Oklahoma Governor Vetoes "Insane" Abortion Bill

[MerryBlooms]

On Friday afternoon, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a bill that would have made performing most abortions a felony in the state. On Thursday, the Oklahoma Senate passed the bill 33-12, with no floor debate. During the voting process, Sen. Ervin Yen, the sole state senator who is a physician, called the measure "insane."

As Mother Jones reported in April, the bill would make performing abortions, except for those intended to save a woman's life, a felony punishable by a minimum of one year in prison.

More at link:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/oklahoma-governor-vetoes-insane-abortion-bill

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Good for her n/t

[MerryBlooms]

6. I suspect she's being called every name in the book and there are too many threats to count. n/t

[Warpy]

2. Color me shocked

Given her past actions, Failin was expected to sign this idiotic bill.

[WhiteTara]

3. Me too!

She is so right wing that I expected her to be in full agreement. But maybe she realized it would cost a fortune to defend it in court.

[Ilsa]

8. Yeah, I think it's about the $$$$$$. But she'll be labelled

a baby killer by the religious extremists for the veto and allowing abortion to continue unabated.

[MerryBlooms]

9. Yeah, she sealed her political fate with her common sense veto.

The last thing the all-up-in-your-womb and bedroom righties want is common sense, or be forced to mind their own fucking business.

[iandhr]

16. Pretty sure she is termed limited.

So she can afford to do the right thing now and then.

[joeybee12]

5. I agree, she's a lunatic...

Methinks she has national ambitions.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Well, THAT was unexpected.

I am very pleasantly surprised.

[MerryBlooms]

7. Yes, same here.

[DebbieCDC]

10. The ONLY reason she vetoed it

is because OK doesn't have the $$ to fight what will surely be a losing case before SCOTUS, not because she all of a sudden had a come to Jesus moment about interfering with women's health care choices.

[MerryBlooms]

11. True, her veto statement didn't have to do with validating women's rights, but

those facts won't change the backlash coming her way. Plus, the law goes down and won't be enforced... that's a small win for the women of OK. Until the next time.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Trump has recently said Gov. Fallin is on his short list for VP, along with AZ Gov Brewer. . . nt

[cui bono]

12. So will they override the veto then? Looks like they could with those numbers. n/t

[MerryBlooms]

13. Dunno, I guess wait and see. n/t

[Dont call me Shirley]

14. She doesn't want the barrage of lawsuits.

[awoke_in_2003]

15. For once...

their cheap assedness pays off for the people.

[Dont call me Shirley]

19. ...

[lindysalsagal]

18. These neanderthal attempts at returning to the dark ages serve to wake up millenni als

To the very real possibility that their freedoms are at risk.

Some of us are old enough to have known women, like my own mother, who were forced to endure illegal back-ally abortions.

They're not "pro-life" inthe least.