EFFECTIVELY GRANT DOCTORS THE RIGHT TO LIE TO WOMEN ABOUT
THEIR PREGNANCIES AND POTENTIALLY PREVENT THEM
FROM GOING THROUGH AN ABORTION THOUGHT TEXAS SENATE BILL
25 ALSO KNOWN AS THE WRONGFUL BIRTH BILL HAS MADE ITS WAY
TO THE TEXAS SENATE FLOOR AND WOULD PREVENT LAWSUITS
AGAINST DOCTORS AND THE BABY IS BORN WITH A DISABILITY.
THE TEXAS SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS PASS A BILL
WHICH WOULD LEGISLATE HOW MUCH INFORMATION A WOMEN IS
ALLOWED TO RECEIVE ABOUT HER OWN PREGNANCY.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
THIS IS GOING TO LEGISLATE HOW MUCH INFORMATION A WOMAN IS
ALLOWED TO RECEIVE ABOUT HER OWN PREGNANCY.
THE BILL'S AUTHOR REPUBLICAN SENATOR BRANDER CRIED AND
ARGUED THAT WRONGFUL BIRTH LAWSUITS COULD MOTIVATE DOCTORS
TO ENCOURAGE ABORTION IN ORDER TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF
LEGAL ACTION.
THIS BASICALLY GOES TO PROTECT DOCTORS SO
IF THEY SEVERELY DISABLED CHILD IS BORN THAT THE PARENTS CANNOT
SEE THE DOCTOR FOR NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CHILD'S DISABILITY SO THAT THE PARENTS COULD POTENTIALLY
IN THE PREGNANCY IF THAT IS THE DECISION THEY DECIDED TO MAKE.
OBVIOUSLY ACCORDING TO SOME LAWYERS IN THE TEXAS AREA WHO
HAVE BEEN PRACTICING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE THEY SAY THIS SORT
OF CASE IS NEVER REALLY COME INTO COURTS, BUT THAT DOESN'T
STOP THESE SORT OF LAWMAKERS FROM TRYING TO ENACT THIS
ANTIABORTION LEGISLATION.
THERE SUCH LIARS.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT MATTERS WHAT OTHER DATA
WHY PEOPLE ARE SO ENGULFED IN THINKING OR TRYING TO THINK
FOR A PERSON.
THAT IS A WOMAN'S BODY.
THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS OF WHAT THEY WANT FOR THEIR BODY.
WHAT LAW, WHAT LEGALITY, WAS SENATOR WHATEVER POLITICAL
PUNDIT HAS THE AUDACITY TO REALLY CARE OR TELL A
PERSON WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR BODY.
I DON'T, I STILL CAN'T FATHOM THAT I CAN EVEN COME TO THE
WORDS TO SAY BECAUSE OF HIS IS MEOW SO MUCH.
THAT IS YOUR DECISION.
WHY DO I HAVE ANY SAY IN THAT.
I DON'T GET THAT DONE
I AGREE WITH YOU AND WE SEE THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN
WITH LAWMAKERS WHO ARE TRYING TO CONTROL WOMEN'S BODIES AND
TRYING TO CONTROL WOMEN'S CHOICE.
I THINK IT EVEN BECOMES MORE EGREGIOUS WHEN YOU JUMP
INTO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE BRINGING DOCTORS INTO THE
SITUATION WHERE YOU ALLOW DOCTORS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE CARING FOR THE HEALTH OF THESE WOMEN TO PUT THEM
FIRST TO MAKE THEM A PRIORITY, AND USA NOW YOU HAVE,
DEPENDING ON YOUR OPINION OR YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS YOU
CAN WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM A WOMAN ABOUT HER OWN BODY
AND ABOUT THE CHILD SHE IS CARRYING IN HER BODY.
THAT IS ABSURD.
IT IS DISGUSTING AND IT IS
FRIGHTENING.
I DISAGREE WITH KENNY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND IT.
IF YOU THINK IT IS MURDER, THEN I GET IT.
