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Agorism
10-19-2011, 06:34 PM
GOP Senator Pushes Radical Bill To Restrict Discussion Of Abortion Over The Internet

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/10/19/347993/jim-demint-prohibit-internet-abortion-discussion/

Sola_Fide
10-19-2011, 07:00 PM
Misleading title. But I love the fact you scour the far-left web sites so I don't have to Agorism! Thanks.

AuH20
10-19-2011, 07:00 PM
Here we go. Thinkprogress is thwarted again. Why should we be paying for the dispersal of RU 486 on demand?

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/10/18/senate-amdt-would-prohibit-tax-funding-telemed-abortions/


Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, is offering an amendment to legislation in the U.S. Senate that could receive a vote as early as today or tomorrow to ensure taxpayer funds are not used to pay for the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug under a telemedicine grant section.

The amendment is similar to the one Congressman Steve King, an Iowa Republican, introduced in the House this summer that the lower chamber approved on a bipartisan 240-176 vote. The amendment prevents any funds within the legislation from being spent on the abortion drug RU-486 “for any purpose,” including use in “telemed abortions.”

Telemed, or webcam, abortions are those in which a woman gets the abortion drug only after a webcam conversation with the abortion practitioner, who may be out of state. The woman is denied the in-person consultation with a physician that the Food and Drug Administration recommends, especially due to the dangerous nature of the drug as it has killed dozens of women worldwide and injured 2,200 alone as of April 2011 FDA figures. The consultation helps determine whether or not the woman may suffer from an ectopic pregnancy — as usage of the abortion drug RU 486 in such instances is life-threatening.

QueenB4Liberty
10-19-2011, 07:09 PM
I never knew such a thing existed.