Georgia lawmakers passed a bill on the final day of their legislative session that prompted female democrat senators to walk out of their chamber and shout, “ We will remember” in unison with protestors cloistered in the hallways outside the chamber. They will remember, and Georgia women will remember.
The bill, HB 954, bans nearly all abortions performed after the 20th week of a pregnancy. Proponents of the bill claim that at 20 weeks a fetus can feel pain, hence it should be delivered to term.
However, many medical doctors claim that a fetus is not developed enough to feel pain until the 25th week of a pregnancy.
One of the most horrifying elements of the bill — there are many — is that it includes no exception for women who are the victims of incest or rape.
This means that if a woman — a minor even — is raped by a relative, she will be forced to carry the child to term.
If this bill is signed into law by Georgia’s governor, the only way a woman will be able to get an abortion after the 20 week mark is if her pregnancy is deemed “medically futile.”
This means that a woman’s doctor would have to declare that the fetus has congenital or chromosomal defects that would prevent it from living outside of it’s mother’s womb.
Perhaps the most horrifying thing about this bill is that the version that is passed was a “compromise” version. In the original version of the bill there was no exception made, even if a fetus had no way of surviving outside of its mother’s womb — This would have forced women to carry dead fetuses to term.
Georgia doctors who continue to perform abortions after the 20th week of a pregnancy on women who do not meet the restrictions of the bill could face up to ten years in prison.
It appears there is no end in sight for the Republican war on women.
"This means that if a woman — a minor even — is raped by a relative, she will be forced to carry the child to term."
So THIS means this that the fetus — a LIVING fetus with a beating heart — is the one that is FORCED to pay the price?
Not sure if it's just me or if this whole article is a giant contradiction.
How does one carry a dead fetus to term? Seriously!?
I know of many happy adopted children…ask them if they are mad about being "forced" to be born.
You would be surprised at how many people kind of want to die.
The truth is… a minor or anyone else raped would not be forced to carry the child to term if an abortion is performed prior to 20 weeks….so I don't know what about that in particular is so upsetting to democratic women.
The "things" they are talking about extinquishing are living beings….yes they are dependant on their mother's bodies for life….but weren't we all? Aren't we all dependant on something for life?? The answer to that is absolutely YES. I don't know what all this bill entails or entailed…some of it may be ridiculous…forcing a woman to carry a non living child for instance…there's no purpose in that. Including "ridiculous" things only makes the "Right" seem detached and insane…so please I hope they make their requests reasonable.
This is just GREAT… lets force women to have a child they don't want, then dump the child into a system that is already overwhelmed and paid for by the tax payer!
A woman should have te right to determine if she wants to keep the baby NOT a law. This keeps going any further there will be back alley abortions springing up all over the U.S.
I love how all the GOPs care so much about a fetus in the womb, but once it is born and is living below the poverty line, they couldn’t care one bit.