more anti-choice repug measures

Democrats seek changes to abortion bill
WASHINGTON - Confidants like grandparents or ministers who help pregnant teens should be protected from prosecution under a bill headed for Senate passage that would punish anyone who takes girls across state lines to end their pregnancies, Democrats said Tuesday.
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Opponents of the bill say it would cut off an escape route for pregnant teens with abusive parents who live in the states with parental consent or notification laws.

Democrats also will propose additional exceptions for those who help pregnant teens get abortions in other states in cases of rape or incest.

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill, complained that the bill is the latest on a list of measures Republican leaders are bringing up for votes in an effort to appeal to the GOP's base of social conservatives. No one in his state has raised the practice of interstate abortions as a major source of concern, he said.

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Still another restrictive repug election year issue aimed at their conservative base. And how is this party the party of "small government" again?
I don't understand how any woman could ever vote for a repug....

And from Americablog:

Anti-abortion Republicans want to jail your priest

Dems trying to stop them. Good. The Republicans have launched a war on America's bedroom and it needs to stop. Justice Scalia thinks the government regulating masturbation is a fine idea (for real). A lead spokesman for the religious right said he was in favor of outlawing all oral sex, even between married heterosexual couples. We already know the Republicans are trying to get rid of condoms and other forms of birth control. And then there's divorce. How long do you think that will stay legal?

It's high time we kicked the Republicans out of our bedroom.

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