June 2, 2015
By Dana Ferguson
...Under the bill, (click here) doctors who perform an abortion after 20 weeks in non-emergency situations could be charged with a felony and subject to up to $10,000 in fines or 3½ years in prison. The committees are expected to vote Thursday. If passed, the bill will be taken up by the full Senate and Assembly as early as next week....
...Senate President Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, argued in the hearings that 20-week-old fetus can feel pain.
"The medical literature is exquisitely clear that the structures exist (that allow a fetus) to feel pain at 20 weeks," said Dr. Donna Harrison, executive director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
But Dr. Tosha Wetterneck, speaking on behalf of the Wisconsin Medical Society, said that research is inaccurate. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said evidence suggests that a fetus can't experience pain until the third trimester begins at 27 weeks.
As written, the bill doesn't provide an exception for pregnancies due to rape or incest and requires that physicians performing abortions in situations in which the mother's life is in danger do so in a way most likely to ensure the child's survival....
That is outrageous. Women cry for the children they lose during pregnancy, but, never would anyone expect a woman's life was disposable. This is way over the line. An adult woman's life is less important than her fetus. That is simply outrageous.
Now, Wisconsin is playing god.
If an adult woman dies because the physician was first attempting to save the pregnancy; that is murder.
The age of majority is 18 years old. Anyone under that age that wants an abortion should be able to obtain one.
This law states it wants the child as a higher priority than the woman. What happens when a child is pregnant?
By Dana Ferguson
...Under the bill, (click here) doctors who perform an abortion after 20 weeks in non-emergency situations could be charged with a felony and subject to up to $10,000 in fines or 3½ years in prison. The committees are expected to vote Thursday. If passed, the bill will be taken up by the full Senate and Assembly as early as next week....
...Senate President Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, argued in the hearings that 20-week-old fetus can feel pain.
"The medical literature is exquisitely clear that the structures exist (that allow a fetus) to feel pain at 20 weeks," said Dr. Donna Harrison, executive director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
But Dr. Tosha Wetterneck, speaking on behalf of the Wisconsin Medical Society, said that research is inaccurate. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said evidence suggests that a fetus can't experience pain until the third trimester begins at 27 weeks.
As written, the bill doesn't provide an exception for pregnancies due to rape or incest and requires that physicians performing abortions in situations in which the mother's life is in danger do so in a way most likely to ensure the child's survival....
That is outrageous. Women cry for the children they lose during pregnancy, but, never would anyone expect a woman's life was disposable. This is way over the line. An adult woman's life is less important than her fetus. That is simply outrageous.
Now, Wisconsin is playing god.
If an adult woman dies because the physician was first attempting to save the pregnancy; that is murder.
The age of majority is 18 years old. Anyone under that age that wants an abortion should be able to obtain one.
This law states it wants the child as a higher priority than the woman. What happens when a child is pregnant?
