Reuters: 'Rights Groups' Try to Keep Late-Term Abortions In Arizona
The ACLU and the Center for Reproductive Rights are trying to keep Arizona safe for late-term abortionists. But they must not be labeled as liberal, or even in the usual argot (as AP showed) as “abortion-rights groups.” The Reuters headline (repeated by Yahoo and other online aggregators) is “Rights groups file suit challenging Arizona abortion ban.”
The story by David Schwartz repeated that line: “Rights groups challenged a controversial Arizona law banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, seeking to block the measure before takes effect in early August.” The ban is controversial, not the killing babies that would be viable outside the womb. Once again, liberals are fighting Jan Brewer:
The law was signed by Republican Governor Jan Brewer in April, handing Republicans a win in an ongoing national drive to impose greater restrictions on abortion in a presidential election year.
The law, due to take effect August 2, would bar healthcare professionals from performing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in a medical emergency. Only a small number of these abortions are performed in the state. [They estimate a little more than 100.]
A lawsuit lodged by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union in Phoenix, asked a federal judge to put the ban on an immediate hold, arguing that it represents a "cruel and unconstitutional" affront to women.
Nancy Northup, the center's chief executive, said the new law risked women's lives and "displays a callous disregard for the complicated and very difficult circumstances many pregnant women face."
The Center also described abortionists as "women's reproductive health specialists." That really should have been employed by Reuters as well if they're going to enable the Left with positive euphemisms. But "healthcare professionals" is awfully close. One of the abortionists represented has a practice called "Family Planning Associates." Orwell would be proud.
Arizona follows other states with Republican legislatures. Nebraska passed a ban on abortions after 20 weeks in 2010, followed by Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina and Oklahoma in 2011.
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The usual liberal response
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 7:39am.
If you don't like a word, then just change the definition, change to another word, or just don't use it anymore.
A country that willingly
Submitted by Charlie2Base on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 8:51am.
A country that willingly condones baby murder will willingly condone ANYTHING...except Chinese-made Olympic team uniforms.
We are what we have made ourselves.
How can anyone defend infanticide??!!!
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 9:47am.
The murder of a baby simply becasue the mother doesn't want it is inexcusable! And late term abortions have absolutely ZERO medical necesity because a baby is viable at 30 weeks.
Additionally, the law in Mississippi should be adopted everywhere that mandates that any abortion MUST be performed by a licensed and practicing Obstetrician with admitting priviledges at a local hospital.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!