North Dakota Senate approves "heartbeat" abortion ban

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

The North Dakota Senate approved a bill on Friday that would ban most abortions in the state after a heartbeat can be detected using standard medical practices, a measure that would be the most restrictive ban in the nation.

Senators voted 26 to 17 to approve the "heartbeat" bill, which could ban most abortions as early as about six weeks into pregnancy. State representatives approved the bill by a wide margin in early February.

Several states ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and Arkansas lawmakers recently approved a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy that could take effect later in 2013.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/us-usa-abortion-northdakota-idUKBRE92E10320130315

[iandhr]

1. WOW the far right in the GOP in trying to outdo each other...

... in the war on women.

[kenfrequed]

2. Women should move out of these states en masse.

I just don't know what would actually solve the problem more than abandoning these places.

[Dryvinwhileblind]

3. So....any abortion with a heartbeat detected should be banned?...

...well see, first, there's these senators from the kain-tuc-kee that.......

[olddots]

4. If these scum muffins get what they want

They would still be unhappy .

[Brickbat]

8. So true.

[OregonBlue]

5. I don't understand why women, especially young women, in these states aren't marching in the streets

[redstatebluegirl]

6. Once Again we NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE STATE RACES!!!!!

[secondwind]

7. hell yeah!

[Grassy Knoll]

9. Wow, How "less government" of them. eom

[NMDemDist2]

10. most women don't even know they are pregnant @ 6 weeks

[dhpgetsit]

11. There should be a companion bill

Making a birth certificate, Medicaid, rent assistance, and a whole host of other social services available prenatally as soon as there is a detectable heartbeat.

[alp227]

13. Shhhh! That's free stuff aka SOCIALISM!!!!!!

We can't have that! Let churches take came of the womenfolk and the children (oh and make the women learn to be Good Christian Ladies not secular sluts and make sure they raise children who remain abstinent until wedding night)

[historylovr]

12. K&R

And on Yahoo I saw people bashing Stevie Nicks for expressing dismay that women in this country are losing rights. Even women were piling on. Maybe they'll rethink the mocking when we're completely reduced to 15th Century status, but I doubt it.

[Archae]

14. These politicians don't give a damn about babies.

They are in it only for crass political gain, from the knuckledrag contingent we saw so clearly at CPAC.

[alp227]

15. Keep digging, Republicans, keep digging...

If Heidi Heitkamp could be senator, expect Dalrymple to lose in 2016 and ND to get its first Democratic governor since the early '90s.

Oh, Thom Hartmann on Thursday at CPAC (video below) had a guest suggesting that Republicans could win if they were more conservative. Well, let's see we've got politicians in Arkansas and North Dakota and Texas muscling through this anti choice legislation, as far right as you can get. Remember that "legitimate rape" guy? I say let the Tea Party crazies keep running on the no abortions, cut Medicare/Social Security, privatize everything etc. platform and marginalizing the right.

[warrior1]

16. Is there a big abortion epidemic going on in North Dakota?