Anti-Choice Senator: No Talking about Abortion on the Internet
My link came from Kragar’s Pages Post —which started me off … .Thanks Kragar.
Under this amendment, women would need a separate, segregated Internet just for talking about abortion care with their doctors.
Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, called Sen. DeMint’s actions outrageous:
What about a woman experiencing a high-risk pregnancy who is talking with her doctor through video conferencing? Under Sen. DeMint’s extreme plan, if abortion came up in that doctor-patient conversation, the woman and her physician would have to go to a separate communications system. He’s calling for an abortion-only version of Skype. It is impractical, ridiculous, and, most importantly, bad for women in rural or remote areas who would not be able to discuss the full set of options with their doctor.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.358, the “Let Women Die” bill. The House has now voted on more anti-choice measures this year than in any year since 2000.
And now, anti-choice senators are saying, “Me, too!”
The U.S. Senate could vote on the DeMint amendment as early as today. And even though we have strong pro-choice leaders in the Senate, only 40 out of the 100 senators are fully pro-choice.
Stand up today: call your senators at[no phone numbers allowed] and tell them to oppose the DeMint amendment (#768) to H.R.2112.
It’s an important reminder that pro-choice Americans must always be vigilant in standing up for our values of freedom and privacy.