Comments on: North Dakota Senate Passes New Infantalizing Anti-Choice Legislation

By: marc sobel

marc sobel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:57:46 +0000

You have the right to remain pregnant. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of public opinion. You have the right to have an responsible man present making decisions about your pregnancy. If you cannot afford an responsible man, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?

By: mpink

mpink — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:45:00 +0000

hmmmm interesting how our government has so much time to vote on such a silly piece of paper. I think the shows how far backwards we have gone now, not how far we have come concerning women and law making.

By: Politicalguineapig

Politicalguineapig — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:26:08 +0000

I suggest we start an underground railroad and get all women under the age of menopause out of that state.

By: Personal Failure

Personal Failure — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:30:53 +0000

Should we have signs up at Victoria’s Secret, too? “No one can force you to wear a thong.”

At the hair salon: “No one can force you to be blonde.”

At the shoe store: “No one can force you to wear high heels.”

How about at church? “No one can force you to believe.”

By: cinissum

cinissum — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:25:19 +0000

I would love to see in all OBGYN offices a similar sign stating, “No one can force you to have a pregnancy. It is against the law for a spouse, a boyfriend, a parent, a friend, a medical care provider, or any other person to in any way force you to have a pregnancy.” Harassing a person into ANY medical procedure is NEVER OKAY, and it saddens me that we live in a society that still does not view abortion for what it is – a MEDICAL PROCEDURE – just like any other, and a woman’s RIGHT.

By: tata

tata — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:05:57 +0000

A sign can never truly detail the number of things a husband, boyfriend, parent or spouse – though the difference in this case between a pregnant woman’s husband or spouse escapes me in states where gay marriage is not legal – cannot force a woman to do. A woman can’t be forced to read signs, or care what trivialities they contain, for example.

By: umami

umami — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:05:50 +0000

Is there anything to stop the abortion clinic from putting up the “No one can forcibly prevent you from having an abortion” notice right beside the other one?

Also, it’s very weird, they do actually seem to believe their own “women are tricked into abortions” myth. I guess I’d always assumed that they only pretended to believe that, to make themselves seem less horrifically callous. Huh.

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:03:39 +0000

It also makes it seem as if these clinics are going around rounding up pregnant ow women and forcing them to submit to a procedure that they do not want.

By: SuzyQ

SuzyQ — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:58:22 +0000

I agree that this should be posted.

Right under the sign that says:

No one has the right to prevent you from getting an abortion.

It is your body and Your life. The choice is yours.

No one. Not husband, parent, boyfriend, religious fanatic or conservative has the right to prevent you from having free and easily obtainable access to abortion at all stages.