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General Category => Health/Education => Life News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 25, 2017, 01:45:22 am

Title: South Dakota: Lawmaker: “Half of the abortions include the death of a girl, so it’s certainly not an attack against women."
Post by: TomSea on February 25, 2017, 01:45:22 am

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Lawmaker: “Half of the abortions include the death of a girl, so it’s certainly not an attack against women."
Dana Ferguson , dferguson@argusleader.com Published 5:04 p.m. CT Feb. 14, 2017 | Updated 6:47 p.m. CT Feb. 14, 2017
PIERRE — An effort to increase the criminal charge for a doctor who performs abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy shouldn't be considered an attack on women, a South Dakota legislator said Tuesday, as it could protect female fetuses.

In speaking about the need to pass House Bill 1101, which would bump up the penalty for doctors that perform the procedures after that threshold from a Class 1 Misdemeanor to a Class 6 Felony, Rep. Steven Haugaard, R-Sioux Falls, said the measure aimed to shield women and girls.

“The fact is, half of the abortions include the death of a girl, so it’s certainly not an attack against women." he said.

Haugaard told Argus Leader Media that he brought the bill to bring the penalty for performing an abortion to further deter physicians from performing the procedures after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Read More At: http://www.argusleader.com/story/blogs/danaferguson/2017/02/14/lawmaker-half-abortions-include-death-girl-so-s-certainly-not-attack-against-women/97912602/

I thought this was curious and Cosmopolitan, that magazine, actually cited this article.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a8948374/south-dakota-lawmaker-abortion/

Still, trying to get to the significance of this.

By the way, for folks who haven't been to South Dakota, that Capital is Pierre but it's pronounced "Peer" in SD. One of those local customs. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pierre,_South_Dakota   

Title: Re: South Dakota: Lawmaker: “Half of the abortions include the death of a girl, so it’s certainly not an attack against women."
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 25, 2017, 07:44:17 am

Well, it's a statistical point well taken. Every "successful" abortion involves at least one death. 51% of the population are female. Statistically speaking, roughly half of those who die are female.

Title: Re: South Dakota: Lawmaker: “Half of the abortions include the death of a girl, so it’s certainly not an attack against women."
Post by: DB on February 25, 2017, 08:55:22 am

Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 25, 2017, 07:44:17 am

Well, it's a statistical point well taken. Every "successful" abortion involves at least one death. 51% of the population are female. Statistically speaking, roughly half of those who die are female.

And a "safe abortion" is an oxymoron.

Title: Re: South Dakota: Lawmaker: “Half of the abortions include the death of a girl, so it’s certainly not an attack against women."
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 25, 2017, 10:32:28 am

Quote from: DB on February 25, 2017, 08:55:22 am

And a "safe abortion" is an oxymoron.

True, that!