Planned Parenthood's Arizona affiliate, which provides abortion services and which opposed the bill, said it "creates barriers, increases costs and denies access to services and providers to women who seek abortion care."

So much for the Republican philosophy of there being less government in people's lives. They wonder why people don't vote for them anymore?

I believe that history will hold the USA and the Religious Right in contempt for the duplicity they exhibit in the abortion struggle, along with so much other hypocrisy from their beginning.
To anyone who has studied the worlds religions there is no doubt that the ones who have risen to dominance are the religions that struggle to control women in every manner possible. In this case, if 'men' through the political process can control a woman's 'womb' then they have control over her, and any other woman. For anthropologists this is the Patriarch over the Matriarch struggle that gave rise to the invention of 'religion' (always by men---and reflected in the concept that 'God' is the Father---a ridiculous concept from the natural point of view since the 'male' of all of the species in nature most often plays a subservient role in the reproductive process )---So when the 'Christians' claim God is the Father, and he has his Son, they reinforce the illusion.
In the case of this article it has been apparent from the beginning that many women have participated in the struggle along side of the men who wish to control other women. This is the best example of the power of 'belief'. A very powerful aspect of humanity in that it can make humans 'absolutely stupid' with 'delusional' power derived from that belief.
The Christians, currently (but most likely not for long) a very strong force; loose their only claim against abortion, 'the protection of innocent/unborn/life' by their over whelming support for wars---all over the Globe---that invariably shed innocent blood---Iraq and Afghanistan are just two of the most recent.
The Christians and their Jewish allies gave rise to their own enemy the Muslims with their cruel behavior in the Arab deserts--of those people who would not believe in 'Christ' or would not believe that "God' the father gave the Jews "all that land"-and now---all three strive to control women in as many ways as possible.
If there is a "God"---then that "God" can only be recognized in the 'signature' of nature---not some series of 'books' with dubious origins, or 'culture heroes' like Jesus and Muhammad. To challenge the Natural order is a pointless endeavor, but humanity seems to learn the most important lessons very slowly.
If there is ever going to be true equality in human relations; then the women of the world must unite and force the 'believers' to prove that their "God" exists, or "shut up about it" and leave the 'rest of the life on Earth alone about it'.
On a personal level, I would be very worried about a "God" that is expressed in writing as being ,'jealous' and 'vindictive' and since he needs so much help from so many humans----"he" must be a 'real weak asshole' and pretty damn dumb since human beings are some very weak creatures by them selves---so---when you are forced to go to the 'weak ones' for so much 'help'---how weak are YOU?-----
As for the Christians, anyone who would believe in such a ridiculous concept deserves all the misery their belief brings them----just stop 'sharing the misery' with the rest of us. If those of us are 'wrong about Jesus' do not get to 'heaven'---we will not miss it---since we don't like sharing the Earth with the 'believers'---an eternity in Heaven with them might be described as "hell"......
As for the Matriarch, I am a full supporter, and I believe that the entire control of the world should be 'turned over to women'---if for no other reason than---since the Patriarch has been in control--the men have 'screwed everything up'--- or 'FUBAR'.

Good Luck America, with women like Gov. Brewer being elected to office, you really need it.

Get that woman out of office Arizona! She should be ashamed of herself! Does she really think that she should not have the right to choose what to do with her own body? I bet not, but she thinks she has the right to tell other women what they should do with their own body. What a hypocrite! Throw her out! Does she not understand that when a woman chooses to have an abortion for any reason, that woman lives with the decision for the rest of her life. For anyone to suggest that the decision should not be hers is taking away the responsibility which choice involves. We all learn from our mistakes and they do color our path in life and with a little luck and understanding make us better human beings. And no I don't believe a fetus is a baby til it can live outside the womb! Patriarchy continues to dominate with these kind of women in official power. In fact I think she may really be a man under her prissy exterior, and that is not a compliment!

What do you expect, Arizonians pride themselves on being red staters.

Gender slavery must be maintained in order to run a society on Male Supremacy and Authoritarian Patriarchy.

Females exist only as the property of a male.
Females cannot be allowed to say no to pregnancy.
Females cannot be allowed economic or biological self-determination.

That's where we came from. That's where the animals want this country to return.

They are pricing contraception out of the reach of working women.

Termination of a pregnancy is (and has been) impossible in 85% of the counties in America for quite some time.

With the long term (not to say permanent) economic collapse of this genocidal empire you will see the return of the multi-generational household complete with Alpha Males and primogeniture. This will occur because individuals will no longer be able to support themselves or maintain their lives outside of a collective household based on Male Supremacy and Gender Slavery. These were "the good old days" for the troglodytes we call "Leaders".

Soon they won't need the Supreme Court to repeal Roe. It will remain on the books as a "dead letter". Such is the future history of a doomed people who turned their faces away from the stars because squalor, degradation, and debasement were preferable to the loss of Authoritarian Patriarchy, Male Supremacy, Gender Slavery, Constant War, and Feral Oligarchy.

