Similar legislation has been advanced in other US states by zygote zealots and abortion criminalizers for the purpose of delaying, obstructing and limiting women's reproductive choices.The Kentucky House Health and Welfare Committee shot down a bill Tuesday to limit abortions. The vote on Senate Bill 79 was 8-8, effectively stopping the proposal for this legislative session. Still, advocates of the bill declined to declare it dead, saying they might consider various parliamentary moves to revive the measure.
The bill would require a woman seeking an abortion to have a face-to-face consultation with a physician and be presented with an ultrasound of the fetus.
Rep. Reginald Meeks, D-Louisville, said he was torn by the vote, noting that another lawmaker had threatened to hold one of his bills hostage in another committee if he didn’t support the proposal. Meeks said he was not going to be held hostage and voted against SB 79.
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Bill Killed
News update from Kentucky:
2 comments:
That's good news, dBO, but there are still dozens of those shitty bills floating around the state houses.
The grown-ups may be in charge in Washington, but the little battles go on. And on. And on.
And on. And on.
I don't know, maybe it's that story about the little Brazilian girl, but I'm on overload with these people lately -- they're making me sicker than ever.
So thanks for at least a little good news, deBeauxOs. It makes me feel a bit better.
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