quinta-feira, 2 de março de 2006

Mississippi advances bill to ban most abortions

JACKSON, Miss. - A state House committee voted to ban most abortions in Mississippi, which already has some of the strictest abortion laws in the nation.
The bill approved by the House Public Health Committee on Tuesday would allow abortion only to save the pregnant woman’s life. It would make no exception in cases of rape or incest. The bill now goes to the full House, which could vote next week, and then to the Senate.
South Dakota lawmakers passed a similar bill last week that was intended to provoke a court showdown over the legality of abortion.
The Mississippi lawmaker who introduced the near-ban, Democrat Steve Holland, said he acted because he was tired of piecemeal attempts to add new abortion restrictions year after year.
Holland said he has voted for some abortion restrictions and against others in the past. “I have a strong dilemma within myself on this,” Holland said. “I can only impregnate. I can’t get pregnant myself.”
Mississippi already requires a 24-hour waiting period and counseling for all abortions, plus the consent of both parents for minors who seek the procedure. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour favors restrictions on abortion, but he has not spoken about the current legislation.
(fonte: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11621741/)


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3 comentários:

João Silveira disse...

o Bush pode ser bastante polémico nalgumas coisas, mas a sua administração tem lutado bastante contra o aborto nos Estados Unidos.
No estado do Mississipi tenta-se proibir o aborto inclusivamente em caso de violação, nos quais a lei portuguesa prevê o "direito" a abortar.
Parece-me q estamos conformados com a presente lei, como se fosse um "mal-menor" em relação à liberalização total. Na realidade é, mas isso não nos deve impedir de mostrar o descontentamento com a presente lei, q permite o aborto em certos casos.
100% anti-aborto!!

Domingueira disse...

100% pela vida!

p.s.- o Bush é contra o aborto mas a favor da pena de morte. Faz-me uma certa confusão...

João Silveira disse...

a mim também. Mas a cultura dominante é contra a pena de morte, e a favor do aborto...