Louisiana Bans Late-Term Abortions

La. Is First State Outlaw Procedure; Exception To Made Only If Mother's Life Is Threatened

(AP)  Gov. Kathleen Blanco signed legislation Friday that penalizes doctors who perform a late-term abortion procedure, making Louisiana the first to outlaw the surgery since a similar federal ban was upheld this year.

The new law allows the procedure only when the mother's life would be endangered without it. It would be a crime in all other cases, including when the pregnancy is expected to cause health problems for the mother.

The statute mirrors a federal ban that President Bush signed into law in 2003 and upheld in April by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lawmakers in other states are expected to consider similar bans. Louisiana is the first to enact one, according to the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, an abortion-rights group.

Under the Louisiana legislation, doctors face fines of between $1,000 and $10,000, and jail terms of between one and 10 years.

The procedure is the subject of angry debate between anti-abortion groups, who support state bans, and abortion-rights groups, who opposed the federal ban and have fought state bans.

Planned Parenthood officials argued against the Louisiana ban in legislative committee hearings, but received a chilly response from lawmakers. Only a handful of legislators voted against the bill.

Anti-abortion activists call the procedure "partial-birth abortion"; surgeons and abortion rights activists call it "dilation and extraction." It involves partially removing the fetus intact from a woman's uterus, then puncturing or crushing the skull.

The Democratic governor on Monday signed legislation requiring that all women seeking an abortion be notified that fetuses can feel pain by 20 weeks gestation, and doctors who perform the procedure to discuss the availability of painkillers for fetuses.

Supporters said that legislation would provide important information to women seeking abortions — and that it could help stop abortions. Opponents say doctors don't agree on whether fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks.

[randalds]

"It would be a crime in all other cases, including when the pregnancy is expected to cause health problems for the mother."

The fact that it's forbidden even if not doing it endangers the health of the woman is unforgivable. This is not a common procedure and is only rarely used and then usually only when the health of the woman is in danger. To take the decision of what is just dangerous to the woman's health, as opposed to endangering her very life, out of the hands of the doctor is unconsiounable and unforgivable. It inserts the Christian right wing between the woman and her doctor, making a religious decision, as opposed to a medical one. The interference of any religion in such issues as an individuals health is disgusting.

[zootallures2]

And what term were the victims of the levee in? Gee, we don't even know how many were children. All the news media was there, but never happened to notice the levee was leaking any more than the government. Yea, who would be watching that after a hurricane, right?

[bo_leggs]

You are overlooking the fact that an abortion kills an innocent child. The State has a legitimate interest the health and welfare of everyone, including the unborn child. And this has nothing to do with religion.

[harp1963]

Abortion is wrong, but if you think the Republicans are going to do something about it then you must have been living in a cave the first six years of Bush's tenure when the Republican deceivers held an overwhelming majority in the Congress and Senate along with the majority of Supreme Court appointees. What did they do: 1. Partial birth ban, should have been named, "Girls, plan your abortion before the 6th month." 2. Stopped stem cell usage, which is a finger in the ***, but better than nothing. This is the bone that keeps'em coming back 3. Gave China, the abortion capital of the world, free trade and didn't require any human rights requirements regarding abortion, or any other human rights for that matter, to continue the trade. Nothing, Nada. Republicans will never get rid of their best vote getter - the abortion issue.

The pious and righteous Republicans are part of the abortion problem anyway. Their self righteous attitudes in looking down their noses at unwed mothers doesn't help encourage young women to have the babies, it makes them feel ashamed and guilt ridden. That plants the seed encouraging killing the baby and hiding the "problem."

Convulsing and "Praising the Lord" doesn't neccessarily mean you are caring and compassionate.

[harp1963]

Republicans are classic deceivers. They pray on the good nature of Christian Americans, coming to small towns for prayer meetings, talking lots of Biblical stuff, acting horrified at abortion pictures, singing "God Bless America" with flags waving in the background. The reality of it is that deep down inside they are lovers of money, the likes the world has never seen, and they will do ANYTHING to manipulate the people. Their "works" scream "Lovers of Money," not "Defenders of the least of our brother."

[finny06]

MISLEADING HEADLINE AGAIN!

They didn't ban late-term abortions! They only banned ONE procedure, D&E (aka partial birth abortion). What's the next headline "The Sky is Falling" or "CBS Fires Web Editors Who Persistently Fake and Sensationalize News"?

