Maybe this is the first effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster: forcing Floridians to take a close look in the mirror and wonder: have I really been combing tar balls into my hair all these years? Here is what the mad hatter GOP did on the final day of the legislative session. The Republican Party of Limited Government passed, without vetting the bill through a single committee or any opportunity for public comment, a measure that forces all women wanting an abortion to have an ultrasound, to view it, and listen to a medical professional's description of the fetus from the ultrasound before she is allowed to give her written consent for an abortion. Through an amendment they proposed to the constitution, these Republicans also want to ensure that districts in Florida are built around a permanent majority; an unassailable kingdom ruled by The Family.
What is shocking is that the bill didn't also require a doctor to hold a gun to the head of the woman while viewing the ultrasound. Or maybe just put it on the instrument tray. Women, in the Florida Republic of Nuttiness, do not mind submitting to the will of their men. They love to. It is also very GOP sexy to imagine physicians who are women holding guns against other women who want abortions. There is, of course, a way to redeem those nymphomaniacs inclined to abortion: the Republicans provided that if the woman signs a form saying she's not being coerced to have an abortion, the physician doesn't have to hold the gun to her head. He just has to point it at her belly.
HB 1143 passed the Florida Senate on a 23-16 and the House on a 76-44 vote. Afterwards the Republican members of the Florida legislature were pledged with pins from The Family; the ultra-right wing group that believes if you are elected to political office, you can father all the girls you want outside of marriage and never worry that your mistress or girlfriend will have an abortion.
The GOP legislators couldn't contain themselves, though. The bill restricts businesses that receive tax credits from providing their employees with health insurance that covers abortion even if they don’t use federal or state subsidies to purchase their plans. More than 86% of employer-based health insurance includes abortion coverage. If HB 1143 is signed into law, hundreds of thousands of women will lose health care coverage that they currently have for an abortion. What can you do, other than hate women, love life and respect fathers?
Write a personal email to Governor Crist: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com to Veto HB 1143. Call Governor Crist: (850) 488-7146
TELL THE GOVERNOR:
Veto House Bill 1143 - it puts the health & safety of Florida's women at risk
Forces women to pay for an ultrasound ($400) whether recommended or not by her doctor
Forces physicians to perform ultrasounds even if not medically appropriate or against the physician's judgment
It violates the doctor-patient relationship & interferes with private medical decisions
It takes away abortion coverage from women who currently have it in their private health insurance plans
Does nothing to prevent unintended pregnancy or the need for abortion
The bill violates Gov. Crist's personal position of being anti-choice but not imposing his personal beliefs on others
8 comments:
"The Florida Republic of Nuttiness"
LOL. I had a good laugh on that one. Thank you.
this is just insane ...I can't believe it, instead of moving forward as a civilized society, we are moving backwards.
A woman's body is her business..period.
No man, religion, nor government has the right to dictate what one can do with their bodies. From tatoos and piercings, to elective plastic surgery, sex changes ... You are the owner of your body.
This is crazy!!
I think we need to have a law that fat people with health risks have to pay for and view the contents of their stomach after every meal.
Those ultrasounds are not covered by health insurance or the government. By denying funding for Planned Parenthood, then making them pay for an ultrasound when they do become pregnant, is it any wonder that the poorest of the poor will always be doomed to a life of poverty.
The party of less government has entered women's bodies and forced you to pay for religious schools. They are not limited government but more government if you do not subscribe to their agenda. To force anyone to buy a medically unnecessary procedure is insane. How about we stop all insurance coverage for viagra and force men to be sterilized after one kid? Then abortions will not be necessary.
Speaking of traffic, congrats to Palmer Trinity!
Arghhhhhh!
The REPUGNACAN'TS speak from both sides of their two faces that there should be limited government and that government must dictate a select procedure at your cost.
Yes, that makes sense to REPUGNACAN'TS I am sure, however, the rest of Florida will see this as an insane move forwarded by an insane bigoted party.
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