Arkansas women may soon be forced to notify their sexual partner or family members if they want to have an abortion, thanks to a provision passed in the state's 2017 legislative session. H.B. 1566, the Tissue Disposal Mandate, would make it illegal for a woman to have an abortion without communicating with the man who impregnated her — whether that be her husband, boyfriend, a casual hook-up, or a perpetrator of sexual assault. The new provision is linked to the state's preexisting Final Disposition Rights Act of 2009. According to that law, family members related to the deceased person have say over what happens to the body. Under the new provision, embryonic or fetal tissue from an abortion would be considered a "deceased" family member. As such, the woman and father of the fetus have equal say over its disposal. A teenage girl seeking an abortion would have no say because, legally, she would have to be at least 18 to exercise final disposition rights over the tissue. If the girl and her sexual partner are minors, their parents would make the decision. If he is 18 and she is a minor, he has final say. "What's most detrimental about this is that they just tied it into an existing Arkansas law that talks about disposing of human remains of any person who is deceased. And that law gets very specific on who has the right to consent," says Lori Williams, Clinic Director of Little Rock Family Planning Services, one of three abortion providers in the state. "Many of the patients do not wish to involve their partner in the decision to terminate a pregnancy." Under current Arkansas law, the physician can dispose of the embryonic or fetal tissue following a surgical abortion or miscarriage through incineration or other means, while women who opt for a medical abortion can dispose of the tissue at home. Under the new provision, physicians will face criminal penalties if they fail to notify the woman's sexual partner about how he wants to dispose of the tissue. https://www.bustle.com/p/this-arkan...er-if-they-need-abortion-67717?utm_term=share
kill babies, fuck trump, god bless america. but really it's arkansas what do you expect? they are a bit behind
What a bunch of absolute horseshit. I promise you that nowhere in that bill does it say that. Any lawyer with a brain in his head, and any judge with an ounce of common sense would never agree to giving a sexual predator power over the victim. If anyone here truly believes that, then I seriously pity you. Seriously. So ONCE AGAIN we have biased media ASSUMPTIONS to fit a biased narrative. The media in this country stoops lower and lower every day.
Read it for yourself. Here is the 2009 law - http://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2010/title-20/subtitle-2/chapter-17/subchapter-1/20-17-102 Here is the new amendment - ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2017R/Public/HB1566.pdf
Could you break that down for me; the specific subsection that applies in this case? I'll be honest with you: I've never been good at reading subsection law. It all looks like a bunch of gibberish "shall this/shall that" to me. And fix your PDF link. It doesn't work.
This kind of idiotic law is why I hate liberals and conservatives. I hate liberals for all the obvious reasons. Conservatives on the other hand I hate because I expect them to have a slight grasp of logic and common sense. I hope it passes though. Here's why. Every woman who gets an abortion in Arkansas should list her sexual partner as Kim Hammer, the moronic asshole behind this bill. Maybe, just maybe that dipshit would get a clue if that happens.
Sly is trolling the residents of the Blazer area again. I sure don't see any reason to get worked over a law the people of Arkansas wish to discuss. I don't intend to move to Arkansas nor do I feel a need to cast a straw vote in their business. Who pays Sly to troll like this?
I could post this video apologizing for the white lady in the beginning and say some shit about the second chick. That would be trolling
Gee....I can't imagine why people in the South don't vote on the Left.....must be the weather or something......
