KS Governor’s Veto Of Abortion Reporting Bill Insures Illegal Abortions Continue

[kimmielittle]

Topeka, KS – A Kansas bill that would have required abortionists to report the precise diagnosis used to justify late-term abortions has been vetoed today by Gov. Mark Parkinson, an abortion supporter.
“This bill would have helped law enforcement agencies determine if late-term abortions done after viability are being done in compliance with the law. That sounds like a no-brainer, but in Kansas, governmental cover-up for abortion abuses is a way of life,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
Kansas law currently bans post-viability abortions unless the continuation of the pregnancy would present a “substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function” of the pregnant woman. Since 2000, that law has been interpreted to include “mental health” as long as the mental health risk was “substantial and irreversible.”
However, abortionists have only reported that post-viability abortions are done for nebulous “mental health” reasons.** There has never been a recorded late-term abortion in Kansas history done to save the life or physical health of a mother.**

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[shondrea]

Kansas, what is wrong with you! We’re suppose to be a conservative state, gosh darn it~!

 

[JimG]

Kansas, what is wrong with you! We’re suppose to be a conservative state, gosh darn it~!

The late Dr. George Tiller, who was killed by Scott Roeder, had an abortion practice which specialized in late term abortion. Even with the restrictive law, which seemingly prohibits post-viability abortion except where necessary to prevent permanent and irreversible damage to a major bodily function, the state had been a mecca for late abortions.

The law itself had said nothing about mental health, but a court ruled that mental health was and must be included as an exception. But no prosecutor ever asked to see a diagnosis for any abortion.

I regret that the new law did not pass. I doubt that even if it did, that any abortionist in KS would be prosecuted for doing an abortion which did not meet the requirements of the law. It’s not something that the attorney general or prosecutors look at, even when asked to.

 

[ALLGIRLS]

I’m not surprised. This is Tiller’s legacy. The pro-aborts have canonized him. Dangit Roeder! Didn’t you realize what you did would cause way more harm in the long run?

In Christ,

Ellen

 

[chain]

from the person whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world is a nail.

The “health” of the mother is always effected by pregnancy. There are those who believe that even something as natural as weight gain during pregnancy is unhealthy to the mom if all it does is make her think she is getting fat and hurts her self image. Likewise there are probably judges who will sign off on that as an excuse for late term abortions.

 

[JimG]

from the person whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world is a nail.

The “health” of the mother is always effected by pregnancy. There are those who believe that even something as natural as weight gain during pregnancy is unhealthy to the mom if all it does is make her think she is getting fat and hurts her self image. Likewise there are probably judges who will sign off on that as an excuse for late term abortions.

Around here, judges never get a chance to sign off on it, as it is never taken to a judge. The way it has worked in the past, the abortionist gets a second opinion–from another abortionist–then proceeds with the abortion. No prosecutor or judge even wants to see the reason for termination or will second guess it, as it is considered a medical judgement. The proposed law would have allowed other interested parties–Dad’s, mothers, relatives, to sue the abortionist if they believed the abortion was done illegally, but it was vetoed. It would also have required the diagnosis to be made a matter of record for reporting purposes. (In theory a post-viability abortion in Kansas is only allowed to save a mother’s life or if continuing the pregnancy would cause “irreversible harm to a major bodily function.”)

 

[ALLGIRLS]

from the person whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world is a nail.

The “health” of the mother is always effected by pregnancy. There are those who believe that even something as natural as weight gain during pregnancy is unhealthy to the mom if all it does is make her think she is getting fat and hurts her self image. Likewise there are probably judges who will sign off on that as an excuse for late term abortions.

I was thinking a few pregnancies ago (I’m on #6!), that I could easily use the “health” excuse to abort up until the 9th month. 1st, I get morning sickness. Then, when that goes away, I get raging headaches for at least a month, then sciatica kicks in (that lasts until delivery), not to mention the hemmorhoids (they swell, bleed, and sitting, standing, and laying in any position is painful). And then on my last pregnancy, I ended up w/ diabetes! Plus, I’m 39 now, I’ve been “advanced maternal age” my last 3 pregnancies, that right there is “risky”.

And yet, even with all that, I’m not in any danger. I don’t have to be on bedrest or in the hospital, there’s no big chance of the baby or me dying. That “health” exception is an abominable joke

In Christ,

Ellen

 

[ALLGIRLS]

And I just don’t get the whole “post viability” abortion thing. If the woman’s life is in danger, and the baby is viable, why not just deliver it alive? Lots of moms who want their babies do that. If you don’t want the baby, deliver him anyway, and put him up for adoption. How is a partial birth or saline abortion any safer for mother (both of which require a delivery-the baby’s just dead at the time ) . And a hysterotomy is just a c-section whereby the baby’s killed b/f being removed from the uterus. It doesn’t make any sense

In Christ,

Ellen