Do you want a politician standing over you on the operating table giving your doctor suggestions? We didn’t think so! But that’s what politicians in Nebraska are effectively doing to abortion right now with LB814 which would ban D&E abortions. journalstar.com/legislature/in…
D&E abortions are a common (and safe) second trimester abortion procedure. States constantly try to ban it and stigmatize it by using incendiary, medically incorrect terms like “dismemberment abortion.” #AbortionIsEssential
They’ll do anything to stigmatize abortion, including filling this bill with nonsense phrases like “living unborn child.” Boom, they’ve established personhood! Then they drop the word “kill” five times. nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/…
They're trying to get anti-abortion propaganda on the record! They want this safe medical procedure to seem dangerous. But the bill boils down to what we said up top: politicians want to make YOUR medical decisions for you, and that’s scary and unacceptable. #AbortionAF
Normally, logic prevails and these D&E bans get ruled unconstitutional. But not before article after article gets written with scare-words like “kill” and “dismemberment,” to change how we talk about (SAY IT AGAIN LOUDER) a Safe Medical Procedure.
Oh! Another gross part of this Nebraska bill is that it allows sperm-givers to sue doctors for civil damages. Don’t worry, they amended it to say the sperm-giver had to be MARRIED to the person getting an abortion. These bills are so old-timey and patronizing!
Clinics tell us every day about sidewalk screamers harassing their patients. Cruel and dangerous bills like this one only embolden the anti-abortion hate mob. That’s why we’ve got to work every day to destigmatize abortion! #AbortionAF
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