From a post on Democratic Underground:
Gov. Bush OKs Fla. Abortion Disclosure
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill Wednesday that requires physicians to tell Florida parents when a minor daughter seeks an abortion.
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The law applies to girls 17 and under who aren’t married and don’t already have children. Unless it’s a medical emergency, doctors are required to notify a parent in person or by phone 48 hours before the abortion or, if that’s not possible, by certified mail 72 hours in advance.
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But at least it’s only for important stuff, like desperate teenage girls who don’t know their proper place – property of either their parents or their husbands. (If they’re married, they don’t have to tell their parents if they want to have an abortion, even if they’re just a kid.) Hmm. How long before somebody introduces a bill that their husbands have to be notified too? Anybody want to start a pool? Oh, wait, it also doesn’t apply if they’ve already taken on the role of “holy motherhood”. That’s a relief, isn’t it? Just bow down to your assigned task – pumping out children from the earliest possible moment – and you’ll be treated almost like a real adult, no matter what age you are.
Continue reading Doctors Ordered to Join the Florida State Snitch Corps
Daily Kos diarist “stockphrase” has more information on the bill being marked up in secret by the Senate Intelligence Committee here, including a link to the analysis by the ACLU.
Some key points from the ACLU’s analysis after the jump…
Continue reading Update on Secret PATRIOT ACT II
Ok, I’ve finally had to come to terms with the real reason for my disappointment with The Deal. I struggled to define it last night. I struggled to deny it this morning. But my inner radical wasn’t buying any of it. Here’s the real source of my disappointment: What this deal does is confirm the belief by the non-extremist wing of the Republican party that it’s ok to keep voting for Republicans, even if they are extremists, because “the system” or “the moderates” or the somebody will prevent the extremists from going too far.
Guess what? Today, they have every reason to believe they’re right. They’re “safe” from having to suffer the consequences of their votes for extremists. The problem is, I don’t think they – or we – will continue to be safe. I think the Republican “moderates” just saved the village in order to destroy it – but later, and in the dark of night when nobody’s watching. Or, at least, when nobody can stop them.
Continue reading Making America Safe for the Sheeple
The Senate Intelligence committe is holding “closed door meetings” on a proposal to renew the expiring provisions of the USA-PATRIOT Act (AKA, Fascists’ Toolkit Act) and also expand the “government’s terrorism powers” as the New York Times calls it (deliberate? an oversight? you decide).
This has not gotten a lot of press, and that which is known has been provided officials who have “insisted on anonymity because the proposal remains confidential”
A google news search on the terms “Patriot,” “Act” and “Renewal” combined with the phrase “Senate Intelligence Committee” turned up only nine hits as of today.
Continue reading Secret Sessions on “Patriot” Act Renewal
