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Reproductive freedom
Jan. 5th, 2006 11:52 pmRecall last year when an Indiana legislator tried to make it illegal for anyone who wasn't married to get help concieving?
Virginia is now trying to do the same thing.
Which is as nothing compared to what Indiana legislator Troy Woodruff is trying to do... make it a felony to perform an abortion in Indiana.
He did this knowing that it's against the constitution of both Indiana, and the United States. He is doing it specifically to get it challenged, in the hope it will end up being heard by the Supreme Court, where a the newly appointed members of the bench might uphold it and overturn Roe v. Wade
As timing goes it's probably about as good as it gets, since O'Connor's replacement hasn't yet been confirmed, and so the various debates can still be had.
Virginia is now trying to do the same thing.
Which is as nothing compared to what Indiana legislator Troy Woodruff is trying to do... make it a felony to perform an abortion in Indiana.
He did this knowing that it's against the constitution of both Indiana, and the United States. He is doing it specifically to get it challenged, in the hope it will end up being heard by the Supreme Court, where a the newly appointed members of the bench might uphold it and overturn Roe v. Wade
As timing goes it's probably about as good as it gets, since O'Connor's replacement hasn't yet been confirmed, and so the various debates can still be had.
