Ultrasounds and Personhood distracting from more important issues like economy, U.S. Senate candidate says.
Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D) says the 2012 General Assembly's attention to divisive social issues is distracting the commonwealth from more important issues such as the economy - and turning Virginia into the butt of many jokes. Kaine, former Democratic National Committee chair and a candidate for U.S. Senate, in Northern Virginia for an economic roundtable on Wednesday, says citizens are voicing their concerns as the General Assembly prepares to move forward on bills that give full personhood rights from the moment of fertilization and mandate vaginal ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion. "What I hear from our business leaders and owners is that they are tired of partisan games and distractions causing uncertainty and …
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Virginia state legislature receiving national attention for reproductive issues.
"The intention of the Virginia legislature is not merely to return us to the pre-Roe v Wade era, they want to take us back to the 10th century."
HB1, approved by the Virginia House, mandates that fertilized human eggs are persons with all rights under the Virginia constitution. When presented with an amendment by Delegate Vivian Watts declaring that nothing in HB1 would be construed to affect legal contraception, the members of the Virginia house voted not to consider her amendment by a vote of 64-34. To me, this vote by House legislators is a clear indication that the Republicans in Virginia intend to ban birth control, IUDs and emergency contraception. Do not be persuaded by statements to the contrary by those Republicans currently running for office. Once a fertilized egg is a person, anything that inhibits it from implanting will be illegal in Virginia and that includes …
11:08 am on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Signed. Virginia - really!? (See Saturday Night Live clip.) more ›
John j.
11:21 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Agree on the idea of keeping personal choice and freedom and not having a government dictate, but be consistent, don't dictate via implementation of Obama care that we all have to pay for other people's choices such as abortion and contraception. Personal choice, personal problem, personal bill to pay! more ›