the "born alive" bill would reportedly enforce criminal penalties on doctors who did not provide necessary medical care to babies who survived abortion attempts.



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/447207-wisconsin-legislature-passes-abortion-restrictions-governor-promised-to

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Get busy and veto it, Governor Evers!

There is not a doctor in this country who would not attempt to save the life of any premature baby, no matter the circumstances of its birth.

[Archae]

2. These bills are just PR election stunts.

Even many conservatives say this.

[pat_k]

3. Yep. Designed to promote a big lie....

Declaring the need to protect against some non-existent problem is one of the more effective propaganda tools reactionaries use --- tragically, to great effect.

As you say, medical ethics demands that a physician administer care. Induced terminations to protect the life of the mother or due to serious congenital anomalies are extremely rare in the first place (about 1.3% of terminations are medically necessary after 21 weeks of gestation).

In a 12 year period (2003 to 2014), the CDC reported “143 deaths involving induced terminations” 97 of which “involved a maternal complication or, one or more congenital anomalies.” The data “only include deaths occurring to those infants born alive; fetal deaths (stillbirths) are not included." Right-wingnuts would have us believe doctors are "killing" an average of 11 babies a year, when in fact, these infants were simply too premature or had congenital problems that led to their deaths.

If a doctor were to intentionally kill a living, premature infant, they would be subject to indictment for murder. That's all the law we need.