Texas woman can breathe a sigh of relief. As a federal judge blocks Texas sonogram law, women seeking an abortion are not forced to go through an unnecessary sonogram procedure. This sonogram provision, as part of an abortion law, was a major part of Rick Perry's agenda. Unfortunately, the blocking is only temporary at this time.
In the ruling, the judge said, "the act compels physicians to advance an ideological agenda with which they may not agree, regardless of any medical necessity, and irrespective of whether the pregnant women wish to listen."
So, a judge blocks Texas sonogram law at this time, but it could possibly prevail in court at a later date, resulting in torturing women who wish to have an abortion and exercise their right to have one. The law, if it does become one, would force a woman to have a sonogram 24 hours prior to having an abortion. If the woman lives 100 miles or more from the clinic, she would be forced to have the sonogram two hours prior to her abortion.
"Perry, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said the goal of the law was to make sure women have all information necessary to make an informed decision on an important medical procedure," reports The Telegraph.
Sonograms are not necessary to ensure an abortion is safe for the woman. The federal judge blocks Texas sonogram law because it tramples on basic human compassion, among other things. It is obvious that Perry, and others who support this, simply want to hurt the woman who is exercising her right to an abortion. Of course, he will never admit the truth. That may cost him votes, and votes are far more important to him than a woman's rights and feelings.
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Comments: 14
Perry is the only Republican Presidential candidate who has clearly and realistically addressed a plan to deal with America's long-term economic problems. But his extreme right-wing religious pandering renders him a complete non-starter for either independent-minded or educated women. And most of the rest of the pack is just as bad, if not worse. Frankly, the Libertarian primary is starting to look more interesting to me.
I am going to have to disagree with you. Perry has the self proclaimed reputation for balancing the Texas budget which my understanding wasnt in such great shape however when you look at how he did you come up with a different view of Perry. He got over $1 billion in stimulus funds. The very same stimulus he claims he is firmly against and didnt do anything for anyone.
On the rest I can see your dilema....wish I had a good answer for you but I dont.
Ruta, I understand your frustration with the current crop of Republican wannabee Presidential candidates. They are extreme.
What has happened is that elements in the far-right have re-invented American history to include things that sound more like religious paranoia than governance. Unfortunately, it seems to have contaminated the whole range of candidates this time around. Believe me, it's not my brand of "conservatism."
Unless you have talked to "most" of these women that is just a nonsense statement.
Fact is that most women dont feel that way...and yes I have talked to them.
Lori, they hypocritically select when they want government to intrude. If it's for the good of average American citizens, then it's a "NO NO."
If it promotes their extremism, then it's the right thing to do.
Amanda, it is when the woman is forced to get one. What are Conservatives going to do if a woman doesn't want a sonogram? Are they going to put her in handcuffs, shackle her to a hospital bed and force it upon her?
Amanda, Republicans need to just stay our of our personal lives. Focus on jobs and health care; something they've yet to realistically do.
I also agree that some really far-right bad apples have tainted the conservative pool. This happens on the left as well, as we are not immune. However, it seems that those running for the Republican ticket for the upcoming election are the tainted ones. I think your second paragraph in your most recent comment sums it up nicely.
Education is huge for me. I am a major supporter of education on all levels. Here in Ohio, our governor is trying to recover our debt by hurting our education system - laying off tons of teachers, closing schools and cutting higher education scholarships, etc. Cleveland is very close to being in an education emergency situation. I just received my BA in education on August 1st and know that it is a dead degree here in Cleveland because there are simply no jobs for teachers. Thankfully, I pursued the degree for another reason and will use it in the interim to do volunteer work in my community, such as offering free tutoring and such. I have two other degrees and am pursuing a 4th that keep me in a position to maintain gainful employment, but this is not the story of many Ohioans due to poor education systems, no jobs, etc.
Those running for president need to worry less about women's uterus' and more about the important things, like the economy, education, jobs and maintaining freedom.
With regard to education, I couldn't possibly agree with you more. Education is power -- for the individual, and for the nation as a whole. If America as a nation wants to advance, then its culture will first have to come to value education as the norm, and recognize that the people who dedicate their lives to educating the next generation are not the problem. An atmosphere of hostility toward education does nothing to help America move forward, or to remedy those problems that do exist. To paraphrase Dilbert, the real problems emerge from an acceptance of "ignorance as a point-of-view."
At one time, I would have admitted to being an Ayn Rand styled conservative (though I have rather softened my position over time). Rand once stated, "Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)." So even Rand's form of far-right conservatism would not have endorsed the likes of our current crop of "conservative" Republican Presidential candidates. But somewhere along the line, the Republican party seems to have turned away from pragmatic conservatism, and instead re-branded itself as the champion of America's religious fringe. And right now, we desperately need more pragmatists.
I also 100 percent agree with you about education. Ignorance is not bliss. In fact it is dangerous and limiting on both an individual and a national level.
Roe V Wade didnt happen until1973 does anyone think that prior to that day no abortions were performed? They were. Abortion in one form or another goes back to about the same time people started populating the earth.
As it is now the state can regulate abortion. They can decide if minors need parental consent or a court order...whether to do late term abortion or not and regulate the industy...make it harder or outlaw it and all those safeguards go right out the window.