what the smurf..

how can this even be? i dont understand.... tampering with smurfing evidence? this is so wrong there is no way this can pass...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial.
House Bill 206, introduced by state Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R), would charge a rape victim who ended her pregnancy with a third-degree felony for "tampering with evidence."
“Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or compelling or coercing another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime," the bill says.
Third-degree felonies in New Mexico carry a sentence of up to three years in prison.
Pat Davis of ProgressNow New Mexico, a progressive nonprofit opposing the bill, called it "blatantly unconstitutional" on Thursday.
“The bill turns victims of rape and incest into felons and forces them to become incubators of evidence for the state,” he said. “According to Republican philosophy, victims who are ‘legitimately raped’ will now have to carry the fetus to term in order to prove their case.“
The bill is unlikely to pass, as Democrats have a majority in both chambers of New Mexico's state legislature.
UPDATE: 12:25 p.m. -- Brown said in a statement Thursday that she introduced the bill with the goal of punishing the person who commits incest or rape and then procures or facilitates an abortion to destroy the evidence of the crime.
“New Mexico needs to strengthen its laws to deter sex offenders,” said Brown. “By adding this law in New Mexico, we can help to protect women across our state.”


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That's smurfed up! If that were me, I would just terminate and not tell anyone it was a rape.

What the smurf is correct?!

If it's true, that's way smurfed up.

Quoting It's so Fluffayy!:" What the smurf is correct?!"

yeah its legit, and i live in this state.. lets hope to God the bill doesnt pass and if it does, id do what someone else said... just terminate and not say anything. but id still say the smurfer raped me I just would get rid of the baby before it could be used as evidence. its so wrong.

What smurfin joke. No one is seriously gonna go for that I hope.

really? Why couldn't they use the aborted fetus for DNA? Sounds like she has two agendas in mind.

Quoting ☮ Phuket:" yeah its legit, and i live in this state.. lets hope to God the bill doesnt pass and if it does, id ... [snip!] ... but id still say the smurfer raped me I just would get rid of the baby before it could be used as evidence. its so wrong."

That is wrong!!!!

Wow. I couldn't see many people agreeing with that.  

Especially, because after an abortion they can do DNA testing on the embryo.

I'm SO tired of all of these politicians thinking they should be able to make decisions for other peoples bodies.

So is the woman who was raped entitled to raise this baby after she wanted to abort it?

I thought that women who were legitimately raped couldn't get pregnant  

Quoting shelbylynn [30 WEEKS!]:" So is the woman who was raped entitled to raise this baby after she wanted to abort it?"

"entitled" or "required"?

Quoting FaithLovesPussyCats:" I thought that women who were legitimately raped couldn't get pregnant  "

Uh, what?

This makes me sick!