Wendy Davis' Abortion Stance Is Good Politics, Crap Policy (Click on this heading to read more)
Amanda MarcotteThursday, February 13, 2014, 10:07 am
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Banning abortion at 20 weeks is bad policy. The bans - which are being passed in many states across the country in blatant violation of Roe v. Wade - are justified on [on the basis of] "science[.]" [T]his isn't science at all, but a lie manufactured by the religious right, the claim that fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks. It's an attempt to loosen up the hard-and-fast viability test that the Supreme Court laid out in 1973 for outright bans. So why does Wendy Davis, pro-choice hero who famously stood up against an omnibus bill in Texas that includes, amongst a bunch of attacks on clinics that provide first trimester abortions, support a ban on abortions after 20 weeks?
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