Republicans Attempt To Limit Freedom of Speech And Women’s Rights
It is ironic how the self-proclaimed “Freedom Loving” Republicans are attacking our First Amendment, specifically the Freedom of Speech. In attempt to squash a citizen’s personal responsibility and to further institute governmental intrusions between you and your doctor, Republican Senator Jim DeMint is attempting to prohibit private discussions between a doctor and their patient on abortion over the internet.
Now Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), one of the most die-hard anti-choice lawmakers, has jumped on the bandwagon by sneaking a radical anti-abortion amendment onto a completely unrelated piece of legislation. DeMint’s amendment would ban women and their doctors from discussing abortion over the Internet:
Anti-choice Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) just filed an anti-choice amendment to a bill related to agriculture, transportation, housing, and other programs. The DeMint amendment could bar discussion of abortion over the Internet and through videoconferencing, even if a woman’s health is at risk and if this kind of communication with her doctor is her best option to receive care.
Under this amendment, women would need a separate, segregated Internet just for talking about abortion care with their doctors.
The Republican’s claim that job creation is their number one priority is clearly nothing more than empty rhetoric. Instead of focusing on jobs, they are alienating women’s rights. This should be quite surprising to conservatives who believe Republicans are pro-American, pro-freedom, and take the stance that the government has no right to get between you and your doctor.
Conservative arguments against the Patient Care Act and Affordable Care Act consist solely on the basis that Government has no right to insinuate themselves in matters between a patient and their doctor. And yet, that is precisely what the GOP has been attempting to accomplish.
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Author: Silence Dogood
Born near Philadelphia, raised with Quaker beliefs, I write non-professional social commentary on politics and how it affects society.
4:18 pm
Janet Palmer Ward. I find it interesting that you cried foul on name calling and said that you wanted to “have a discussion.” Then, when people posted with quality support for their points of view, you seem to have gone mute. Perhaps it is you who needs to read up a bit more and educate yourself. As for your candidates, Cain’s 9-9-9 plan has been thoroughly debunked. Romney comes across as the most reasonable, but will find it impossible to distance himself from what he calls “ObamaCare” as he fostered a program in Massachusetts that is quite similar. His claim that he did it “without raising taxes” sounds good, but in reality, he just passed that responsibility to his successor. The last thing we need is another president that spends now and lets others pay later.
Bachman seems to answer all questions the same way by giving the question minimal treatment and then criticizing Obama. We need candidates who will present solutions to problems, not this.
Ron Paul does an excellent job of pointing out problems with our current system but his claims that the market will solve all these problems is severely undercut by his inability to point to any other place on the planet where this is actually working.
Santorum is a nut job, as is Perry. I think you should take pause that either of these candidates garners significant votes from your party. It suggests some severe problems with your base.
John Huntsman seems to make the most sense to me, but for some reason, most Republicans like the other candidates better.
Janet, is this enough for you?
12:34 pm
Your comments are spot on and I appreciate them. Please, feel better soon! (and eat lots of oatmeal!)
12:36 pm
Ooops! I meant to put my comment as a reply to Rev. Johnson. Sorry!
10:15 am
And here I am, just a week out of the hospital after having a MASSIVE heart attack and what do I find? Same old crap in a bright new wrapping… well not really, it’s the same old wrapping they tried to use back in ’88 to try to distract us from the fact that they were shooting an abortion provider a week, but it’ll be new to this generation. So, if this is their overt move, one must wonder what sneaky, underhanded, covert move is…
When you’ve been in this game as long as I have you learn that it’s not the outrageous and implausible things they do publicly and above board, it’s the nasty and sneaky shit they try to pull behind the scenes and under the table that you have to watch for.