Thread by @TiffanyBond

Susan Collins voted for #S311.

You should be mad about this bill, whether you are pro-choice, pro-life, or DGAF.

This bill was written to make people angry, not make good law. I don't have the time to line by line this one, but here are highlights.

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The entire purpose of this bill was to divide people into feral pro-life or pro-choice camps...but it's actually crap law. Why you say?

A live birth is a live birth. A live birth creates the same laws for infants that apply to others.

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You'll hear pro-life people yelling "BUT KERMIT GOSNELL".

Yeah, exactly, he committed crimes and was found guilty. This bill creates another level of law for something that is already illegal.

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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Go…

I know, I know - let's making killing infants DOUBLE ILLEGAL!

Except it doesn't work like that. What if your region suddenly gets a mass influx of something like Zika and you want the option to amend your laws - nope, now you have to get Congress to agree on it. 😐
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But what if you think Zika is great, and don't want it amended...still problems. Many of these terminations will occur in hospital settings, some will not.

Look at this sneaky language. If you are terminating a pregnancy late enough to create a live birth...

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there is an very high chance you have a child incompatible with life. This bill would demand your child be whisked away from you and transported to a hospital, stealing the precious moments, likely the only moments you may have with your child.

What shit is that?

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Everyone should be mad at this bill. It's inventing solutions that aren't needed, for an extremely limited issue that already has penalty, taking away your ability to control palliative care for terminally ill infants, and adapt the law to regional problems...

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All so you will get mad, and fight, and donate to campaigns, and door knock - that is *not* a reason to make law.

If I were the most pro-life person that ever pro-lifed, I would *still* be mad at this law.

This is pure political theatre, not protection of children.
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