New law! Ladies, this could be the one...

[OreoRosies86]

That finally protects us from ourselves.

"The Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act

The new Arkansas anti-abortion law allows people to sue women and doctors for having or performing abortions, even in cases of rape.

There are three main parts to the new law: injunctions, monetary relief, and procedural restrictions. The first part allows certain people to sue a woman to legally prevent her from seeking an abortion. If the woman is a minor, her parents or legal guardian can sue. If the woman is married, her husband can sue, even if the fetus was conceived through an act of spousal rape. If the woman is a rape victim, her rapist can sue.

Doctors can be sued for civil damages by a man if a woman is just seeking an abortion. Men who are presumed to be the fetus' father are allowed to sue doctors, meaning a man could rape a woman and legitimately get paid for it. What's even more likely is that any abortion providers left in the state will probably be even less willing to perform the procedure at all, since the risk to themselves and their practice has increased drastically as a result of this law.

Finally, the third aspect of the law prohibits all dilation and evacuation (D&E) procedures, essentially banning abortion after 14 weeks, as it's the safest method to end a pregnancy in the second trimester. Performing an abortion using this method is now a felony in Arkansas, punishable by up to a $10,000 fine or six years in prison."

ACLU plans to fight this, and only time will tell if it makes it to the Supreme Court.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Oh thank god! Because clearly we need to be protected from ourselves and this oh-so-sensible piece of legislation is what will do it.

Seriously... WTF.

The fact that this basically gives rapists rights is abhorrent. I could go on about this ad infinitum but I'm going to stop there because I've already been worked into one rage today and I'm not looking for another.

And BTW, minors don't have legal capacity to be sued on their own so the parent or guardian suing a minor is reasonably going to have to act on behalf of that minor so what's the likely outcome of that circle jerk? There is of course the option of the court appointing a litigation guardian for the minor in this process but I'm not getting the feeling Arkansas is interested in taking control (if that's the right word) of the minor out of the hands of the parent or guardian and giving that child representation that actually understands the law and knows how to appropriately handle a claim of this type.

 

[Venti25]

This is fake right.

 

[lovedogs]

There aren't enough vomit emojis or sad faces to express how I feel about this. It's horrible in so many ways.

 

[OreoRosies86]

Oh come on, y'all! Lighten up! Laughter and emojis for all! Let's just see where this goes!



By all means let's keep focusing on pink hats.

 

[Tekate]

That finally protects us from ourselves.

"The Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act

The new Arkansas anti-abortion law allows people to sue women and doctors for having or performing abortions, even in cases of rape.

There are three main parts to the new law: injunctions, monetary relief, and procedural restrictions. The first part allows certain people to sue a woman to legally prevent her from seeking an abortion. If the woman is a minor, her parents or legal guardian can sue. If the woman is married, her husband can sue, even if the fetus was conceived through an act of spousal rape. If the woman is a rape victim, her rapist can sue.

Doctors can be sued for civil damages by a man if a woman is just seeking an abortion. Men who are presumed to be the fetus' father are allowed to sue doctors, meaning a man could rape a woman and legitimately get paid for it. What's even more likely is that any abortion providers left in the state will probably be even less willing to perform the procedure at all, since the risk to themselves and their practice has increased drastically as a result of this law.

Finally, the third aspect of the law prohibits all dilation and evacuation (D&E) procedures, essentially banning abortion after 14 weeks, as it's the safest method to end a pregnancy in the second trimester. Performing an abortion using this method is now a felony in Arkansas, punishable by up to a $10,000 fine or six years in prison."

ACLU plans to fight this, and only time will tell if it makes it to the Supreme Court.

Whaaat? dang.

 

[ksinger]

Trust me, Oklahoma is sad they didn't get one like it, out there first.

 

[OreoRosies86]

Odd, no conservative justification on this one?

 

[Calliecake]

WTF????

 

[ksinger]

Trust me, Oklahoma is sad they didn't get one like it, out there first.

Ah but wait! Even though our state legislature is likely in the dumps due to missing their right to shine brighter than the states around us, to shine like the steaming, gleaming turds they are, the hubs sent me to this little gem, which also goes under the heading of "We're never going to quit whipping up new and creative ways to impose our belief system on you and just knowing that WE have the right to demand your reasons and to judge them".

New bill would make divorce harder to get in Oklahoma
http://ktul.com/news/local/new-bill-would-make-divorce-harder-to-get-in-oklahoma

And for more on the actual rationale for the divorce bill, and more of the crap going on in flyover country (for those of you who do not nor have ever, lived here), here are some other bills being trotted out for consideration, by the same legislator. They're pretty tame, since we've already had other legislators put forth the heavy lifting type bills, like the ones that are targeted to make sure that Oklahomans don't have to worry about aborted human fetuses in their food.
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/news/20170131/dunlaps-bills-focus-on-societys-ills

This stuff never ever ends.