Posted on 07/17/2017 11:45:01 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
In Arkansas, women are now required to get permission from men before going through with abortion services.
The law is a provision of recently passed bill H.B. 1566 which states that in the matter of a person’s death, family members must all agree on what to do with the deceased person’s body.
So, how do women and their bodies play into this at all?
Arkansas legislators decided to include aborted fetuses into the Act, meaning both the mother and the father of the fetus must agree on what to do with the fetal remains.
This essentially requires a woman to tell the individual who impregnated her that she's planning an abortion, and then receive permission from them to do so.
Both parties then must agree on what to do with the remains.
Unfortunately, legislators didn't take into consideration how this could potentially effect women impregnated after rape or abuse.
Additionally, for women under the age of 18, the decision about what to do with the fetal remains will be deferred to her parents or guardians.
The provision is planned to go into effect at the end of this month, however, the ACLU is fighting back.
Members of the ACLU said in a statement:
“Every day, women in Arkansas and across the United States struggle to get the care they need as lawmakers impose new ways to shut down clinics and make abortion unavailable.
“We will fight politicians who not only seek to shame, punish, or burden women for making these decisions, but also try to push care out of reach.”
Big ups to the ACLU for doing the Lord's work.
I live in Arkansas and missed this one. I can’t imagine what idiot in the Legislature came up with this and why. There are so many times that trying to consult all family on anything is hard. It also seems to infringe on the rights of spouses and others in making these kind of decisions.
Or “permission from men”.
True, true, true. And in the end, the one person in the situation with the least power, will always suffer the bloody consequences. Because who defends “the least of these”?
Sometimes I just feel sick of mankind. Man-un-kind.
I have a friend who says, “In the meantime... it’s a mean time.”
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Will they give a DNA test to make sure the male signee is the actual father? I foresee a business opportunity here.
Or would testing be seen as making it more difficult for men to get sex, similar to the effects on voting from requiring voter ID?
We're talking about killing a baby, here. It's an intrinsically evil act. It doesn't become OK if you get the whole family to agree. I's NEVER OK.
the father’s rights should not be ignored.
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what if the unmarried woman tells him shes pregnant and he tosses money at her and tells her to get an abortion ???
Another cottage industry is born. He’ll sign off on her abortion for $50, $100, $250...
“what if the unmarried woman tells him shes pregnant and he tosses money at her and tells her to get an abortion ???”
As far as “the father’s rights” go, in my opinion he has just released his rights from any obligation on the mother when he released himself, with money she accepted, from any responsibility.
If the mother does not accept that money, and says no, “we” are going ahead with the pregnancy”, then she is not accepting release of the father’s obligations, but is also not released of the father’s rights. If she wants to release him for payment, then the release should be both ways - the father’s responsibilities and his rights.
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