Missouri Governor Signs Anti-Choice Bill From Sanctuary Of Baptist Church

[babylonsister]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/11/missouri-governor-signs-anti-choice-bill-from-sanctuary-of-baptist-church/

Missouri Governor Signs Anti-Choice Bill From Sanctuary Of Baptist Church
By: Logan Murphy on Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 at 5:01 PM - PDT

Blunt Abortion Via Kansas City Star:

Missouri abortion clinics will face new regulations and new restrictions on teaching sex education classes.

Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Friday placing more abortion clinics under government oversight by classifying them as ambulatory surgical centers. Planned Parenthood claimed the law, HB 1055, could force it to spend up to $2 million to remodel one of its clinics and halt medical abortions at another site.

The new law, which will take effect Aug. 28, also bars people affiliated with abortion providers from teaching or supplying materials for sex education courses in public schools, and it allows schools to offer abstinence-only programs.

It cements into state statute an existing grant program for centers that encourage women to deliver babies instead of having abortions.

Blunt proclaimed the law “one of the strongest pieces of pro-life legislation in Missouri history” as he spoke from a cross-shaped lectern during a signing ceremony in the sanctuary of Concord Baptist Church. The governor also was scheduled to promote the legislation in Joplin, Hannibal and suburban St. Louis. Read more…

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/180691.html

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. You know what I would love?

Someone to challenge all these anti-choice laws on the grounds of religious freedom. The way I view it, these "christians" are trying to force me to live my life by their religion, which I do not follow.

I wonder of that has ever been tried??

[Iris]

2. I think about that every time the "life begins at" question comes up.

I mean, who are the state or a church I don't attend to tell ME when I think life begins?

[spanone]

3. We have lost any semblance of separation of church & state in our once great nation.

that was pre-2000

[rubberducky]

4. God, I hate these kinds of backward thinking bible thumping assholes.

Why don`t they just call it what it is anti - women legislation? Sucker probably has a hooker on the side. Hope she gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby, then we`de see how happy this sucker is with pro-life. Exactly, whose life are "they" for anyways? Pro-life bullshit just makes me sick. Oh, yeah, support them when they`r in the womb, But, drop them like a hot potato when they are born. Then the pro-lifers will piss and moan about who is going to pay for this child`s birth and raising.

[Initech]

5. Argh, I'm so sick of forced religion in this country.

This is just another example of the "believe or die" mentality that has taken over our government. :argh:

[GeorgeGist]

6. Just another sad demonstration ...

the weakness of religiosity.