Fight the FOCA
Posted By Jacque on November 13, 2008
the new President made a promise to Planned Parenthood last year they expect him to keep.
“The first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing I’d do.”
The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would eliminate every restriction on abortion nationwide.
The President said this legislation will “end the abortion wars.” To him, “ending the abortion wars” means eradicating every state and federal law on abortion — laws that the majority of Americans support.
Americans United for Life (AUL) , a pro-life law and policy organization, has prepared an analysis of the “Freedom of Choice Act.” Please click here to read AUL Vice President & Legal Director Denise Burke’s analysis of this horrendous legislation.
The time to Fight FOCA is now. With Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in charge of Congress, we can expect a fight over FOCA to begin as soon as the next Congress begins.
Please add your name to the Fight FOCA petition and let your friends know about President-Elect Barack Obama’s promise to expand abortion throughout the country.
FOCA would establish the right to abortion as a fundamental right (like the right to free speech) and wipe away every restriction on abortion nationwide—parental notification, bans on partial birth abortion, requirements that women be given information about the risks of getting an abortion, etc.
It will eradicate state and federal abortion laws that the majority of Americans support and prevent states from enacting similar protective measures in the future.
Our incoming president has promised to sign FOCA!
Please read the expert analysis by Americans United for Life (AUL) and sign the Fight FOCA petition at http://www.fightfoca.com.
blessings~
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I just went and signed and posting on my site.
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The FOCA has been sitting, essentially dead, since 4/07 for the Senate version of the bill and since 5/07 for the House version. On those dates they were referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (House version) and to the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate).
Now, I’m against abortion in most instances (except whereupon not having it done places the mother in grievous harm); I do respect the choice of women to have it done. I’ve had to deal with the ramifications from friends having it done. They’ve regretted it, but they made the choice.
The summary is of the bill is stated that it is “To protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman’s freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.”
Further, the Court found with Roe v. Wade that in cases where the fetus is viable, the state may ban abortions given the exclusion that in cases in which the bearer is at risk, she can have an abortion. If local/state governments wrote laws taking into account the ruling there would be no problem. Yet, states often write the laws to challenge Roe v. Wade, which, if you know how the Court operates, precludes the Court from hearing the arguments and thus denying the claim UNLESS some other thing is mentioned.
Also, the Court has found that as time goes on, the age of the fetus, in which it is viable, has decreased as medical technology has increased and thus has upheld Roe v. Wade. Wherein (I believe) it was stated that anything after 7/8 months was considered viable (my memory is a bit rusty as it’s been a couple years since I’ve had to study the case) and at the time that I read the decision it was at least a month lower and possibly more.
My inclination would be that this, as you have presented, would be declared unlawful by the Court since they really do like to rely on the doctrine of stare decisis. They won’t overturn themselves, they’ve only done this a handful of times, one of the times was when they ruled segregation illegal after ruling many years before that it was. But, as the text of the bill ACTUALLY says, I believe that it would stand a challenge.
And, of course, no argument is made valid without links. So, included are the ones to THOMAS with the text of the bills.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1964:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.1173:
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Thanks Jacque! I wrote a post on my blog and also spread it through my Facebook networks. And signed it of course! Thanks!!!
Lena Barons last blog post..The Freedom of Choice Act – Fight It!
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Thanks Sherry!
You’re welcome Lena.
I am glad we can use our little blogs to spread the word about something so important!!
;D
blessings,
Jacque
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Thanks for the information.
Linda<
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