Great news, and great tactics by the pro-lifers who made this happen. Some cynics think elections don’t count when it comes to the issue of life.
Pro-life Republican Governor Jan Brewer has signed into law Arizona’s ban on racial and sex-selective abortion, a law which is a national first. Lawmakers are also sending to the governor another bill that bans “telemed” abortions as part of an expanded informed consent law.
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The law requires doctors to obtain an affidavit that the abortion is not sought for racial or sex-selective reasons.
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The measure was opposed by Planned Parenthood. “This law creates a highly unusual requirement that women state publicly their reason for choosing to terminate a pregnancy — a private decision they already made with their physician, partner and family,” Bryan Howard, chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Arizona, said in a statement.
via Arizona Gov. signs nation’s first ban on racial/sex-selective abortions | LifeSiteNews.com.
I’m not naive. I know Planned Parenthood will coach people to check the “Other” box on the “Why do you want to destroy this unwanted human being?” question. And you can trust PP to keep secrets: They won’t even let you know if your 13 yr. old daughter is pregnant by a 25 yr. old guy. They hate this law because it points to the humanity of the unborn. These aren’t blobs of tissue or parasites, these are human beings whose DNA had their features — including sex and skin color — mapped out at conception.
This type of law may help those coerced to have these abortions. Gender-selection abortions are the ultimate misogyny, killing females for the sole reason that they are female. They are very common in Indian and Chinese cultures (those countries have gender imbalances numbering in the tens of millions).
