On 5/19/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snip> > >The bill was ruled unconstitutional because it had no exceptions for > > >the well-being of the pregnant woman and in one of the trials in a > > >finding of fact a conservative pro-life judge ruled that GOP > > >leadership had to know that this was a procedure often used for the > > >medical health of the mother despite them presenting false evidence > > >this was not so. > > > > Often? I thought that it was 0.004%??? ;-) > > > Whenever that procedure is used. Is that often enough? > > >JDG is arguing any woman dumb enough to have an unwanted pregnancy is > > >rich enough and smart enough to find a doctor who would say having a > > >child is bad for their health. > > > > Not true. Any abortionist could make the necessary mental health > > diagnosis, as Dan M. has noted. > > > >There has never been a test case to see if a "mental health diagnosis" is > >sufficient to weight the women's health over a viable life. I doubt that > >argument would fly and doubt that you would get doctors and a clinic > willing > >to risk prosecution. You and Dan seem to be picking extreme hypotheticals > to > >support your position. > > It took me 1 minute to find > > Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973) Companion case to Roe, striking down > parts of a "liberalized" statute from Georgia with health/rape/incest > exceptions. Holding, (7-2) per Blackmun, that a woman has a constitutional > right to abortion from six months to birth, if her doctor "in his best > clinical judgment," in light of the patient's age, "physical, emotional, > psychological [and] familial" circumstances, finds it "necessary for her > physical or mental health." >
Goggle doesn't take long does it? This companion decision supported Roe v. Wade holding that for the first trimester any reason is sufficient. For the second trimester any health reason. You and JDG have been arguing later-term abortions, third trimester, or have you mislead a lot of us and are not arguing that? - Gary Denton Easter Lemming Blogs http://elemming.blogspot.com http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
