Republicans introduce bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

For how many seconds will Mark Dayton’s pen hover over these bills before he vetoes them? And how many jobs will the legislation create? Roughly zero on all counts. This is merely another distraction by social conservatives who have no economic solutions other than Glenn Beck’s ramblings. “It’s the economy, stupid.”

Praise Jebus, God hates the employed, Amen.

I wouldn’t quibble with this if there were exceptions for the life and health of the mother. (Are there?) 21 week preemies have been viable, but that seems to be the limit. (I don’t have a uterus, though, so none of my parts are being subjugated to MN state laws.)

Yup. We are DEEP into the War on Women.

Is there an exception for rape? Or just rape rape?

Why don’t they just get it over with and create a Minnesota amendment declaring all women who have abortions to be slutty, selfish females who don’t know how to make a proper decision. – I’m being facetious to prove a point. Seems like we’re a hop, skip & a jump from that anyway. – While they’re at it, why don’t we throw in some anti-miscarriage laws and redefine rape. Other states are doing it. What’s holding Minnesota up? We need more poor men & women to join the military!

(Yes – being very very facetious – the vast majority of abortions after 20 weeks are because the probability of mother &/or child life after natural birth are slim.)

No 21 week old premie has ever survived. there is a very slight possiblity at 23/24, which is when the lungs are mature enough to work with a respirator — before that they can’t inflate properly.

This is not a ban that would affect women with unwanted pregnancies, it would almost entirely affect women with wanted pregnancies that have for some reason gone wrong.

However, my quibble is with the “most restrictive” subhead. Actually, Ohio is passing legislation banning abortion at 18 days after a heartbeat can be discerned. That is more restrictive. Totally unconstitutional, but likely to be passed anyway, even though it can’t stand up to a court challenge.

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You know, the Republicans are making war on women, workers, and LGBT people. That sounds like a majority to me.

Let’s bury them.

So…. If Republicans dont want JOBS in our State!!! Why would we want fetus’s to be BORN?? The Christians are nothing less than SATAN………

[...] attacks on women, Republicans have decided to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, regardless of wether the child will survive more than a few minutes anyway. The bill will be [...]

Republicans stand for small government, except when it comes to women! They want laws that control a woman’s body.

How does this wasting time by the Republican majority in the Minnesota Legislature address Economic growth and jobs?

@Robin – my wife, an early childhood educator, has a preemie who was born before 22 weeks, now 20 months old. (These babies typically have many many problems.)

Amelia Sonja Taylor is probably the most famous documented case – she was reportedly 21 weeks, 6 days gestation when born in 2006 and is doing well. (http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/04/27/extreme_preemies/)

Jobs?

This is a pure control on medicine and how it is distributed, because the statistics show for any procedure that is done after 21 weeks is done because of medical need. In those situations, all attempt is given to try and save the life the life that is extracted from the mother. In most cases those cases do not live.

This is a form of a death sentence to mothers who go into medical distress after 21 weeks.

This not about being pro choice, anti choice or pro life. For if they were pro life there were be line items stating that the life of the mother comes first.

I would say this bill is a anti choice anti life, and anti mother bill.

The right wing needs soldiers to man their war industrial gear, prison inmates to house, and new welfare cases they can refuse to help (which will then seek employment in the military when nothing else is available, or turn to crime and become said inmates.) The irony of their anti-abortion stance and “life is precious” contention is astounding and disingenuous.

I see one comment that basically sums it up: making new “majorities” frustrated, and in a reactionary manner, keeping the proverbial ping pong ball going back and forth in the two party system of corruption. The two parties NEED each other to make it appear there is “choice” between the two parties. Back and forth we go.
“We’ll show those Republicans!” “We’ll tell those Democrats who’s boss!” try looking outside of this back and forth charade if you don’t wish to see the same results over and over.

Government small enough to fit into a uterus…

To these legislators women are expendable and “every sperm is sacred”. Horsefeathers. I certainly hope that none of them have to face a life-threatening situation with in late pregnancy involving their mother, wife, daughter, nieces or grandchildren, but it might help to change their minds.

21 weeks gestation is 23 weeks pregnant. pregnancy “weeks” start at 2 weeks because they use last period. this bill wants to ban at 20 weeks gestation or what we think of as 22 weeks pregnant.

What about the budget? Where are the jobs?
Why are they working on crap that they have no business messing with?

[...] limit reproductive rights is HF 936, which would make abortions illegal at or after 20 weeks. The Minnesota Independent also points out that the bill anticipates a legal challenge. “It creates a defense fund for [...]