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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:27 PM Jan 2017

Virginia governor vows to veto 20-week abortion ban bill

Source: Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is promising to veto legislation banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, saying such a “socially divisive” proposal hurts the state’s image.

The legislation, proposed by a Republican delegate, mirrors similar measures supported by Congressional Republicans and one signed into law in Ohio last month. Abortion-rights opponents have been emboldened by the election success of Donald Trump and the Republican Party and plan a broad nationwide.

The Democratic governor told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Republican-controlled General Assembly should not “waste time” trying to be part of that effort.

McAuliffe does not typically comment on proposed legislation, but said he needed to make clear to companies looking to invest in Virginia that the legislation had no hope of passage.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/01/03/virginia-governor-vows-to-veto-20-week-abortion-ban-bill/

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Virginia governor vows to veto 20-week abortion ban bill (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

This is it folks. This is the next four years. AtheistCrusader Jan 2017 #1

We can't give up Lanius Jan 2017 #2

Banning abortion after 20 weeks is the stupidest idea ever. demigoddess Jan 2017 #3

Better yet Bayard Jan 2017 #4

nah, I would not say that. It takes a lot of brains, time and energy to raise special needs demigoddess Jan 2017 #5

More attacks on women. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #6

kick... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #7

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

1. This is it folks. This is the next four years.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:28 PM

Jan 2017

It might get better at the mid-terms, but more likely than not, this is the future.

Fighting every fucking inch of the way.
We don't have a choice.

Lanius

(599 posts)

2. We can't give up

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 06:30 PM

Jan 2017

They right-wing freaks will eventually lose as they continue dying out, but they can do a lot of damage in the the meantime (i.e., the next 10-20 years). Moderates and progressives need to fight these regressive measures brought forward by out-of-touch religious extremists.

demigoddess

(6,641 posts)

3. Banning abortion after 20 weeks is the stupidest idea ever.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 08:00 PM

Jan 2017

most of those cases are wanted babies who turn out to be grossly deformed and can't live either inside the womb or out. It is done to save the mother harm. All of these stupid pro-lifers should be required to take a class on human genetics.