I DISAGREE WITH IT AND I THINK WE HAVE TO DO ALL WE CAN
AND FIGHT HARDER TO PROTECT THE WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE
COURSE OF TREATMENT FOR HER OWN BODY, BUT IF YOU THINK IT
IS MURDER I GET THAT YOU WOULD BE OPPOSED TO ANY WOULD
FIGHT A LOT.
BUT THESE LAWS, BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT YOU CANNOT DO THAT, SO ALL OF THESE LAWS ARE NITPICKING IT
AND MAKING IT ESSENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME CASES FOR
WOMEN TO HAVE AN ABORTION BY REQUIRING THE SIZE OF THE
HALLWAYS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKE US A WOMEN ALL
OVER THIS COUNTRY NOW HAVE TO GO HUNDREDS IF NOT SOME MAYBE EVEN
1000 MILES JUST TO GET ILLEGAL ABORTION.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW CAN THIS COUNTRY, ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONSERVATIVES MANY OF WHOM ARE ON THE ANTI-CHOICE SIDE, THEY
ARGUED THAT THIS IS HEALTHCARE IS BETWEEN A PATIENT AND A
DOCTOR AND A GOVERNMENT SHOCK INVOLVED IN THAT AND NOW IT IS
OKAY, THE GOVERNMENT IS GETTING SO INVOLVED IN A BUT THEY ARE
ALLOWING THE DOCTOR TO SIMPLY LIE AND MISLEAD A PATIENT WHICH
TRACKS ME AS SOMETHING OF AMA THAT REQUIRES THE DOCTORS SAID
HYPOCRITICAL, FIRST DO NO HARM, LYING TO THEM CONSTITUTES HARM.
NOT TO MENTION THE INCIDENT HYPOCRISY WITH THE LAWS
ABOUT THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT THEY FORCE ON PATIENTS.
ALL OF THIS WAS A SAY I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG
WITH YOUR BABY BUT BEFORE YOU HAVE AN ABORTION, I'M GOING TO
MAKE YOU WATCH A TARGET THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU DO ALL OF THE
STUFF THAT MAKES IT LESS LIKELY TO YOU WILL HAVE AN ABORTION.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
I WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT.
AS OF JANUARY 1, 2017 THERE ARE A BUNCH OF ANTIABORTION
LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE IN TEXAS.
I WANT TO MENTION SOME OF
THEM.
THE FIRST ONE BEING THAT IF YOU WANT TO GO
THROUGH AN ABORTION, YOU HAVE TO GET A STATE DIRECTED
COUNSELOR THAT IS BASICALLY DESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE YOU FROM
GETTING AN ABORTION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 24 HOURS AFTER
THAT COUNSELING SESSION BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE THE PROCEDURE.
THERE IS ALSO, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT THE
HEARTBEAT, THAT WOMEN ARE FORCED TO UNDERGO AN ULTRASOUND
BEFORE OBTAINING AN ABORTION AND THEY MUST, THE PROVIDER MUST
SHOW AND DESCRIBE THE IMAGE TO THE WOMAN, WHICH IS JUST -
YOU HAVE TO WAIT 24 HOURS.
IN THAT 24
HOURS GO BUY A GUN THAT DAY AND JUST TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU.
NO WAIT PERIOD.
GOOD POINT.
IT'S SO VERY CUT AND DRY TO ME.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POINT ON, I GET IT.
I THINK PEOPLE CAN VERY EASILY THINK THAT IS MURDER BUT
STILL STOP AND SAY, NO, THE LAW IS AND I CAN'T DO THAT.
I AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU ON THAT.
THEY ARE NITPICKING PIECE BY PIECE OF WHAT THEY THINK
THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH.
THIS STRIKES ME AS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH
THIS.
BUT A LOT OF CONSERVATIVES IN THE GOP THAT ARE PASSING
THESE LAWS AND THAT WANT THESE LAWS TO GO TO PASS ARE THE
ONES THAT DON'T ADOPT.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T DO THE OTHER MEASURES THAT
WOULD HELP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HAVING THESE ABORTIONS.
IT'S BIG GOVERNMENT.
IT'S FORCING GOVERNMENT DOWN YOUR THROAT.
IT'S RIDDLED WITH HYPOCRISY.
ON FOUR OR FIVE LEVELS.