Ummm...you mean like birth control? Condoms? Nah...they've proven on many occasions to be interested only in abstinence as a means of prevention of abortions so that can be the reason behind that law.

This 20 week crap is a BIG problem - viability isn't until around 24 weeks and even then it's a 50% survival chance with excellent medical care and a lot of luck. Trying to stay neutral here but states that keep trying to "push it back" are WRONG.

Yup, gotta love the dildo cam :rolleyes: NOT!

I know, right?

This is clear and utter bullshit!

I am under the impression that the age of viability isn't the issue.
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I was gonna say "You're kidding," but I remember the Sami/EJ storyline on Days of Our Lives. Who says daytime TV isn't educational?

As a native Oklahoman and a woman, I'm seriously thinking about moving. I've had a lot of talks with friends and boyfriends over the years about what would happen if I got pregnant. I am vehemently pro-choice, but I do not know if I could personally make that choice. But I don't want the state making that choice FOR ME. And trust me, I'm not going to get an abortion clinic without having SERIOUSLY thought about every aspect of this decision, and having somebody patronize me about my fetus is going to piss me off more than anything else.

And withholding important medical information to further your own political or religious agenda is unethical and wrong.

Question: under this law, if I ask about birth defects, can they lie? Or do they have to tell me? Or avoid the question. If they avoid the question, I'm getting a new doctor.

Statutory and date rape are both rape, but don't necessarily require force.

I forgot about those. In the sitch I mentioned, EJ would only help Sami save her fiance (who was trapped in a collapsed cabin) if she had sex with him. She "consented" but only under threat. That's obviously a soap opera extreme, but people coerce along the lines of "Do this or else" all the time, especially with adult/child situations.

Notice the over-emphasis on the word "mother".

I would also check the "other" box and specify "none of your damned business, kindly keep your legislation out of my uterus!"

I guess it's semantics. To me, anything that isn't freely consented to is forced, that's why it's rape - but I can see why there would be different legal categories.