Do you know about FOCA?

[IamLilysMom]

The aim of the Freedom of Choice Act is to eradicate common sense state and federal laws that the majority of Americans support, as well as will prevent states from enacting similar protective measures in the future. This includes:

-ELIMINATING bans on Partial Birth Abortion, a procedure that involves delivering a baby feet first, stabbing him/her in the back of the neck and suctioning out the babies brains all while the baby is alive and kicking.

-ELIMINATING requirements that women be given information about the risks of getting an abortion. I'm absolutely baffled as to why a clinic that performs medical procedures would be treated any different than any other medical facility! I couldn't even get my wisdom teeth pulled without signing multiple papers stating that I understood the risks. For example, for those that also live in Allen County, our clinic wasn't even regulated until July 2007. One saw more regulations in a tattoo parlor- 23 pages worth to be exact, but not a single one in our abortion clinic. Why shouldn't a medical facility that administers anesthesia, dispenses drugs and performs medical procedures that involve many risks such as sepsis, uterine and bowel perforation, death, damage to internal organs, etc. on top of the many potential emotional consequences including depression, increased risks of alcohol and drug abuse, increased risk of suicide, etc., be treated like a medical facility???

-ELIMINATING the requirement that only licensed physicians can perform abortions, which again is baffling!! I don't know about you, but I would never in a million years want a non-physican performing any type of medical procedure anywhere near me, ESPECIALLY in that specific area of my body! More importantly, let us not forget why abortion was legalized in the first place, to supposedly protect women from dangerous back-alley abortions, yet here we are having to fight to keep in place requirements that real doctors perform abortions in clean and safe facilities! Ironic, I think so!

-ELIMINATING the requirement that parents must be informed and give consent to their minor daughter's abortion. WHAT??!! Can you imagine the school nurse saying to your child: "No you cannot have an aspirin for your headache, but if it's an abortion you need, give me a second to grab my coat and keys!" Or worse, imagine someone close to you has sexually assaulted your 12 year old which leads to a pregnancy. He then hides his crime by taking her to the local clinic for an abortion and you never had to know about it which will inevitably continue his abuse of your child!

-ETC, ETC, ETC......

OBAMA declared at a conference: "The first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing I’d do."

So again, maybe you support a woman's right to an abortion, but surely you want women to be given all relevant information about the procedure as well as be protected from shoddy doctors (or non-doctors for that matter) and unclean facilities. And surely you don't want anyone else to be able to make medical decisions for your child. And surely you don't agree with a baby enduring the horrendous practice of being partially delivered and then killed. And surely......

The petition:

For more information and a video of Obama's speech:
www.fightfoca.com

[Inle_Rabbit]

Nov. 12, 2008 at 11:42 AM

That man just pisses me off to no end. Like I have said before I have 0 respect for him, even if he is our president-elect. I can respect that a good percentage of the American people were spell bound by eloquent speaking and American Idol-ish worship and I can respect that these people then went and used there right to vote and voted for him, and I can respect the fact that he did win fair and square but I cannot respect this man.

I don't understand why anyone would want this bill passed no matter what side of the issue you stand on. Abortion needs to be regulated and have rules in place just like any other "extraction". I'm sure when they talk about non-doctor personal they mean nurse practitioners but still, would you want the dental hygienist pulling your tooth? Would you not want that same hygienist to tell you that you might experence some pain, swelling and bleeding and there is a risk of reaction to the pain meds?

[Desirae1394]

Nov. 15, 2008 at 7:47 PM

Unless you for insanely unsafe practices of abortion you should be against this bill.