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Monday, March 12, 2012

Kansas Legislators coming between Mothers/patients and their child

Radical, Right Wing, Republican legislators are at it again--still, really--with a new piece of legislation that would allow a woman's doctor to come between a mother/patient and her soon-to-be born child, if the doctor is strongly against abortion: "Buried in a sweeping anti-abortion bill is a provision that would immunize a doctor who discovers that a baby will be born with a devastating condition and deliberately withholds that information from his patient. ...[A] doctor who opposes abortion could decide to lie about the results of your blood tests, your ultrasound, your cvs or your amnio. Lie to you so that you won't have information that might lead you to decide to end your pregnancy or that might lead you to learn more about your child's condition so that you are prepared to be the best parent you can be to your child." Instead of solving Kansas' tax problems or working on creating jobs, these legislators seem intent, instead, on legislating morality to mothers and fathers who otherwise, in this scenario, would be lied to and then taken out of the decisions on the mother's body and the child's condition. This is both appalling and disgusting. And it's happening right now in Topeka, Kansas. This is what Kansas is in the news for, nationally and internationally. That is sad. And sick. If you are from Kansas, please go to this link to write Senate President Steve Morris a note, making clear you are against this bill: http://www.senatorstevemorris.com/content/contact-me. Link: http://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/kansas-pregnant-women-little-lie-your-doctor-wont-hurt-you

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