In a closely watched, first-of-its-kind municipal election, voters in New Mexico's largest city have defeated a proposed ban on late-term abortions.
Voters in Albuquerque on Tuesday rejected the measure 55 to 45 percent, following an emotional and graphic campaign that brought in national groups and hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising. The campaign included protests that compared abortion to the Holocaust and displayed pictures of aborted fetuses.
A coalition of groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and Planned Parenthood, called the results a huge victory for Albuquerque women and families.
"Albuquerque families sent a powerful message today — they do not want the government interfering in their private medical decisions," Micaela Cadena, of the Respect ABQ Women campaign, said in a statement.
"Dangerous, unconstitutional laws like the one we rejected today have no place in Albuquerque, no place in New Mexico, no place anywhere in our nation," she added.
This is great news!
I have to admit that I was worried that this law was going to pass and that it would set a precedent for a number of southern cities to follow suit.
But damn if logic, common sense, and rational thinking didn't save the day again.
I cannot respect the "pro-life" viewpoint at all unless the proponent agrees that there should be universal health care, better educational opportunities for all, better housing and employment opportunities for all. So far, I've never come across a "pro-life" advocate who was interested in any of those things.
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Outlawing abortions has never eliminated abortion.
ReplyDeleteTHOUSANDS of women's lives have been SAVED by Roe vs. Wade.
Since "Roe", abortions clinics have been the victims of:
942 acts of vandalism,
343 death threats,
41 bombings,
and 7 murders.
THINK about that...
Bombings and murders...
Make it LAW that anyone who signs an anti-abortion petition automatically agrees to pay a special "anti-abortion tax" which would pay for ALL medical bills (and funeral bills, if the mother or baby dies during childbirth) for EVERY unwanted pregnancy.
Make it LAW for THE FATHER to be financially responsible for ALL costs involved in birthing and raising the child and ALL the medical bills for the mother concerning the birth of the child.
After all...
if a person is so passionate about preventing abortions that they're willing to commit murder
...are they also willing to prove the depth of their conviction with their own bank account?
All good points. Whenever I mention to anyone that men are responsible for the "abortion" problem, I usually encounter blank stares. Only one male fried agreed with me and had the courage to say so. Let's face it: babies don't get started without the presence of a male. Isn't it amazing how it's always the woman's "fault" when a pregnancy occurs? And, isn't it odd that so many of the most outspoken and vociferous anti-abortion voices are those of men?
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Oh, Beaglemom, as always you make SUCH sense! To this day, I still hear people--including women!--say that another woman "got herself pregnant." !!!!
DeleteMandatory vasectomies for boys who hit puberty and only have it reversed when they show a valid birth certificate, Drivers License, legal status, marriage certificate and proof that the wife is of i'dill child baring age and ready to become a mother, drug tested, and have a good income.
DeleteAlso too, no Viagra, because old men sperm tend to produce autistic children.
These sounds like hideous, invasive, unfair and cruel barriers to family planning, and American's right to privacy, doesn't it? Stings.
This issue had been a big talking point for Republicans to capture the Hispanic vote. Ha!
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Yay women!
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