New Law Could Allow Family Members To Halt Abortions

LAWMAKERS IN ARKANSAS HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO RESTRICT
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FURTHER AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST SIGNED A
NEW RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAW INTO LAW.
IT IS REFERRED TO AS ARKANSAS ACT 45 AND IT WAS SIGNED BY THE
GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON LESS THURSDAY AND A BANDS
DILATION AND EVACUATION ABORTIONS, THE MOST COMMON
ABORTION PROCEDURE DURING THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY.
THE LEGISLATION EFFECTIVELY BLOCKS ABORTIONS AFTER 14
WEEKS BY MAKING THE SAFEST PROCEDURE A FELONY.
WHEN TRUMP WAS CAMPAIGNING ON PUNISHING WOMEN FOR
ABORTION AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE THAT IS CRAZY.
NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO DO THAT.
IT TURNS OF THE LAWMAKERS
IN ARKANSAS DO IN FACT WANT TO DO THAT AND SO THERE HAVE
BEEN A NUMBER OF STATE LAWS PASSED THAT RESTRICT
ABORTION PAST 20 WEEKS AND TO BE CLEAR, ABORTION PAST 20
WEEKS IS EXTREMELY RARE ANYWAY.
USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE WOMAN'S LIFE IS AT RISK OR
IF THE FETUS HAS SEVERE AND MORE ANALOGIES.
IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE GOING TO DIAL IT BACK EVEN FURTHER TO
14 WEEKS AND SO A LOT OF WOMEN WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET AN
ABORTION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
THIS IS CLEARLY AN UNDUE BURDEN BUT IF IT DOES MAKE IT TO
THE SUPREME COURT, WHO KNOWS HOW IT WOULD RULE CONSIDERING A
VERY CONSERVATIVE COME SUPREME COURT NOMINEE THAT JUST GOT
CHOSEN BY TRUMP.
THERE'S ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WITH NO EXCEPTION
FOR RAPE OR INCEST IN A CLOSET ALLOWS A WOMAN'S SPOUSE OR
PARENT TO SUE AN ABORTION PROVIDER, THE LAW
POTENTIALLY ALLOWS THE FETUSES FATHER TO SUE EVEN IN CASES
OF SPOUSAL RAPE OR INCEST.
LET'S SAY THAT THE MAN INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION DISAGREES
WITH THE ABORTION.
UNDER THIS NEW LAW IN ARKANSAS, HE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY
TO SUE THE ABORTION PROVIDER.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THIS PERSON HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF RAPING
THE WOMAN OR IF THIS PERSON IS A FAMILY MEMBER AND HAD SEX
WITH HER AND GOT HER PREGNANT AS A RESULT.
AGAIN, IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL HOLD UP IN
COURT, WE WILL SEE.
BUT IT IS SCARY TO KNOW THAT THERE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS KIND OF DRACONIAN MEASURES.
IF YOU THINK THIS ISN'T A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO FIND FOR
DIFFERENT ANGLES AND JUST HOLDING A WOMAN WHO THINKS SHE
CAN DO WHAT SHE WANTS, OF COURSE WE CAN EJECT THIS AND EVERY
STORY.
PROPAGANDA.
1ST OF ALL, PARTS OF THE BILL, MAYBERRY, HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THEIR PARTS OF THE BILL, THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS.
THERE IS THE CONJUNCTION THAT THE POTENTIAL I'M ONLY
CATEGORIZING RAPISTS OR IN SEXUAL FATHER OF THE UNBORN
CHILD AS THE PEOPLE WHO COULD AGGRESSIVELY GO AFTER THE
PROVIDER FOR THIS.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE INJUNCTION
OR THEY COULD WIN MONETARY DAMAGES.
HE SAID NO, THERE ARE THINGS IN PLACE.
THEY CAN'T WEAR MONETARILY IN COURT OVER THIS.
COME ON MAN, I AM NOT CRAZY.
THEY CAN JUST STOP A WOMAN FROM DOING WHAT SHE WANTS EVEN
AFTER THEY POTENTIALLY RAPED HER OR INCEST I DOESN'T MATTER,
IT IS STILL THERE CHILD.
TO THINK HE CAN LOWER THIS AND SAY LOOK YOU GUYS, I AM
BEING HONEST ABOUT THIS.
I'M TRYING TO THROW GUYS A BONE HERE.
ITíS ACTUALLY A
DIFFERENT WAY OF CONTROLLING ANOTHER WOMAN.
BY THE WAY, ALSO IN ARKANSAS, THEY REQUIRE A 48 HOUR WAITING
PERIOD BETWEEN AND IMPORTS AND ABORTION CONSULTATION IN
PROCEDURE AND ALSO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS PARTICULAR KIND
OF ABORTION, THE DILATION AND EVACUATION, YOU HAVE TO THAN
GO TO A CLINIC, THERE'S ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE TIME OFF, MAYBE FIND SOME WAY TO GET AWAY
FROM WORK OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE, GET THERE,
HAVE HER CONSULTATION, 48-HOUR WAITING, GO BACK, DO IT AGAIN.
THAT POINT, MAYBE YOU JUST GO THIS IS TOO MUCH TROUBLE OR
TAKES TOO LONG TO LOOK, YOU WAITED TOO LONG TO HAVE
THREE VISA LAZY.
OR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TIPPED OFF AND THEY KNOW
THEY CAN FILE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU.
I LIKE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE OF THESE
IN ARKANSAS THAT I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT.
THAT IS AN INSANE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THAT YOU ARE
PUTTING ON, LEGAL PRESSURE ON THIS CLINIC.
THIS ONE CLINIC THAT DOES THIS ONE PROCEDURE THAT AGAIN,
YOU BROUGHT IT UP HOW RARE IT IS THAT ABORTIONS TAKE PLACE
