I agree with Rep. Karen Umberger that compromise is what makes good legislation. Getting there can be very convoluted as exemplified by the most controversial bill in the House this year: HB 1609.
The Fetal Life Protection Act, passed last year, prohibited any abortions past 24 weeks except those done to preserve the life of the mother and added an ultrasound requirement at all stages of pregnancy prior to abortion. Last year, I wrote in the Sun how this law is a barrier to providing appropriate medical care in the rare situation when a late-term fatal fetal anomaly is discovered. This year, a group of moderate Republicans introduced HB 1609 to add exceptions for fatal fetal anomaly, rape or incest, and to restrict the ultrasound mandate only to pregnancies getting close to 24 weeks.
Thank you for trying to get this bill passed. Since there are those that will never agree to adding rape or incest to it may I suggest that you put forward a bill that will guarantee severe charges (snd prison terms) to the MEN who are the rapists and incestorists (is that even a word? I could find no word to describe a father, brother, uncle, grandfather, cousin who forces a girl into sex. Slimeball was a possibility!). I would recommend at least a twenty year sentence for rape and forty years for incest! Too many MEN are getting away with these crimes. (Isn’t there a case pending in NC area where a young man raped a younger girl snd was allowed to leave the area to go to college? How is that far to the victim? Thank God he didn’t leave behind a little “gift” ….one that keeps on giving for the rest of the girl’s life!!). Please consider the FEMALES in any bill you might put forward. Thank you!
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Thank you for trying to get this bill passed. Since there are those that will never agree to adding rape or incest to it may I suggest that you put forward a bill that will guarantee severe charges (snd prison terms) to the MEN who are the rapists and incestorists (is that even a word? I could find no word to describe a father, brother, uncle, grandfather, cousin who forces a girl into sex. Slimeball was a possibility!). I would recommend at least a twenty year sentence for rape and forty years for incest! Too many MEN are getting away with these crimes. (Isn’t there a case pending in NC area where a young man raped a younger girl snd was allowed to leave the area to go to college? How is that far to the victim? Thank God he didn’t leave behind a little “gift” ….one that keeps on giving for the rest of the girl’s life!!). Please consider the FEMALES in any bill you might put forward. Thank you!
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