Texas Abortion bill

[BlindBoo]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Wearing pink tennis shoes to prepare for nearly 13 consecutive hours of standing, a Democratic Texas state senator on Tuesday began a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort that would impose stringent new abortion restrictions across the nation's second-most populous state.

Sen. Wendy Davis, 50, of Fort Worth began the filibuster at 11:18 a.m. CDT Tuesday and passed the halfway mark in her countdown to midnight - the deadline for the end of the 30-day special session.

Rules stipulate she remain standing, not lean on her desk or take any breaks - even for meals or to use the bathroom. Colleagues removed her chair so she wouldn't sit down by mistake.

If signed into law, the measures would close almost every abortion clinic in Texas, a state 773 miles wide and 790 miles long with 26 million people. A woman living along the Mexico border or in West Texas would have to drive hundreds of miles to obtain an abortion if the law passes.

In her opening remarks, Davis said she was "rising on the floor today to humbly give voice to thousands of Texans" and called Republican efforts to pass the bill a "raw abuse of power."

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I thought filibusters were ...'bad'...?

oh wait.....

The US Senate should adopt the same filibuster rules as Texas. Make themstand and stay on point if they want to.......

 

[Avatar4321]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Wearing pink tennis shoes to prepare for nearly 13 consecutive hours of standing, a Democratic Texas state senator on Tuesday began a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort that would impose stringent new abortion restrictions across the nation's second-most populous state.

Sen. Wendy Davis, 50, of Fort Worth began the filibuster at 11:18 a.m. CDT Tuesday and passed the halfway mark in her countdown to midnight - the deadline for the end of the 30-day special session.

Rules stipulate she remain standing, not lean on her desk or take any breaks - even for meals or to use the bathroom. Colleagues removed her chair so she wouldn't sit down by mistake.

If signed into law, the measures would close almost every abortion clinic in Texas, a state 773 miles wide and 790 miles long with 26 million people. A woman living along the Mexico border or in West Texas would have to drive hundreds of miles to obtain an abortion if the law passes.

In her opening remarks, Davis said she was "rising on the floor today to humbly give voice to thousands of Texans" and called Republican efforts to pass the bill a "raw abuse of power."

PilotOnline.com: national & world News for Hampton Roads, Va., from The Virginian-Pilot

I thought filibusters were ...'bad'...?

oh wait.....

The US Senate should adopt the same filibuster rules as Texas. Make themstand and stay on point if they want to.......

Please. Our elected officials are lazy. That's why they adopted the "silent" fillibuster rules to begin with.

 

[daveman]

The Tea Party would do exactly the same thing if they had thought of it and then there would have been a brawl in the balconies.

Yup, I called it:

According to Fakey, being loud and disruptive is being violent. All these people should have been arrested.

Of course, he'll side with the Democrats.

He sided with the Dems, and blamed the TEA Party -- who weren't even there.

 

[JakeStarkey]

And koshergrl supports the screamers and yellers in the town hall meetings.

This is called hypocrisy.

she's the hypocrit-in-chief

The people didn't speak at all, ghoul.

A mob applied strong-arm bully tactics to circumvent the will of the people.

what are you bringing up the Tea Party town hall meetings for? That was years ago

http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...hall-because-of-maryland-democrats-smear.html Now the TPM hypocrites have abandoned this thread because it demonstrates their hypocrisy.

 

[daveman]

Democracy in action

...unless it's the GOP doing the filibuster, in which case it's a subversion of thewillathapeepul, isn't it?

 

[Avatar4321]

And koshergrl supports the screamers and yellers in the town hall meetings.

This is called hypocrisy.

she's the hypocrit-in-chief

The people didn't speak at all, ghoul.

A mob applied strong-arm bully tactics to circumvent the will of the people.

what are you bringing up the Tea Party town hall meetings for? That was years ago

http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...hall-because-of-maryland-democrats-smear.html Now the TPM hypocrites have abandoned this thread because it demonstrates their hypocrisy.

Since when has it been abandoned? We are still very clear that the government doesnt have the right to prevent people from assembling, speaking, or petitioning their representatives because they "think" they are going to be verbally violent.

For some reason you think a mob shutting down a legislative vote is alright, but that people who are assembling to peacefully question and petition their representatives is somehow lawful and should be defended because you think they are going to be violent despite no evidence to support that.

The only one being a hypocrite here is you my friend. Though as with most people, you probably wont see that.

 

[daveman]

And koshergrl supports the screamers and yellers in the town hall meetings.

This is called hypocrisy.

she's the hypocrit-in-chief

The people didn't speak at all, ghoul.

A mob applied strong-arm bully tactics to circumvent the will of the people.

what are you bringing up the Tea Party town hall meetings for? That was years ago

http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...hall-because-of-maryland-democrats-smear.html Now the TPM hypocrites have abandoned this thread because it demonstrates their hypocrisy.

