Wisconsin may ban abortions after 20 weeks

[n2doc]

Wisconsin may become the 11th state in the US to ban abortions after 20 weeks.

Republicans in the midwestern state announced a bill on Thursday that could become law within weeks.

Governor Scott Walker, who used a moderate-sounding campaign ad on abortion during his re-election last fall, said he would sign the bill when it crosses his desk. Republicans control both houses of the legislature.

The law would make it a felony to perform an abortion after 20 weeks and impose a $10,000 fine along with a possible three-year, six month prison term.

The state revised its child abuse statutes in 1998 to allow authorities to take a fetus into protective custody if the mother is abusing drugs or alcohol during her pregnancy.

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/07/wisconsin-may-ban-abortions-after-20-weeks

[Borchkins]

1. I hate that man and what he has done to Wisconsin

Yes, I know 'we' elected him three f-ing times. He's a Koch-whore and too many of my state-mates are ignorant Fox news watchers. I don't know how this country recovers from 30 years of Fox.
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[Ed Suspicious]

2. He lies, not like a politician stretches the truth, he straight up lies for his own political

advancement.

[dragonlady]

3. All so Walker can win some primaries

That's the most important thing in the world right now.

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. That's the ONLY thing for Scott Kevin Walker.

Scott Kevin Walker stopped caring about Wisconsin a loooong time ago- if indeed he ever did care.

[lutefisk]

4. Cap Times: the law "would likely require emergency C-sections"

Just unbelievable.

A 20-week abortion ban being proposed in Wisconsin would likely require a pregnant woman to deliver via Caesarean section if she were to undergo a medical emergency requiring termination of the pregnancy...

In the case of a medical emergency, a physician would only be allowed to terminate the pregnancy "in the manner that, in reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive."

To do so, a doctor would use a fetal monitor to check the baby's condition, which would require a C-section.

Cap Times