02-06-2019, 08:41 PM
(02-06-2019, 07:08 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Yeah, dude. The Dems really shit the bed in VA within the last few weeks. Top three elected officials all embroiled in scandal. It's crazy that the whole thing was kicked off by the, even in my pro choice opinion, rather overreaching proposed abortion bill. It's crazy how both parties overreach every single damn time they think they're in the catbird seat. Apparently studying history is not in the wheelhouse of a single US politician.
Eh, the abortion bill thing was blown way out of proportion. The bill doesn't do much but reduce the number of doctors needed to make the call down from three to one, and also make it so a late term abortion could actually happen if necessary. The language in the law currently is so restrictive it isn't ever interpreted as legal, even if the health of the mother is in jeopardy. It would still require the life or health of the mother or the fetus to be in jeopardy for a third trimester abortion. The same bill was introduced last year, verbatim, and there was no big issue. This year is an election year, so Republicans decided to grandstand to try to rally their base and caught Tran, a freshman legislator, off guard.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
