W.Va. governor signs 'born alive' abortion bill

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press
Updated 2:22 pm CST, Monday, March 2, 2020



Photo: Chris Jackson, AP
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Justice has signed a largely symbolic measure to penalize physicians who don't provide medical care to a child born after an abortion. The Republican signed the bill into law at a ceremony Monday, March 2, 2020.


CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday signed a proposal to penalize physicians who don't provide medical care to a child born after an abortion, a largely symbolic measure due to existing laws that protect newborns.

The measure easily passed both the GOP-held Senate and House of Delegates with supporters admitting that it's more about sending a political message than solving an ongoing problem. State law forbids abortions after 20 weeks and many Democrats have pointed out that murder is already a crime in West Virginia.

“A child born alive who would somehow be killed, that would be murder. It would clearly be murder, there's nobody doing that and if they do do it, they're in jail,” Harrison County Sen. Mike Romano said when the Senate passed the bill last month.

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Elizabeth Nash, state policy analyst at the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, has said such proposals come up around election seasons to “gin up the base in some way.”

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/W-Va-governor-signs-born-alive-abortion-bill-15099274.php

[maxsolomon]

1. Can someone explain to me if this even happens?

"a child born after an abortion"?

[burrowowl]

3. I wondered about that too

[BigmanPigman]

4. This guy must get his info from the same place

the fucking moron does...from his own, empty head.

[Liberty Belle]

6. I know a man whose mother tried to abort him.

Somehow the abortion failed. It was in another country, not here.

According to him, she aborted several other children before and/after, and he was the only one to survive.

So apparently it is possible for this to happen, though I'm sure it is very rare.

As others have stated, it is already illegal to kill a baby after it's born in the U.S.

[Stryst]

7. Between the late 70's, and late 80's there were about 200 "documented"

All fairly late stage, all using methods that just aren't used anymore (like saline abortions). In most of the cases I've read about, it looked more like a misdiagnosed still birth, then during the use of a saline flush to clear the fetus out it was realized "Oh snap, it's still alive!"

The problem is that if you do ANY research, the Susan B. Anthony project and a few other antiabortion groups have absolutely dominated the first few pages of search results. So it's hard to tell if any of these were ACTUALLY abortion survivors, or just birthing irregularities that the gestational slavers are spinning up.

[Coventina]

2. I know it's not right to body shame, but that guy is seriously weird looking.

A tiny head on a gigantic body!

[BigmanPigman]

5. His clothes are way too big.

The fucking moron uses that approach in an attempt to hide his obesity but it doesn't work when you are as big ad he is.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Do you think it's possible he just lost a whole lot of weight recently? 200 lbs.? n/t

[BigmanPigman]

11. Sure. Why, did he?

Jerry Nadler lost a lot and at first he swam in his clothes. Then he bought smaller sizes and looks good now.

[riversedge]

12. I actually looked at it and thought he had on a Judges garb--but no, just looks like a

big black think bathrobe!!

[skypilot]

13. Couldn't resist

[Coventina]

14. LOL! n/t

[RhodeIslandOne]

8. More imaginary bullshit.

Look at this giant piece of shit and the assholes behind him.

[Judi Lynn]

9. He looks as if he's expecting someone to lob a rock at his head and may need to duck.

The creepy grin on his face looks as if he knows he's got it coming!