COME ON!!!

[perception5]

It inserts the Christian right wing between the woman and her doctor, making a religious decision, as opposed to a medical one. The interference of any religion in such issues as an individuals health is disgusting.
Posted by RandalDS at 01:05 AM : Jul 14, 2007


Dear RandalDS, you need to "get a life" and stop trying to "take lifes".

You're so filled with "hate" and ZERO compassion and it's because you are highly contaminated with "liberal ways".

[closethippy1]

So now a doctor in LA has to make a decision between what can kill a woman and "health problems".
If the "health problem" becomes permanent or it leads to the mother's death later on, well, that's too bad.
No woman ever gets pregnant just so she can have an abortion on purpose. That's why they need to decide this in private or with their doctors.
There's no need to keep watch over them as if they were criminals on probation until the baby comes out.

[keithle1]

"I done got pregnant, Momma. Boo hoo. Condoms? What are those? Contraception? What's that? My boyfriend Bubba said I couldn't get pregnant if we did it standing up." Why is birth control so
difficult for some women to understand? Hello. It's the 21st century. If you're not married, why are you having unprotected ***?

[mcvet]

It inserts the Christian right wing between the woman and her doctor, making a religious decision, as opposed to a medical one. The interference of any religion in such issues as an individuals health is disgusting.
Posted by RandalDS at 01:05 AM : Jul 14, 2007


Dear RandalDS, you need to "get a life" and stop trying to "take lifes".

You're so filled with "hate" and ZERO compassion and it's because you are highly contaminated with "liberal ways".
Posted by perception5 at 07:34 AM : Jul 14, 2007

A citizens post a VERY real concern about the constant involvement of the Religious Reich in our lives and especially in the lives of Women and what does this nazi defender of the Reich do? He attacks our history, our greatest leaders. The poster want's MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS and the WOMAN making decisions about her health and this MORON say's he's taking a LIFE. This nation can not long endure if we do NOT stop these fascist. IF you folks think the Taliban is the ONLY group out there capable of RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM, you do not know much about the White Knights of the KKK. You do not know much about the history of the Religious Reich. Better wake up America. Sieg Heil Y'all.

[mcvet]

You are overlooking the fact that an abortion kills an innocent child. The State has a legitimate interest the health and welfare of everyone, including the unborn child. And this has nothing to do with religion.
Posted by bo_leggs at 01:45 AM : Jul 14, 2007

ROFLMAO Right!! I'd suppose you think Bin Laden is just another citizen too! ROFLMAO IF this wasn't about RELIGION you MORON we'd be working to make Abortions UNNECESSARY instead of trying to Ban them. We'd be attempting to make the Morning After Pill available to EVERY American Woman! Nazi's and Religious EXTREMIST are the ONLY people on the planet who attempt to "Help" people by running them underground... back to coat hangers and quacks! God but you Southern Nazi's are the worst! Sieg Heil Y'all.

[itgranny]

How many women/pregnancies is this law going to affect anyway? I just can't see that many abortions being performed at this late stage of the game and when there is one, it's for the mother's health.

The only reason for this law is to whittle away at Rowe vs. Wade. They'll get this done, then look for the next step in the series to get abortion banned altogether.

[opfor311]

Why are we talking about Republicans in connection with this? The Governor of Louisiana is a Democrat and she signed it into law. The majority party is both houses in Louisiana is the Democratic party. If the Democrats in Louisiana wanted to stop this law, they could have easily voted against it.

Issues over abortion do not split cleanly along party lines, nor along religious lines. You will find sincere religious (and non-religious) people on both sides of the arguement. Since that is true, can we keep the discussion to the ethical and philosophical grounds, and not get into religious in-fighting for once?

[afmca]

First, consider that it is Louisiana - always near the bottom in education, standard of living, and healthcare. One thing it is tops in is christian hypocrisy. Louisiana has few abortion clinics, poor *** education standards, and abysmal access to the morning after pill - so late term abortion needs are a direct result of their actions. They can find time to keep a woman from a medical procedure, but cannot find the moral courage to fix New Orleans.

