need an emergency abortion? - see a judge first

[donsu]

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050812/tell_it_to_the_judge.php



Tell It To The Judge

If the Bush administration has its way, and the person in your life facing an emergency happens to be your pregnant daughter, sister, mother or wife, and she needs an emergency abortion, you might end up racing to a courthouse to find her a judge instead of racing to a hospital to find her a doctor.

On Monday, the administration weighed in on the question of women’s health and abortion with a friend-of-the-court brief in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England . The case centers on a 2003 New Hampshire law that prevents doctors from performing an abortion for a young woman under the age of 18 until 48 hours after a parent has been notified. Contrary to Supreme Court precedent, the law contains no exception for circumstances in which the delay would seriously threaten a young woman’s health. Two lower courts struck down this law precisely because of this omission.

Enter the Bush administration. At a pivotal moment in the Supreme Court’s history, the solicitor general intervenes with a call to unravel years of legal protection for women’s health. A decision in Ayotte could reach far beyond harm to teens in New Hampshire. A ruling by the Supreme Court in this case could significantly change the legal landscape for all abortion restrictions, leaving lawmakers free to enact laws that disregard women’s health, and leaving women and their doctors few avenues to block these laws before they cause real damage.

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Women in medical emergencies forced to seek out judges instead of doctors: Does this sound like an administration that values women’s health and lives? Is this the kind of world you want your daughters, sisters, mothers or wives to live in?

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witnessing the war against women

[In_The_Wind]

1. Rov vs. Wade should NOT be overturned!

I can remember when women died having abortions. We cannot return to that!

[CrispyQ]

2. The only value women have is as incubators.

[wli]

3. Bushler revokes females' rights, designates them axolotl tanks, news at 11