WITHIN THE SECOND TRIMESTER.
I DID SOME RESEARCH NINE 2013 THE CDC REPORTED THAT LESS THAN
3% OF ABORTIONS TAKE PLACE AFTER THE SECOND TRIMESTER.
WE'RE TALKING A MINUSCULE AMOUNT THERE IS ONE CLINIC IN ALL
OF ARKANSAS.
YOU CAN'T GRANT A WOMAN THE DIGNITY, THE AUTONOMY TO
MAKE THAT DECISION TO GO TO THIS ONE PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IS
THAT ALL OF THE LAWMAKERS THAT CHOSE TO COMMENT WERE MEN.
BUT THAT'S WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS THOUGH.
THAT'S INSANE.
THAT'S TYPICAL.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A FEMALE POLITICIAN, IT
PROBABLY DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THEM.
THE ODD DASTARDLY OF THESE GUYS TO COME FORWARD IN THE WAY
THEY PAINT THIS PROCEDURE WHICH IS ALSO USED IN THE CASE OF
MISCARRIAGE WHEN ANY TERM OF THE TISSUE FROM THE BODY.
WITH THE USE THIS BROAD PAINTBRUSH TO SAY A WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS WRONG AND IT IS BLANKET WE WRONG AND IF
YOU ARE DISAGREEING WITH ME THAN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS WHAT YOU
WANT, AND THEY HAVE THESE REALLY VICIOUS LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS
TOOL GOING INTO A UTERUS AND RIPPING OUT THE BABY AND IT IS
JUST SUCH A MISCHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE
IN THIS ONE CLINIC THAT IS JUST FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.
THERE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL AND THEN THEY HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT LEGAL ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST THEM BY FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO DISAGREE WITH THE WOMAN'S DECISION TO DO WHAT
SHE FEELS IS NECESSARY WITH HER OWN BODY.
INNOCENCE, IT IS A WAY TO INTIMIDATE THIS CLINIC FROM
DOING WHAT IT DOES DOCUMENT IN MIND, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
PUNISHMENT, IT TAKES A HARD LINE AGAINST THE DILATION AND
EVACUATION PROCEDURES MAKING THEIR USE A CLASS D FELONY
PUNISHABLE BY A $10,000 FINE OR SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
IT IS A PUNISHMENT, IT'S A HUGE ONE AND IT IS USED AS A
FORM OF INTIMIDATION TO BAN A CLINIC OR CONVINCE A CLINIC
TO DO SOMETHING THAT AS OF NOW IS CONSTITUTIONALLY
PROTECTED TO DO.
BY THE WAY, ONE FINAL THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD ABOUT THIS.
THE DILATION AND EVACUATION PROCEDURE IS THE MOST
COMMON AND THAT IS THE REASON THEY ARE TARGETING A BUT
THEY HAVE TO GIVE US A REASON OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHY
THEY ARE TARGETING THIS SPECIFIC FORM OF ABORTION, RIGHT?
DO THEY THINK IT IS UNSAFE?
DO THEY THINK IT IS RISKY?
BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY BANNING IT IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ABORTION.
THIS EXACT SAME METHOD IS USED IF A WOMAN MISCARRIED AND
THEY HAVE TO CLEAR OUT HER UTERUS OF TISSUE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS NOT UNSAFE BECAUSE IT IS, AND I
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND THERE ARE ANY MISHAPS THAT WE
REPORT ON, RIGHT?
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE OKAY WHEN IT IS USED IN THE CONTEXT OF A
MISCARRIAGE SO WHAT IS YOUR REASONING?
WHAT YOU WANT TO BAN THE SPECIFIC TYPE?
WE KNOW THE REALITY IS THAT YOU DON'T WANT ABORTION TO BE
LEGAL BUT YOU HAD TO LIE TO US, RIGHT?
YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT REASON SO WHAT IS A?
IT'S A METHOD THAT IS ENDORSING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
HOW ARE THESE MILL LAWMAKERS GOING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THE WORLD HEALTH ADMINISTRATION WHEN THIS PROCEDURE IS THE
SAFEST WAY FOR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER.
I UNDERSTAND WHY.
THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT HERE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
THE LIFE AND RIGHTS OF THE MOTHER OR JUST NOT AS
IMPORTANT AND THAT IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND I THINK IT
IS ALSO IMPORTANT OMISSION THAT THIS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO A
LAW THAT EXISTS IN ALABAMA, WEST VIRGINIA, ETC.
IT'S DIFFERENT THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED TO SUE.
THAT IS SO DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN STRESS ENOUGH
THE SAYING THIS IS A FELONY, YOU ARE PUNISHING A WOMAN FOR ONE
OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT A PERSON CAN MAKE.
YOU ARE PUNISHING HER FOR THAT.
THERE IS ALREADY JUST ONE CLINIC OPERATING.
THE WHOLE STORY SUCKS.
YOU ARE TAKING AWAY SOMEONE TO TALK TO ME TO MAKE THIS CHOICE.
TO BE FAAIR TO MAYBERRY, THERE IS ONE MORE EXCEPTION.
IT DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HELP OF THE MOTHER.
YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE BRINK OF DEATH
AND THEN IT'S OKAY.

New Law Could Allow Family Members To Halt Abortions

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