We have allowed the wacko religious freaks to rename a pure medical procedure for maximum shock value and, as you can see if Louisiana, it worked. If the state actually has a legitimate stake in the life of the fetus then why do they abandon it once the child is born? Does Louisiana insure proper nutrition, health care, housing, education, and parenting? If not, this argument is hypocritical. Don't worry though, Senator Vitter will show his fellow Louisianians and the country what high moral, christian standards truely are.

[radiob-2009]

Where is the religion or politics in this?
This bill is not end abortions only late term abortions and if a mothers life is in danger the mother can still have the abortion.
By the way how many people bought goods Made in China recently where they mandatory abortions after the birth.
Checked where those spark plugs, oil filters, air filters, gas filters etc. are made lately?
It is hypocritical to purchase goods that support indirectly mandatory abortions.

[grumpas]

Why do we continuely refuse to call these people what they really are????? They are religious terrorist's at best! They are trying to control women. They want it to where we have an abandoned child on every street corner in this country! There belief's are not ruled by common sense that should tell them we are on a collision course with over population. They are ruled by their religious belief's that have no basis of truth not even in the bible! We have been harboring the same kind of group we are supposedly fighting against in Iraq for years! In fact, Bush has let this bunch have uncontroled and has even encouraged them to do their dirty work! People need to wake up to what these people are trying to do! It isn't only abortion they are trying to ban it is birth control period. We are talking about the kind of people who are trying to ban every form of birth control. They have and will set this country back into the dark ages with their ignorance! Any way you cut it, they are as bad if not worse than the people we are supposedly fighting against. They see all forms of birth control as abortion! They are extremely sick people who need to be stopped.

[mommajomma-2009]

democracks want it to crack 'em in the head when they're born if you dont like what you see.... you know... like puppies.

[mh4cbs1]

News Flash:
"Now Bush is warning that there would be " mass killings on a horrific scale", if the US was forced to withdraw. He made some 30 references to al-Qa'ida on Thursday and brushed aside suggestions that the invasion had encouraged its growth."

When will the spineless Dems and join a few courageous true conservative Repulicans to Impeach Cheney and Bush! These lying SOBs are running our nation into the ground.

More fear and hate, endless War based on lies, we are less safe, wasted $500 BILLION, massive national debt and trade deficit....

They PARDON Libby for EXACTLY the same crimes that they IMPEACHED Clinton for - OUTRAGEOUS HYPOCRISY.

STOP these evil crazy NeoCons who hijacked the GOP! Our founders would want us to IMPEACH Cheney and Bush for LYING us into this War. (and they DID LIE - I researched everything I could, and the more I did the more obvious it became!).

[skyk-2009]

I have lived amoung these people my entire life and for the life of me I can't figure them out. They, for whatever reason, feel its necessary to shove their religion down everyone's throat and the FACT that their approach only serves to divide us even more doesn't seem to phase them. It's like the situation with their "Don't do it because God say's so" approach to *** Education. Study after study after study shows CLEARLY and without doubt that their way DOES NOT work. Now add that to the FACT that a recent study showed as CLEAR as it could be that another Approach, an approach that does NOT tell teens how to think, DOES work and works very well indeed. So do they step forward and embrace the plan that OBVIOUSLY is the BEST? NO!! They don't care about success UNLESS they can bring the Iron Boot of the Religious Reich down on people's neck. To those who say they have changed from the days when they taught "Equal but Different" in our schools, you just are hiding your head in the sand. They HAVE not changed.

[skyk-2009]

Issues over abortion do not split cleanly along party lines, nor along religious lines. You will find sincere religious (and non-religious) people on both sides of the arguement. Since that is true, can we keep the discussion to the ethical and philosophical grounds, and not get into religious in-fighting for once?
Posted by opfor311 at 08:51 AM : Jul 14, 2007

This is PURE garbage and YOU know it! The SAME people that gave us Jim Crowe are the same people who want to make decisions for the Woman and her Doctor. If you can't at least be honest about it, let's not discuss this. There are people out there attempting to use science and education to make peoples lives better and to make Abortions unnecessary, a few of them ARE Real Republican's, but the Republican Party as I knew it doesn't exist today. The Republican Party that's there today is FASCIST to the core and wishes to divide people and to FORCE them to do things as THEY think they should. Let's at least be honest with each other here.

