PrintMarch 3, 2010
How a Nebraska Bill May Pivot the Abortion Debate
The abortion debate may get an interesting twist soon. The Nebraska Legislature is considering a bill to ban abortions performed twenty weeks into a woman's pregnancy. Nebraska has a nonpartisan, unicameral legislature, so many of the shenanigans which can cause legislative bills to fall into a maelstrom of confusion are absent there. This is not a "partisan" issue, and no conference committee reports can swallow the bill and then regurgitate it as unrecognizable vomit. Moreover, Legislative Bill 1103 will get a hearing: Its sponsor is Mike Flood, Speaker of Nebraska's legislature. Six states (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Minnesota, Georgia, and Oregon) already have laws that require that a pregnant mother, before she has an abortion, be advised that the procedure could cause pain to the unborn child. It is hard for leftists to object to such statutes. Requiring that the patient be informed of the consequences of a medial procedure has long been considered part...(Read Full Article)
