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doxydad

(1,363 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:35 AM Jun 2014

Bat shit crazy:Louisiana Bill Would Require Women to Stay on Life Support if Pregnant

The bill would require doctors to keep women on life support regardless of family's wishes

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will soon decide on a bill that could require hospitals to keep pregnant women on life support, regardless of her family’s wishes.

The bill, which passed the Louisiana State House of Representatives last week, specifies that if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant, she must be kept on life support.

State lawmakers say the law would protect healthy fetuses from meeting an untimely demise as a result of the mother’s condition. Abortion rights groups oppose the legislation, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

A state Senate version of the bill allowed family members to request that expectant mothers be taken off of life support, Huffington Post said, but the provision was scrapped in committee. Jindal is expected to sign the bill into law.

http://time.com/2851030/pregnant-women-life-support-louisiana-bill-bobby-jindal/
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Bat shit crazy:Louisiana Bill Would Require Women to Stay on Life Support if Pregnant (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP
Worship the fetus shenmue Jun 2014 #1
What if the woman has a living will and writes down her wishes yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #3
From that recent case we learned that... lame54 Jun 2014 #11
Worship Scarsdale Jun 2014 #9
The RW is absolutely crazy newfie11 Jun 2014 #2
"The Party of personal freedom" my ass. Fascists. EEO Jun 2014 #4
And as soon as the kid is pryed out, they treat it like shit, cut funding for food, school..... NightWatcher Jun 2014 #5
Evil bastards. nt valerief Jun 2014 #6
This is second 'stupid' bill of right Jindal is about to sign in a week. TRoN33 Jun 2014 #7
How 'Elliot Rodger' of them. n/t Triana Jun 2014 #8
We are nothing but baby machines and chattel to them. Which Red state will move "A Handmaid's Tale" catbyte Jun 2014 #10
Science-Fiction stuff packman Jun 2014 #12
Already the case in Texas. Daemonaquila Jun 2014 #13
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
3. What if the woman has a living will and writes down her wishes
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:00 AM
Jun 2014

I can see MAYBE if the woman can not let her wishes be known....MAYBE be cautious.....however, what if the woman had exact wording on what to do when she is pregnant?

lame54

(35,287 posts)
11. From that recent case we learned that...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:01 AM
Jun 2014

it is not healthy for the fetus

so maybe it shouldn't be up to the mother

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
9. Worship
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:42 AM
Jun 2014

Then, when it grows up and enlists if taken prisoner, THEN the wrath of the gop will be lowered!

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
5. And as soon as the kid is pryed out, they treat it like shit, cut funding for food, school.....
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:45 AM
Jun 2014

Start treating children like they are important to you then I'll buy that you really give a shit about kids born and unborn.

 

TRoN33

(769 posts)
7. This is second 'stupid' bill of right Jindal is about to sign in a week.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:11 AM
Jun 2014

Remember he signed pro-big oil bill that disbarred Louisianan from file any forms of lawsuits against oil and gas companies.

catbyte

(34,377 posts)
10. We are nothing but baby machines and chattel to them. Which Red state will move "A Handmaid's Tale"
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:55 AM
Jun 2014

from Fiction to Non-Fiction first?

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
12. Science-Fiction stuff
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:28 AM
Jun 2014

talk about a camel poking its nose under the tent. All sort of scenarios can be generated from this. Crack head pregnant moms strapped down to beds. Mentally ill ones, minority mothers, mothers who attempted suicide, etc., etc. The mother has now become the host to the parasitic thing living in it.

 

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
13. Already the case in Texas.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:33 AM
Jun 2014

Utterly disgusting. The best way to kill this law would be to pass another one requiring Medicaid to pay the full bill once that decision is made by the hospital. That would end the BS real fast.

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