[skyk-2009]

democracks want it to crack 'em in the head when they're born if you dont like what you see.... you know... like puppies.
Posted by mommajomma at 09:30 AM : Jul 14, 2007
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Those of you in the REAL world who aren't fimular with Southern Fascism here's a PERFECT example. Of course those American's who are Pro Choice do NOT want to "crack 'em in the head" but as was proven during the 40's and 50's when these God Awlful Creatures were defending lynching and bombing, it's VERY effective with those who want someone to hate... I believe you will find the Taliban has developed the mentality to it's highest level.

[my2centss]

I can not believe how many people are for late term abortions and are against capital punishment. Kill innocent kids, and let murderers live. The death penalty is not near as bad as "... puncturing or crushing the skull."

[opfor311]

skyk,

'The SAME people that gave us Jim Crowe are the same people who want to make decisions for the Woman and her Doctor.'

Are you saying that the Democrats are the people who want to make decisions for Women and their Doctors? Because it is a simple historical fact that it was the Democratic Party in the south that proposed and enacted the Jim Crow laws, and that it was in large part due to the Republicans in Congress that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed. And it is Democrats that have made this law in Louisana.

[likeitis5050]

Late term abortions should be banned. Women who choose to do this are irresponsible. They have 5 months or better to make this decision. Waiting until the last trimester to abort is insane. Clinics should be held accountable for late term abortions. I totally believe the decision to carry a child or not is one that should be respected and legal, but waiting until the last trimested is where they need to be stopped.

Don't bother ranting and foaming at the mouth in acidic reply...I'm moving on and won't be responding. I don't care what the history of the South represents to many, or that this is a hypocrisy pro-life people have to live with in this matter. Late term abortions need to be banned.

[rushlimpdrug]

radiob - I agree with your comment
wanna support abortion on a massive scale?
we already do by buying chineeze products!
This issue wakes up the stupid masses for sure.
Donnie? where are you donnie?

[randalds]

Those who say this has nothing to do with religion are pis*sing in the wind. Of course it does. This procedure is extremely rarely used and is almost never the choice of the woman, so it is NOT a case of "she's irresponsible and just waited too long to have one" garbage. It's nearly always done as strictly a last resort to save the life or health of the woman. However some bible beaters who are hoping to use this as a way to stop all abortions, have taken away the concern for the health of the woman and left just to save the life of. In doing that they have condemned some women to certain death, because instead of a doctor being able to make a purely medical decision, now that doctor will have to worry about some lunatic right to life'er trying to get him or her arrested and sent to prison because this non-doctor nut believes the woman's life "wasn't really" in danger and they performed an illegal abortion. They have taken medical decisions out of the hands of the doctor and put them in the hands of religious nuts and women will die needlessly because of it. But then again I guess they don't care about women's "right to life", do they!

[mitywhity]

But then again I guess they don't care about women's "right to life", do they!
Posted by RandalDS ................
What flavor Kool-Aid did you drink? You act like abortion is some kind of routinely prescribed treatment for some malady. What malady is it that is so widespread that MILLIONS of babies must have their brains stirred with a pair of scissors and sucked out. Does it save the mother from Stretch-Mark-itis? It is not rare or only done when it imperils the mother...or should we just say HOST? No, it's done to just save face, hide affairs, uncomplicate life, avoid buying a minivan and a whole lot of other reasons that we are not allowed to use as a basis for taking the life of another human-being. It's strange that just hours before birth mommy-dearest can say KILL it and get it the heII out of my precious body, BUT once it is born it magically has protection as a full-fledged member of society. That is simply inexplicable. Why can't she give birth and inspect it and have the "right" to decide that it looks to fat or too small, wrong hair color, features, etc. and say KILL it. After all - it's a WOMAN'S CHOICE RIGHT?

[ronaldstark]

Quote
"Anti-abortion activists call the procedure "partial-birth abortion"; surgeons and abortion rights activists call it "dilation and extraction." It involves partially removing the fetus intact from a woman's uterus, then puncturing or crushing the skull.

The Democratic governor on Monday signed legislation requiring that all women seeking an abortion be notified that fetuses can feel pain by 20 weeks gestation, and doctors who perform the procedure to discuss the availability of painkillers for fetuses."

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You don't have to be religous to realize abortion is staright up murder. Many women who have the "procedure" done are haunted for the remainder of their lives. It would be interesting to see how many of them are on anti-depression drugs. I agree...if there is potential for harm to the mother...or if it is a rape or incest issue...there should be exceptions. But women just going to have it done for convenience are truly EVIL and HEARTLESS.

