North Dakota – The Promised Land?
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And you thought South Dakota has the advantage when it comes to crazy legislators
Has Senator Hunt infiltrated the North Dakota Capital?
NO more. North Dakota is full of all kinds of Roger Hunts. I am on the Planned Parenthood email list. I usually read the emails, shake my head, than delete. But today’s email caught my attention. Whoa Nelly;
Dear Friends:
I am writing today to alert you about a bill advancing in the North Dakota Legislature that is specifically crafted to challenge Roe v. Wade and that poses a very serious threat to women’s health and reproductive rights.
HB 1572, which defines a fertilized egg as a person, was passed Tuesday in the North Dakota House by a vote of 51-41. It now goes to the Senate for debate.
The two-paragraph-long bill says that a human being “includes any organism with the genome of homo sapiens.â€
If HB1572 passes the Senate and is signed by the governor, the implications are huge:
• It would ban abortion.
• It would outlaw some forms of birth control.
• It would prohibit medical procedures that affect a fertilized egg, including treatment for cancer, tubal pregnancies, and infertility.
• It would mire North Dakota in drawn-out, expensive legal battles.
• It would force a showdown over Roe v. Wade.The Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund is on the ground in North Dakota, rallying our supporters and testifying in the Legislature against this bill – doing everything we can to prevent it from passing – and we need your help. Your gift to the Action Fund today will support our work advocating for reproductive rights in the state legislature.
We’re not the only ones who have noticed this bill – it has also garnered significant media coverage. The Associated Press, CNN, AFP, MSNBC, the Drudge Report, Fox News, Huffington Post, Feministing, and dozens of regional newspapers including the Star Tribune, Fargo Forum and Grand Forks Herald all have carried news of the bill. Here are some links:
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/topnews/177129.txt
http://www.feministing.com/archives/013776.htmlWe will continue to be vigilant in fighting this legislation. Stay tuned, and thank you, as always, for your support.
As most scientists, biologists, doctors, ob-gyns, rational people, etc, etc agree; a fertilized egg MUST attach to the uterus to grow into a fetus and than a human being. If this law passes it basically says any matter floating around the general vaginal area is a human being.
Man, and you thought the crazies were in Pierre!
Well we should have saw this coming a mile away
Not only do I think we can fix our tax problems in SD with a 35% property tax decrease (so I can sell more real estate of course) but we need more anti-choice legislation on the books.” Sen. Howie
What SD Legislative session wouldn’t be complete without some good old fashion abortion legislation;
Today several SD lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 92 which would require abortion doctors to be available in the city for consultation one day prior to performing an abortion.
Huge thanks to State Senator Gordon Howie and colleagues for introducing SB 92.
Of course Fairey didn’t take the photo. F’ing Duh!
You mean Warhol didn’t take this picture of Elvis!? The Shame, The Shame!
Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, where do I begin? As a fan of underground art (come look at my house walls sometime) and having a shrine to my hero, Warhol in my studio (there, I said it, are you happy) I have come to realize that everyone doesn’t understand copyright laws and ‘image borrowing’. Underground art is based on taking something that is mainstream and converting it to something original and anti-establishment. Something Fairey did with the HOPE Obama image. Underground art is kinda the thrift store version of fine art, just as beautiful and useful, but a lot f’ing cheaper. Though I am disappointed that Fairey hasn’t credited the photo, I’m also glad he didn’t. Why? He does not have to. Once you CHANGE something, it becomes yours. And that really is the essence of art. Creating something new, from something old. I would hope the original photographer would be joyous about it – not sure. But I will say this, Fairey’s version is a lot cooler than the original.
Steve, please stop trying to be an art critic and go back to something you are (kinda) good at, selling snake oil.
UPDATE: The press conference where the HOPE photo was taken was about Darfur and Human Rights, NOT abortion, as Mr. DooHickey would like you to believe.