another wtf moment...

[ProblemAgain]

now correct me if i'm wrong but i seem to recall an argument from republicans against 'obamacare' being that it inserted government between the doctor and his or her patient....methinks this bill does EXACTLY that and bans abortions stemming from genetic defects as a cause...does this mean these folks are going to HELP the people whose embryos have genetic defects raise the babies this would result in?

North Dakota has funds to fight over abortion

By JAMES MacPHERSON | Associated Press – 12 hrs ago

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• North Dakota state Sen. Margaret Sitte, R-Bismarck, speaks in favor of HB1305 during the chamber floor debate at the state Capitol, Friday, March 15, 2013 in Bismarck, N.D. The North Dakota Senate overwhelmingly approved two anti-abortion bills Friday, one banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy and another prohibiting the procedure because of genetic defects such as Down syndrome. If the governor signs the measures, North Dakota would be the only state in the U.S. with those laws (AP Photo/The Bismarck Tribune, Mike McCleary)" class="lightbox756078554611a109b7e5ba45f4d21261" height="419" width="630"/>
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — As oil-rich North Dakota moves toward outlawing most abortions, it's in a better position than most states for what could be a long and costly court battle over its restrictions.

Lawmakers on Friday sent the Republican governor two anti-abortion bills, one banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy and another prohibiting women from having the procedure because a fetus has a genetic defect, such as Down syndrome. They would be the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S

Gov. Jack Dalrymple hasn't said anything to indicate he would veto the measures, and the bills have enough support in each chamber for the Republican-controlled Legislature to override him. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the bills Friday, and the House passed them last month. The votes were largely on party lines, with Republicans supporting the measures and Democrats opposing them.

The state's only abortion clinic is in Fargo, and abortion-rights advocates say the measures are meant to shut it down. They urged Dalrymple to veto the bills.

Outside of Fargo, the nearest abortion clinics are four hours to the south in Sioux Falls, S.D., and four hours to the southeast in Minneapolis.

The genetic abnormalities bill also bans abortion based on gender selection. Pennsylvania, Arizona and Oklahoma already have such laws, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks abortion restrictions across the U.S. North Dakota would be the first state to ban abortions based on a genetic defect, according to the institute.

Sen. Margaret Sitte, a Republican from Bismarck, said the bill is meant to ban the destruction of life based on "an arbitrary society standard of being good enough." Some test results pointing to abnormalities are incorrect, she said, and doctors can perform surgeries even before a baby is born to correct some genetic conditions.

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[LoveLife&Laughter]

It'll go to the big court like all the rest, what happens depends on who's there at that time.

[exedir]

Agreed, it will be sued, enjoined, appealed and if considered worthy, on to the Supreme Court.

Meantime points will be scored, funds will be pursued and gotten, hackles raised on the left and the right as this washes through the courts.  Otherwise have little impact on the debate, abortion or no abortion.....

[Ioruach]

Of course republicans made that argument.  They make it when they believe it suits their purpose.  In the case of North Dakota’s new abortion law, that argument does not serve their purpose.  Is it hypocritical? Of course it is.  But they have become so adept at twisting their logic into knots that I doubt if they even realize they are doing so.