Peace.

gee, who didn't see this coming?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randall-amster/dammit-janet-napolitanos_b_156072.html

up a river without a river, i guess....

Life is a predominant value and it must be seen as such. It is much larger than politics. Human survival rests upon the respect of all life, especially unborn human life.

Simply ask yourself, "would I have rather been aborted?" If the answer is no then you are pro-life. End the denials for political purpose, life is larger and more important than politics.

I thought the photo above was of the newly elected racist, hate mongering head of the Young republicans.

"Life is a predominant value and it must be seen as such. It is much larger than politics. Human survival rests upon the respect of all life ... "

Sperm are full of life. That's it, all you men- no more killing sperm unless there is copulation with intent to reproduce !

How do you like them controls ?

(I'm being ironical)

IF, you ran America, were the "elites," were the .001% w/ the most wealth, and you foresaw the populace turning on you one day, here is how you could stop/delay that:

Have an all Catholic Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. Stranger than Fiction?

Liberals and red-neck middle class right wingers would cut each other to pieces across America, for months, until the sewers backed up w/ blood, weakening all factions of society except the Police, the Army and the very Wealthy.

Mission Accomplished, for the "Elites," (sic).

Name another medical decision that is being made by governments across this country. I can think of only one other one, which is whether a state will get in between a doctor and a patient in regards to medicinal cannabis. Doesn't this sound like practicing medicine without a license? Why are ANY state or even the federal gov't being allowed to break their own laws?

If you want to keep the gov't out from between you and your doctor, then take them out of THIS decision. If it's not your pregnancy, then you have NO right or power to get in between a doctor and a patient. 0r if you are in between me and my doctor when he or she wants to prescribe cannabis for me, then you had better stop telling me I can't have single payer health care. It's like being "pro life" while you are hiding in the bushes outside a doctor's house with a shotgun. You can't be a pro life murderer, and you can't be an anti gov't intrusion medical procedure obstructer.

This woman should be ashamed of herself. But then, she is just like every other republican in office, blinded from reality by her ideology.

If it’s government’s business to instruct a woman who does NOT want to have a baby what the fetus looks like and to force a woman who traveled from out of town to a clinic to pay to stay overnight at a hotel (24-hour delay in obtaining an abortion), come back the next day for instruction from a DOCTOR in person, etc.…

…then WHY haven’t legislators made it government’s business to mandate instruction of people who actually BIRTH babies? Perhaps new parents should be legislated to leave that baby in the hospital an extra few days (which will cost them money, of course) while the parents take some government-legislated parenting classes. In those classes they should be taught – by DOCTORS, not other staff – that babies feel pain, that shaking babies damage their brains, that picking up kids by their arm can pull their shoulders out of socket, that it’s child abuse to leave a child in the car while you run into the store, etc., and they should have to view videos of actual babies who were brain damaged or otherwise harmed by neglectful parents…

…why don’t legislators and anti-choice protestors use the boundless energy they are now wasting on monitoring people who DON’T bring kids into the world – and instead monitor people who DO bring kids into the world – and subsequently abuse them, sometimes to death…?

Where are the “sanctity” of life protestors, once there is a BORN, BREATHING, UNDOUBTEDLY capable of feeling pain child? Shouldn’t they be standing around in neighborhoods yelling at parents to treat children well?

Jan Brewer, as AZ Secretary of State, thought also that it was a great idea to purchase Diebold voting machines - while that corporation was under investigation.

Heckuva job, Brewie!

How do you like that? A woman going against women like that. At least here's proof that it's not always the men who go against women. Sorry to sound bonkers but I get sick and tired of men getting blamed for everything just as I am when women get blamed as well. Here's proof that a cruel ideology can pervade both genders.

liberalbias July 14th, 2009 1:50 pm

Great post -- LOL

Come on girls lets choose happiness over "nappyness".

World overpopulation is the "Trojan Horse".

As a gay guy I have very little to add about abortion personally... it really don't involve me directly. But has anyone noticed how eerie it is that it's almost the same number of states, and almost the same states too, who have constitutional amendments against gay people, also want to throw women back to the 50's? Feminism needs a come back, for all of our sakes...

How convenient too, that the woman who signs this legislation has already passed her child-bearing age...

I was a young man when Roe vs Wade was decided and am astonished that the issue is still bitterly fought. I suppose its just the American way.

"The visit would have to include disclosures by doctors in person about the procedure, risks and alternatives". This is just good medical practice so I'm surprised it needs to be legislated, unless its merely camouflage to increase costs.

"pharmacists and other health care providers will be able to refuse to hand out emergency contraception on moral or religious grounds". This is the antithesis of good medical practice, which is to ensure informed consent and then support the patient's decision. If a health care provider can't do this they need to find another job. And you claim to have the best medical care in the world!

If Brewer got knocked up by some Koran reading rapist just watch how fast she would retract those repressive laws she just enacted. The hypocrisy and moral superiority complex of fascists like Gov. Brewer knows no bounds. We should put all these un-evolved folk in Texas and then let the Lone Star State secede from the union.