[mitywhity]

OH...Your ignorance has done you in once again SKYK and RANDAL. No person who supports the right to life is weeping over the fact that our love of life is alienating you. We could not care less if you are in anguish over the fact that we oppose the butchery and the MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY OF ABORTION. We in fact ask the question "Hundreds of millions of abortions and you are the ones who got through?"

[hawksprings]

Don't have a cow, Pro-abortion People.
If a woman still wants to kill her baby, she just needs to do it earlier.
What's the big deal?

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[closethippy1]

Listen, guys, any way you look at it we need abortions. Especially abortions from youngsters who are not ready for parenthood, families who cannot afford another child and also from dysfunctional families who know very well the psychological damage they'll do to the kid if it's born.
The only thing that was ever able to bring down crime rates across the board is abortion and that's exactly what happened in the 70's after abortion became legal.
Besides, no woman ever gets pregnant just so she can have an abortion on purspose. The ones who decide to have one is because they have a good reason for it and they'll talk about it with their doctor and therapist before the decision is final.
To those who want to ban abortions I'll say, We get the freaking point already! You are so much better and moral than others. I'm so impressed with you all. Truly.
Now go home and leave everyone else the f' alone.

[jdubs63]

I beleive unless you have walked in the shoes of a woman that has to make a decison as such, stop and think .... and stop with being so judgemental

[hawksprings]

Posted by closethippy1:
"The only thing that was ever able to bring down crime rates across the board is abortion and that's exactly what happened in the 70's after abortion became legal."

OK, that has to be one of the most whacked things I have ever read. It's simply bizarre beyond words.

I'll say it again: a woman in Louisiana can still kill her baby, she just needs to do it earlier and not wait until the last minute.


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[klingon69]

No woman ever gets pregnant just so she can have an abortion on purpose.
No, but many use abortion as their main form of birth control.

Posted by closethippy1 at 08:03 AM : Jul 14, 2007

What about the father? Does he have any right or say in the disposition of his child?

[klingon69]

This is PURE garbage and YOU know it! The SAME people that gave us Jim Crowe are the same people who want to make decisions for the Woman and her Doctor.
Check your history, they were demokraps. Until the 60s the south was almost solid demos

[agnim]

I can understand a sick, fcuked up woman killing her baby, in the womb or out.

I will never appreciate the witches on the outside who are egging her on to commit the dastardly and devilish deed.

And the murdering so-called doctors should go to jail for a long time; because the so-called doctors should be preserving life and health, but deliberately chose to do the opposite.

If the insane witch wants to kill her baby, LET HER DO IT BY HERSELF ALONE!

No good female WILL EVER aid and abet the murder of babies, NONE!
Those witches should be shunned and made to use plastic dildoz to relive themselves.

[magoo2u1]

You have to be lame in the brain to believe in witches in the first place. Bet you believe angels keep the planets in orbit. Gravity is a lie!!

[ram849]

For all of those disfunctional pregnant families. Too young pregnant families. Pregnancies get in the way families and such. The list of good loving couples that can't have childred and want to adopt is enormous. Put your child up for adoption and give them a chance. But don't crush it's skull and waste that little miracle.

[keithle1]

"Little miracle"? Puh-leeeeze. Every pregnancy is a "little miracle"? Who is adopting all of the unwanted black babies? The Catholic Church?
More emphasis needs to be placed on preventing
pregnancy. Keep religion & morality out of it
unless you're planning to adopt or help support all of the babies that are born. It's 2007. Not
1907. Single men need & want casual *** but they certainly don't want to get a phone call from their girlfriend/one night stand saying their pregnant. Women need to wake up. You're the one that is gonna get pregnant. Make him use a condom. If he says no, hit the road. What is he? God's gift to women? You just have to have *** with him now? Stop playing the victim. No more tears. Take charge of your life, ladies.

[closethippy1]

I for one am glad we have abortions. There's so much less people to feed because of it, less traffic, less crime, less abandoned and dysfunctional children, less welfare, and we have more resources for our own use.
Our quality of life is so much better for all these reasons.
And now that Bush blew it in Iraq there'll be less Republicans to contend with in government and abortion will be left alone for a long, long time.
By the time Republicans come back to Congress in any large numbers we'll have the MTV generation running the country and that will guarantee we'll always have all the abortions we need.
I just hope the MTV generation will also help matters when it comes to legalization, universal health care, and a thorough *** education among other things.
From now on it's Republicans who will be playing defense and that's exactly where we want them at.
Thanks to Bush, Cheney, Delay and all their ilk the USA is finally ours, folks!!!