Well, it would be hypocrisy, if the TEA Party folks had actually been in the meeting. But they weren't -- Democrats lied to law enforcement and had their political enemies' rights suppressed.

But of course, you're a flat-out liar, so you think nothing of making this false equivalence.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Democracy in action

...unless it's the GOP doing the filibuster, in which case it's a subversion of thewillathapeepul, isn't it?

You got a great point. Either we support everyone's right to protest in such a manner or we forbid everyone from protesting in such a matter. Doesn't matter if you are TPM or OWS or prolife or prochoice of whatever.

 

[JakeStarkey]

she's the hypocrit-in-chief


what are you bringing up the Tea Party town hall meetings for? That was years ago

http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...hall-because-of-maryland-democrats-smear.html Now the TPM hypocrites have abandoned this thread because it demonstrates their hypocrisy.

Well, it would be hypocrisy, if the TEA Party folks had actually been in the meeting. But they weren't -- Democrats lied to law enforcement and had their political enemies' rights suppressed.

But of course, you're a flat-out liar, so you think nothing of making this false equivalence.

That is merely your unfounded and lying opinion.

And it certainly applies to the disrupted town meetings in 2009 and 2010.

 

[daveman]

Democracy in action

...unless it's the GOP doing the filibuster, in which case it's a subversion of thewillathapeepul, isn't it?

You got a great point. Either we support everyone's right to protest in such a manner or we forbid everyone from protesting in such a matter. Doesn't matter if you are TPM or OWS or prolife or prochoice of whatever.

You have made it quite clear you're okay with the government suppressing the rights of your political enemies. It's far too late to change your tune, no matter how insincerely you try.

 

[buckeye45_73]

How long before Rush Limbaugh calls her a slut?

Not until ed schultz calls palin one

 

[buckeye45_73]

Democracy in action

...unless it's the GOP doing the filibuster, in which case it's a subversion of thewillathapeepul, isn't it?

You got a great point. Either we support everyone's right to protest in such a manner or we forbid everyone from protesting in such a matter. Doesn't matter if you are TPM or OWS or prolife or prochoice of whatever.

Since when do liberals like you support making a law/rule apply to everyone?

 

[JakeStarkey]

...unless it's the GOP doing the filibuster, in which case it's a subversion of thewillathapeepul, isn't it?

You got a great point. Either we support everyone's right to protest in such a manner or we forbid everyone from protesting in such a matter. Doesn't matter if you are TPM or OWS or prolife or prochoice of whatever.

Since when do liberals like you support making a law/rule apply to everyone?

You are not a mainstream American, so you would not recognize a liberal at all.

Either or, buckeye, either or.

 

[bendog]

Personally, I'd be ok with a blanket ban sometime after the 21st week, so long as the health of the mother was protected. I'm more libertarian than that, but I realize society needs an ability to police was is acceptable. Still, it is simply disengenous to say "we're protecting women," when the intent of a bill is simply not not have any abortions.

 

[koshergrl]

Personally, I'd be ok with a blanket ban sometime after the 21st week, so long as the health of the mother was protected. I'm more libertarian than that, but I realize society needs an ability to police was is acceptable. Still, it is simply disengenous to say "we're protecting women," when the intent of a bill is simply not not have any abortions.

The intent of the bill was to stop late term abortions and to require abortionists to have hospital admitting rights...in order to prevent the disgusting conditions that we see over, and over, and over in charnel houses that have ZERO oversight. Where women are abused, and die, because there is no accountability, no record keeping, and no laws that establish a basic standard of care that exists in EVERY OTHER MEDICAL FIELD, including the DENTAL field.

 

[koshergrl]

And it is very telling indeed that the progressive ghouls are "happy" that the bill, which would have closed MANY disgusting abbatoirs that would never, in a million years, pass any sort of objective inspection, will remain open...killing babies and maiming and killing women apace.

 

[JakeStarkey]

You're already on record as saying you want conservatives muzzled for engaging in actions they haven't yet engaged in.

Link. Also include where I point out that TPM and lefty activists should not be treated the same.

The gallery last night should have been cleaned out, just as we did our meeting room in the courthouse in 2009.

No one gets to disrupt the public's business, period.

 

[AmyNation]

This is the Politics Forum. You want to whine and flame, take it outside.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/the-flame-zone/300270-jake-and-dave.html

 

[JakeStarkey]

The point is this. The TPM does not want to give the same leeway in public dispute to their opponents as they have done and wish for themselves. This goes straight to the heart of the public disturbance last night in the Texas legislature.

I don't think anyone should be able to disrupt the public's business.

 

[koshergrl]

You betcha.