[quote]NEW YORK (CNA/EWTN News) â?? A federal judge on July 13 temporarily barred New York City from enforcing a new law that would cripple crisis-pregnancy centers with heavy fines and possible closures for failing to cite medical limitations.
â??Pro-life pregnancy centers, which freely offer real help and hope to women and their preborn children, shouldnâ??t be punished by political allies of those who make their money aborting babies,â?? said attorney Matt Bowman of the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group.
Judge William Pauley III called the new law â??offensive to free-speech principlesâ?? and halted its enactment while a lawsuit filed on behalf of two pregnancy-care centers and a maternity home by the Alliance Defense Fund continues.
The law, titled Bill 371-A, was passed in March and backed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council speaker Christine Quinn.
The measure obligated pregnancy centers to notify women whether the center offered abortions or had licensed medical providers on staff. It also required the centers to encourage women to consult with alternate medical providers. Failure to comply with the law could result in thousands of dollars in fines, shutdown of the centers or imprisonment.
In contrast, the law did not require abortion or family-planning businesses to make any disclosures about abortion alternatives.
â??We think this is a resounding defeat of the Gestapo-like tactics of Christine Quinn and Mayor Bloomberg,â?? Chris Slattery, founder of Expectant Mother Care/EMC FrontLine Pregnancy Centers, told the New York Times.
â??This is one of the most important First Amendment decisions in American history and will very strongly boost pro-life free-speech initiatives and protect pregnancy centers not only here in New York, but across America.â??
Attorney Matt Bowman said Judge Pauleyâ??s decision â??keeps the city from enforcing a law that is specifically designed to deter pregnant women from receiving the help they need to make fully informed choices about their pregnancy while this lawsuit goes forward.â??
Optimistic about the future of pregnancy centers in the city, Bowman noted that the order â??means that the court is likely to find the ordinance unconstitutional.â??
Paulyâ??s suspension of the new law comes as recent statistics show that 41% of pregnancies in New York City end in abortion.[/quote]
Let me ask you fellas a serious question. I may be very naive but how can a woman perform an abortion without any guilt nor with the consent of the Father. Its so mind boggling that this is allowed with the excuse that its the womans body and right.
Is it just a way too make America more immoral? It is like a killing a baby it makes no sense whatsoever.
thats an insane statistic, hard to believe, part of me thinks, it must be some repeat women, as in having more than one abortion. i dont live in new york but i find it hard to believe 4 out of 10 women would choose that
[quote]xfactor3236 wrote:
thats an insane statistic, hard to believe, part of me thinks, it must be some repeat women, as in having more than one abortion. i dont live in new york but i find it hard to believe 4 out of 10 women would choose that[/quote]I lived there 7 hellish long years and there’s almost no form or degree of sickness I would find hard to believe is occurring there.
[quote]xfactor3236 wrote:
thats an insane statistic, hard to believe, part of me thinks, it must be some repeat women, as in having more than one abortion. i dont live in new york but i find it hard to believe 4 out of 10 women would choose that[/quote]I lived there 7 hellish long years and there’s almost no form or degree of sickness I would find hard to believe is occurring there.
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[quote]xfactor3236 wrote:
thats an insane statistic, hard to believe, part of me thinks, it must be some repeat women, as in having more than one abortion. i dont live in new york but i find it hard to believe 4 out of 10 women would choose that[/quote]
Well, yes it is a hard think of, but then you look to Russia who reports women having half a dozen, on average, abortions in their life time.
The most dangerous place for an African American (especially a female African American) is in the womb. They have better luck in the ghetto or with heart disease.
Although, I would bet there is a lot of repeats. I don’t have any statistics, but even if it’s 1 in 10 women, that still begs the question…why are 1 in 10 women killing their children. Especially, in such a privileged country as America in such a liberated place as New York. Why is it such a stigma to be pregnant that women would have to kill their own child? What in fear of walking around with a baby bump? So much for liberation.
But, I digress. I am speculating.
P.S. I think I will give up tobacco products until my state ends abortion.
Simple…most women getting abortions are not thinking it’s a baby or child. They are thinking its a tiny mass of cells that hasn’t developed into much of anything yet. And they don’t want the hassle of adoption, etc.
That’s why Gov. Rick Perry (TX) enacted a state law that requires every abortion clinic to show the pregnant woman the sonogram so they can SEE the baby…it’s size, shape, etc. He knew there was a basic disconnect there.
[quote]xfactor3236 wrote:
thats an insane statistic, hard to believe, part of me thinks, it must be some repeat women, as in having more than one abortion. i dont live in new york but i find it hard to believe 4 out of 10 women would choose that[/quote]I lived there 7 hellish long years and there’s almost no form or degree of sickness I would find hard to believe is occurring there.
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once, a woman told my father (who is a doctor) she needed to abort because she didn’t wanted to be pregnant during winter holidays. Apparently, the baby was not compatible with skiing.
[quote]Sweet Revenge wrote:
Simple…most women getting abortions are not thinking it’s a baby or child. They are thinking its a tiny mass of cells that hasn’t developed into much of anything yet. And they don’t want the hassle of adoption, etc.
That’s why Gov. Rick Perry (TX) enacted a state law that requires every abortion clinic to show the pregnant woman the sonogram so they can SEE the baby…it’s size, shape, etc. He knew there was a basic disconnect there. [/quote]
Yup, this is a really sad state we are in. I mean, nearly half. That’s a lot of folks. Nothing about abortion is good, nothing.
[quote]kamui wrote:
once, a woman told my father (who is a doctor) she needed to abort because she didn’t wanted to be pregnant during winter holidays. Apparently, the baby was not compatible with skiing.[/quote]
Well duh…I often find my kids inconvenient. But damn I love them.
So basically, fake “women’s health clinics” are allowed to pretend that they provide abortion services when in reality they don’t, and then string women along until the pregnancy is too far along to terminate? If I remember correctly, that’s what this measure was intended to prevent.
Are lying and deception lesser sins to you Catholics, Chris? Or are they, like cultus of dead popes, just one of those little hypocrisies you’re willing to overlook or rationalize away?
Another thing, let’s not be blind to the fact that many women abort because the father is not competent enough to contribute to the process – either emotionally or financially or even incompetently with their mere presence.
Many women simply cannot handle it my themselves.
So, this sad situation is not just about heartless women but indifferent, unable men, as well.
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
So basically, fake “women’s health clinics” are allowed to pretend that they provide abortion services when in reality they don’t, and then string women along until the pregnancy is too far along to terminate? If I remember correctly, that’s what this measure was intended to prevent.
Are lying and deception lesser sins to you Catholics, Chris? Or are they, like cultus of dead popes, just one of those little hypocrisies you’re willing to overlook or rationalize away?[/quote]
Oh honey, don’t bother trying to use logic on the religious whack jobs. You know as well as I do that there is no place for logic in their super moral jeebus fantasyland.
