Arizona House Passes Bill Requiring Women Seeking Abortions To Say Why
Source: HuffPost
04/11/2018 12:08 pm ET
Its none of the governments business why a woman is getting an abortion, said state Rep. Athena Salman (D).
By Alanna Vagianos
The Arizona state House of Representatives passed a bill that would require women seeking abortions to fill out an invasive questionnaire that asks the reason for the procedure.
The legislation, passed on Monday, would force women to answer questions, including whether the abortion is elective for economic reasons, if the pregnancy was from a rape or incest, if the woman does not want children at this time, if the abortion is due to fetal or maternal health, and if the patient is having relationship issues such as domestic abuse or an extramarital affair.
The bill passed along party lines, 35-22, the Arizona Star reported. A version already has been approved by the state Senate, which now must decide whether to accept House amendments.
State Rep. Eddie Farnsworth (R) said the bill was about getting information, according to the Arizona Star. But when Rep. Daniel Hernandez (D) suggested the questionnaire add questions asking women whether they lacked access to affordable health care and had access to comprehensive sex education, Farnsworth shut the idea down.
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trueblue2007
(17,218 posts)elleng
(130,908 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)they will DEMAND you tell the men in control why you want one.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)But the worst part is that women voted in favor of this bill...it's bad enough that women who want equal rights have to deal with misogynist males, but when they also have to deal with those of their own gender?
Right now the biggest threat to a woman's right to choose are other women!!!
cp
(6,628 posts)Companion bill: questionnaire for these freaks to fill out before each and every time they have sex or masturbate.
shraby
(21,946 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)AZ8theist
(5,464 posts)Repukes are FUCKING PIGS.
I can't wait to leave this shithole state.
(and you can't depend on Gov. Douchebag to veto OBVIOUSLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL legislation...)
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)That way the government has more time to spend between a woman's legs.
TommyCelt
(838 posts)MYOFB!!!
They say it's just for "information". They don't ask men why they take Viagra:
Can't get it up at home?
Can't get it up for your mistress?
Are you using it for GAY sex? (God forbid!!!)
StevieM
(10,500 posts)"Sex education is not a health-care issue," Farnsworth said. "Having access to contraception is not a health-care issue."
no_hypocrisy
(46,110 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)once again. There are enlightened parts of the state, but not inside the puke-dominated statehouse.
Another disturbing action after gov douch-y turned AZ citizens into unwitting involuntary crash test dummies for uber.
I moved to AZ from CA a couple of years ago for a good job opportunity. Have found that no job is worth living here. Getting out ASAP.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Unless of course you can afford to just have others move for you, in that case, no biggie.
Moving YOURSELF, though, in Summer, in the desert part of AZ? F****** BLOWS.
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)"To piss off Republicans" or
"To slake the bloodthirst of the unnamable one" or
"Because DD is denying paternity, is about to have his assets seized and won't be able to cover child support" or
"Because I legally can".
Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)So what happens if they don't fill it out? Do they match answers to patients, or is it anonymous?
Skittles
(153,160 posts)does the AMA weigh in on garbage like this???
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)It fulfills the requirement and tells them nothing.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)And watch the American Taliban go nuts.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)The ACLU can't get fast enough on preparing their case against this shit...