[ram849]

All we'll have left are the brats of society. Iraq's kill thy self groups will be glad to have you.

[radiob-2009]

Isn't the governor of this fine state a democrat?? Hasn't this state been under democratic control for decades? So, that being said, how is this due to Republicans??
Posted by janem4


I am still trying to figure out how the passage of this law is anti abortion when it only prevents late term abortion which is rare to begin with and allows it when it places the mothers life in jeopardy.This is not political or religious and I am a independent.

[klingon69]

You have to be lame in the brain to believe in witches in the first place. Bet you believe angels keep the planets in orbit. Gravity is a lie!!
Posted by magoo2u1 at 02:24 PM : Jul 14, 2007
No, Gravity SUX!!!

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Lets not just crack the skull lets brake the legs as well and also let us not to forget to decapitate these defenseless babies! Were Oh were will this stop. Where are the people who would defend these helpless babies. Why would mothers cater to being self centered? Why would the fathers continue to be irresponsible? Where is the consciousness of America? I thought this was the land of the free not the dawn of the dead! Where are the voices to silence these crimes that are horrendous in our generation? Our liberty bell rings with an inscription on it " Proclaim liberty throughout all lands and to all the inhabitants thereof." Will America let the Liberty bell ring for these children?

[klingon69]

From now on it's Republicans who will be playing defense and that's exactly where we want them at.
Thanks to Bush, Cheney, Delay and all their ilk the USA is finally ours, folks!!!

Posted by closethippy1 at 04:03 PM : Jul 14, 2007
As long as the Dems stay away from my guns, no prob.

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Lets not just crack the skull lets break the legs as well and also let us not to forget to decapitate these defenseless babies! Were Oh were will this stop. Where are the people who would defend these helpless babies? Why would mothers cater to being self centered? Why would the fathers continue to be irresponsible? Where is the consciousness of America? I thought this was the land of the free not the dawn of the dead! Where are the voices to silence these crimes that are horrendous in our generation? Our liberty bell rings with an inscription on it %u201CProclaim liberty throughout all lands and to all the inhabitants thereof." Will America let the Liberty bell ring for these children?

[bekah1974]

Does it really matter if your a democrat or republican when it comes to killing babies?Perhaps women should use birth control,or keep their legs closed so that they don't get pregnant in the first place instead of killing innocent babies.I used birth control,I have 1 child,and I also had a tubal so I wouldn't have more because 1 is all I wanted.Birth control is free at most health deparments,why don't people use it?
sorry if I sound stupid I just can't make sense of killing babies,when there are other options available to keep from getting pregnant.

[radiob-2009]

From now on it's Republicans who will be playing defense and that's exactly where we want them at.
Thanks to Bush, Cheney, Delay and all their ilk the USA is finally ours, folks!!!

Posted by closethippy1 at 04:03 PM : Jul 14, 2007

This is a odd statement coming from someone who claims to be a Palestinian living near the West Bank on a olive farm.

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Lets not just crack the skull lets break the legs as well and also let us not to forget to decapitate these defenseless babies! Were Oh were will this stop. Where are the people who would defend these helpless babies? Why would mothers cater to being self centered? Why would the fathers continue to be irresponsible? Where is the consciousness of America? I thought this was the land of the free not the dawn of the dead! Where are the voices to silence these crimes that are horrendous in our generation? Our liberty bell rings with an inscription on it %u201CProclaim liberty throughout all lands and to all the inhabitants thereof." Will America let the Liberty bell ring for these defenseless babies?

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Lets not just crack the skull lets break the legs as well and also let us not to forget to decapitate these defenseless babies! Were Oh were will this stop. Where are the people who would defend these helpless babies? Why would mothers cater to being self centered? Why would the fathers continue to be irresponsible? Where is the consciousness of America? I thought this was the land of the free not the dawn of the dead! Where are the voices to silence these crimes that are horrendous in our generation? Our liberty bell rings with an inscription on it %u201CProclaim liberty throughout all lands and to all the inhabitants thereof." Will America let the Liberty bell ring for these defenseless babies?