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FL House & Senate Pass Ultrasound Amendment

Posted on Monday, May 3rd, '10 by Evan Olsen

Last week Florida House and Senate passed some very important legislation concerning FL abortions. The amendment requires women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion. Doctors or nurses must also describe the development of the fetus according to what is seen in the ultrasound. Women can choose to not see the ultrasound but will need to sign off in that instance.

The Orlando Sentinel reports:

The Florida House approved a contentious anti-abortion measure today requiring pregnant women pay for an ultrasound exam before receiving an abortion, sending it to Gov. Charlie Crist for his signature or veto.

The abortion restriction, unveiled in the closing days of the 2010 legislative session, opened raw and emotional divisions among legislators as they prepared to leave Tallahassee for the summer. The debate was so heated and, at times, graphic, House Republican leaders ordered teenage pages off the House floor and cleared the public galleries of children. Two Democrats wept as they spoke against the ultrasound mandate.

Largely along party lines, the Republican-controlled House approved the abortion bill 76-44 Friday. The Senate had voted for the measure a day earlier, 23-16.

Opponents called the ultrasound mandate a government intrusion on a decision that should be left to women. “Stand down if you don’thave ovaries,” said Rep. Janet Long, D-Tampa.

Republicans characterized the bill as an attempt to give pregnant women more information before choosing to have an abortion. Several Republicans decried abortion and the 1973 Supreme Court decision that gave constitutional protections to the procedure, Roe v. Wade.

Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, who had an unplanned pregnancy as a senior in high school, said women should see the heartbeat, arms and legs before choosing to have an abortion.

Here is an a short email from Rep. Charles Van Zant, who has been a strong proponent in the FL House for the unborn; and has been a great contact person during this session:

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House Dems Try to Shut Down the Show Over Abortion Amendment

Posted on Thursday, Apr 29th, '10 by Evan Olsen

I just got an email about this. We need to pray now -- today -- for this.

TALLAHASSEE — House Democrats have temporarily shut down the chamber to try and block an abortion passed by the Senate from coming up for final passage.

Although Republicans hold a 76-44 majority in the chamber, taking up bills that have been sent over “in messages” from the other chamber require a two-thirds vote on the floor. The Democrats just blocked the House from taking up an unrelated bill as a test-run and plan to fight every bill in an attempt to run out the clock and block the bill.

The Senate voted 22-17 Wednesday in favor of a new government mandate that women seeking abortions must pay for ultrasounds and, in most cases, view live images of the fetus. They also adopted an amendment banning abortion coverage for individuals and businesses who buy insurance under insurance exchanges in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul passed by Congress earlier this year.

House Majority Office staff director Todd Reid said Democrats had threatened to bring the chamber to a halt in the final two days of session unless they got a pledge from House Speaker Larry Cretul that the abortion bill wouldn’t be brought up. Reid said the House — which has passed the language in past years – would love to take up the abortion bill, but the chamber has taken a break until 11:30 a.m. to try and figure things out.

“We have very little leverage in this process,” said Rep. Kelly Skidmore, D-Boca Raton. “This is our leverage. We’re willing to let our bills due to prove our point.”

The victim of the procedural move is a bill clamping down on identity-theft artists who use pizza-delivery fliers at motels to get credit card numbers. Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee, has been pushing the non-controversial measure after a wave of such activity broke out last year in Orange and Osceola counties around the theme parks.

Wait, what?!

Now that effort is on hold.

“The pizza bill blew up the session,” Horner joked. “This is oging to determine how the last two days will turn out.”
Source article.

Our legislative process is interesting.

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Daily Reads

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 28th, '10 by Evan Olsen

Charlie Crist to Run as an Independent.
We need to pray over this Senate race. The outcome of it is crucial for FL & America.

FL Senate Passes Ultrasound Abortion Mandate, 22-17
While sieging this morning we God-ordainly stumbled into the State Senate as they were debating and voting on this amendment. Let's just say it was an intense debate. But the amendment passed! That is awesome! Basically, the amendment requires women who are seeking abortions to pay for ultrasound exams, which applies to first-trimester abortions. In 2006, there were 95,586 abortions performed in Florida. Of those, 86,938 occurred in the first three months of pregnancy that now would be subject to the ultrasound mandate. That's 86,938 that could have been altered to not abort. That's huge.

Baby Boy Survives for Nearly Two Days After Abortion
Wow. This happened in Italy, but the mindset is the same in the US. This is what makes me so mad about this story "The law means that doctors have had an obligation to try to preserve the life of the child once he had survived the abortion." There is something terribly wrong with that sentence. First kill the baby, but when that fails, protect it??

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I know this is really off topic, but MAN is it cool.

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