Dicks to the end: House GOP hawking "Fetal Pain" bill

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4382986.html

Thank God that bunch will have minority-status next month.

The last days of Republican congressional rule are shaping up to be symbolic and brief, with GOP leaders hawking an abortion restriction with no chance of becoming law, loading up tax breaks with unrelated matters and dumping an unfinished budget on Democrats.

"It's appropriate that the do-nothing Congress is ending by doing nothing," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the next House majority leader.

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But Republicans about to lose their thrones are doing nothing not blessed by President Bush before the 109th Congress shuts down after a final, four-day work week. On Wednesday, the administration released a statement saying the president strongly supports the fetal pain bill, which would require women at 20 weeks of pregnancy and beyond to be informed that an abortion would cause the fetus pain.

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Bringing up the bill is a final jab at Democrats who have professed to favor informed consent laws, according to the measure's sponsors. Smith also said its very floor debate, short though it would be under special rules, has educational value to anyone who might hear it.

And Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., a possible presidential contender, has said he would try to bring it up in the Senate this week if the measure gets the required two-thirds majority House rules require.

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1. "The Soldier Pain Bill"

It will be required to inform Parents of potential enlistees that their child will suffer immense pain and suffering and possibly death if enlisting while george bush is the commander in chief.

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2. so if pain is the qualifying criteria for being human

we should stop eating beef then?

also, the backfire here is that as long as you put the fetus out of pain before you remove it you should be able to do abortions at 9, 10, 15 months? :shrug:

just saying it could get out of hand.

How ABOUT, if mom wants to carry that cute little blastocyst to term, her choice, but can't take care of it, we offer healthcare and fosterage? Oh w-a-i-t we already do that.

So . . . this is just another lame ass and pathetic attempt to rule the uterus without doing anything of any real socially redeeming value for unwanted, POST BIRTH children.

I know we go on about how gay is or isn't a choice and whether that should matter, but gollee we're only gay about ourselves. These people seem to have some kind of genetic imperative that compells them to meddle in everyone else's lives; to attempt to seize control of every man, woman, wardrobe malfunctioned nipple, foreskin, testicle and uterus.

Good god won't somebody please give them a life of their own to fuck with.

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3. doesn't being BORN cause pain to a fetus? n/t