Republicans continue to say they don’t have to change their core principles, they only have to change the language they use to get their message out. One perception they want to alter is the idea that they are running a “war on women”. Looking at the news over the past few years, I’d say the Republican Party has a long way to go on this subject.
- Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky): “Talk about a manufactured issue. There is no issue.”
- RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: “It’s a fiction.”
The North Carolina Front
the facts and commentary: In 2011, the Republican led legislature in North Carolina passed new abortion restrictions. Among them was a requirement that any woman wanting an abortion be required to have an ultrasound and have the images placed within her sight. The abortion provider was then required to describe the images in detail--even if the woman asked the care provider not to--and to encourage her to listen to the heartbeat.
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles declared the law unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has never held that a state has the power to compel a health care provider to speak, in his or her own voice, the states ideological message...and this court declines to do so today."
It has taken awhile, but these conservative, anti-abortion laws are finally making their way through the courts. Three states have seen their ban of abortions after 20 weeks struck down and now North Carolina joins Oklahoma in having its ultrasound requirement ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that politicians have no right to insert themselves into the middle of the doctor/patient relationship.
It's about time.
The Republican War on Women is "fiction"?
WHAT YOU DO SPEAKS SO LOUDLY
THAT I CANNOT HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.
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