Texas Abortion bill

[Avatar4321]

"This is really about women's health," said Sen. Bob Deuell, who introduced a requirement that all abortions take place in surgical centers. "Sometimes bad things can happen."

Bad things can happen? You mean like killing your unborn child?

 

[bodecea]

Go Wendy!!!!!

So you are now fine with one person preventing the majority from voting on a bill?

Not if it's against the law. If it IS okay by legal procedures, then she can rock on!

 

[bodecea]

heard her on the radio today. godbless her for standing up for women's rights.

Why do you think it's a woman's right to kill her offspring?

So, you believe abortion to be murder.

 

[FishfaceDeMarco]

I think she's done, and the bill's gonna go through!

 

[buckeye45_73]

Chris, before you use God bless, it helps to beleive in God

 

[Avatar4321]

heard her on the radio today. godbless her for standing up for women's rights.

Why do you think it's a woman's right to kill her offspring?

So, you believe abortion to be murder.

I consider it unjustified killing. I am not sure there is malice for murder in most cases.

 

[Avatar4321]

Chris, before you use God bless, it helps to beleive in God

It also tends to help to be asking God to bless for things God supports.

 

[TemplarKormac]

God cannot bless murder. I'm sorry. If you are killing for want and nothing else...I don't even think God could support it.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Chris, before you use God bless, it helps to beleive in God

It also tends to help to be asking God to bless for things God supports.

^This

 

[Locke11_21]

heard her on the radio today. godbless her for standing up for women's rights.

Yes, she is really standing up for the rights of millions of females in wombs that will be murdered! What a hypocrite.

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

oh wait.....

You know how it is, the only good filibuster is a Democrat filibuster, just like the only good war is a Democrat war.

 

[OriginalShroom]

All for nothing.

Texas Senate GOP passes restrictive abortion bill


AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Amid the deafening roar of abortion rights supporters, Texas Republicans huddled around the Senate podium to pass new abortion restrictions, but whether the vote was cast before or after midnight is in dispute.

Hundreds of protesters cheered, clapped and shouted for the last 15 minutes of the special legislative session in an attempt to run out the clock before senators could vote on the bill that is expected to close almost every abortion clinic in the nation's second most populous state.

While Democrats as well as assembled reporters watched clocks on their mobile phones tick past midnight, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said the voting began just before. The bill now goes to Gov. Rick Perry, who directed that the legislation be taken up in the special session and is expected to sign it into law.

Democrats immediately predicted a legal challenge.

"It's questionable to vote when no one can hear to even know if a vote is taken," said Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin.

One of the state's most conservative lawmakers, Houston Republican Sen. Dan Patrick, insisted the vote was valid.

"Had that not happened, everyone would have known what was happening," he said.

Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spent most of the day staging an old-fashioned filibuster, attracting wide support, including a mention from President Barack Obama's campaign Twitter account. Her Twitter following went from 1,200 in the morning to more than 20,000 by Tuesday night.

Davis' mission, however, was cut short.

Rules stipulated she remain standing, not lean on her desk or take any breaks — even for meals or to use the bathroom. But she also was required to stay on topic, and Republicans pointed out a mistake and later protested again when another lawmaker helped her with a back brace.

Republican Sen. Donna Campbell called the third point of order because of her remarks about a previous law concerning sonograms. Under the rules, lawmakers can vote to end a filibuster after three sustained points of order.

After much back and forth, the GOP voted to end the filibuster minutes before midnight, sparking the raucous response from protesters.

 

[Agit8r]

Puritanism got aborted, yo!

 

[Politico]

Who?????

 

[Merchant_of_Meh]

Lotsa of posturing and presumptions on what God thinks and what God doesn't think. Does He not work in mysterious ways, if I recall? If I were a believer, I would believe this to be one of those ways.

As for the OP, I think its quite courageous what she's doing. I personally think abortion is wrong in all cases except the health of the mother, but what I think is even more wrong is that men are deciding this issue.

That makes zero sense, in all honesty.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Wendy has a great rack.

Not to mention stamina, determination and fortitude. Something you could only feign on a message board for 30 minutes, and not in front of the Texas Senate for 13 hours, Keyboard Kowboy.

Let's see how great your rack is.

Do you have anything of substance to offer here? Or just your usual bullshit.

Your feelings get hurt so easily.....really. Try manning up.

 

[daveman]

God bless Wendy Davis

Do you think God would bless her for allowing the slaughter of unborn babies?

Do you think at all?

 

[daveman]

All for nothing.

Texas Senate GOP passes restrictive abortion bill


AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Amid the deafening roar of abortion rights supporters, Texas Republicans huddled around the Senate podium to pass new abortion restrictions, but whether the vote was cast before or after midnight is in dispute.

Hundreds of protesters cheered, clapped and shouted for the last 15 minutes of the special legislative session in an attempt to run out the clock before senators could vote on the bill that is expected to close almost every abortion clinic in the nation's second most populous state.

While Democrats as well as assembled reporters watched clocks on their mobile phones tick past midnight, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said the voting began just before. The bill now goes to Gov. Rick Perry, who directed that the legislation be taken up in the special session and is expected to sign it into law.

Democrats immediately predicted a legal challenge.

"It's questionable to vote when no one can hear to even know if a vote is taken," said Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin.

One of the state's most conservative lawmakers, Houston Republican Sen. Dan Patrick, insisted the vote was valid.

"Had that not happened, everyone would have known what was happening," he said.

Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spent most of the day staging an old-fashioned filibuster, attracting wide support, including a mention from President Barack Obama's campaign Twitter account. Her Twitter following went from 1,200 in the morning to more than 20,000 by Tuesday night.

Davis' mission, however, was cut short.

Rules stipulated she remain standing, not lean on her desk or take any breaks — even for meals or to use the bathroom. But she also was required to stay on topic, and Republicans pointed out a mistake and later protested again when another lawmaker helped her with a back brace.

Republican Sen. Donna Campbell called the third point of order because of her remarks about a previous law concerning sonograms. Under the rules, lawmakers can vote to end a filibuster after three sustained points of order.

After much back and forth, the GOP voted to end the filibuster minutes before midnight, sparking the raucous response from protesters.

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.

 

[rightwinger]

How long before Rush Limbaugh calls her a slut?

 

[mal]

"The measure would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and would have required all clinics to be graded as surgical centers, with all doctors required to have admitting privileges at hospitals. It's estimated that nearly all of the state's clinics wouldn't have been able to meet the new standards."

Texas abortion bill fails to pass after epic filibuster - U.S. News

Sorry... But Abortions shouldn't happen after 20 weeks and Abortionists should be Legitimate Doctors.

This would have Passed... And the Majority of Texans support it.

If it were the Reverse the Pro-Abortion Left would be Losing their Fucking Minds about "the People's Will" and "Let the Vote happen".

Such is... Yet another example.



peace...

 

[LoneLaugher]

I heard the bill would have reduced the number of clinics that perform abortions in Texas down to 5. Is that true?

How many abortions are actually performed after 20 weeks in Texas each year?

How many of those are done to save the life of the mother or avoid undue suffering on the part of the mother and/or future baby?

Answer these questions......and maybe reasonable becomes ridiculous.