Missouri lawmakers preach that adoptees getting their own birth certificates is a gross invasion of privacy, but say that mandated criminal investigations into the sex lives of the state’s teenage girls isn’t.
Tuesday the Missouri House passed HB 1327, which if it becomes law, would require abortion clinics to inform prosecutors when women under the age of 18 inquire, about getting an abortion. They don’t have to get one; just ask about it. Of course this is for their own good. And ours.
From KMOV-TV, St. Louis:
Supporters say the intent is to help identify men who may have impregnated teens through rape.
Other parts of the bill would create a new crime of coercing a woman to obtain an abortion and expand the information that must be provided to a woman 24 hours before an abortion.
The Associated Press reports further:
Missouri’s proposed mandate to inform prosecutors about minors seeking abortions could be a first nationally if it became law, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks reproductive-rights issues.
Missouri law already requires the consent of the minor and a parent, guardian or judge before a physician performs an abortion on someone younger than 18. It also requires abortion providers to report evidence of rape or abuse to the state.
The legislation would go further by requiring a physician or abortion clinic to notify prosecutors when someone younger than 18 inquires about getting an abortion — even if she does not go through with it. Notification would have to occur at least a day before an abortion. The only exception to prosecutorial notification would be for court-approved cases.
Why not cut out the middle man? Require all pregnant teens to register with their local Thought Prosecution Team.
For some “unknown” reason there is no section in the bill that requires minors seeking solutions for unplanned pregnancies other than abortion to be similarly protected. CPCs are not required to snitch out young women inquiring about pregnancy tests or “crisis pregnancy counseling. ” Adoption agencies are not required to turn in teenagers inquiring about “the loving adoption option,” “Safe haven” drop-off stations are not required to call in prosecutors when a teenager drops by inquiring about how to dump a baby.
Why don’t they deserve equal protection?
We all know the answer to that.
The AP also reports:
The Missouri bill also would create a specific crime of coercing a woman to obtain an abortion through such acts as assault, stalking, threatening her employment or withholding an academic scholarships.
Why doesn’t the bill outlaw coerced adoption surrenders?
We know the answer to that, too.
Who do they think they’re kidding?
Right, how stupid do they think everyone is but guess they have the power to do it and will act on it.Good one legislators!Never seen anything so punishing!
“The Missouri bill also would create a specific crime of coercing a woman to obtain an abortion through such acts as assault, stalking, threatening her employment or withholding an academic scholarships.
Why doesn’t the bill outlaw coerced adoption surrenders?”
You’re right, Marley. We DO know why but I am told it is naughty-naughty to be angry about such. Oh what the Hell…I’m gonna be pissed, anyway. This is one large pile of indutry-driven, punish-the-mother GUANO.
The thing that gets me is that I haven’t heard of too many cases where someone was coerced into terminating a pregnancy (although I am sure the right-to-lifers have made up a few for our enlightenment). But I know of millions of cases where mothers were coerced into surrender for adoption.
Words simply fail me.
How else would one know if one was having sex..unless they are pregnant! By virtue of only asking questions about abortion, one then can assume one is having sex and therefore needing to be reported. Sounds like the Sex Police to me! What’s next state mandated gyne internal examinations for all females under the age of 18, to make sure their hymens are still intact?
I am just waiting with bated breath for the first prosecution of a man for having sex with one of these girls who is “coerced” into abortion! Missouri is the Show Me State. I am waiting….
Oh, you have no idea about Missouri. I was pregnant once in Missouri. I once had an open adoption in Missouri. By far the worst state ever to deal with when you are pregnant and looking for help. I now live in another state. Does that tell you what a bad taste it left in my mouth?
Honestly, this article did not surprise me…at all! Thank you for all the information, I may direct some people here to read it!