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ANTIABORTION ACTIVISTS AND LEGISLATORS HAVE FOUND A NEW WAY
TO PUNISH WOMEN FOR USING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, THEY ARE
CALLED FETAL BARRIER BILLS. THIS MEANS THAT THE WOMAN HAVING THE
ABORTION IS FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE
TASK. I HAVE NEVER PAID FOR A CREMATION OR A BURIAL, BUT I
HAVE HEARD STORIES THAT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE RISING INTO THE
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS. THEY KEEP SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THESE WOMEN
FOR HAVING ABORTIONS, YET YOU ARE SEEING THESE BILLS POP UP IN
MORE STATES. AND SO WOMEN IN ALL OF THE STATES, IF THESE BILLS GO
THROUGH, MIGHT END UP HAVING TO SPEND MONEY TO HAVE ABORTIONS
THAT SUPPOSEDLY THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE.
>> THEY ARE DOING THIS
FOR TWO REASONS. THE FIRST, TO FURTHER THIS NOTION THAT A FETUS
IS A PERSON THAT HAS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THERE ARE
FETAL PERSONHOOD BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN VARIOUS RED
STATES AND HAVE BEEN DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE A FETUS
DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS
A HUMAN BEING. THE SECOND REASON, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO LEAD TO AN UNDUE BURDEN FOR ANY WOMAN SEEKING TO GET AN
ABORTION. THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED
BACK IN 1973 IS AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION. THEY SAID THAT
ABORTION SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT IS TIED TO ANY UNDUE BIRTH.
MAKING THEM PAY FOR A CREMATION OR A BURIAL FOR A ZYGOTE OR A
FETUS IS AN UNDUE BURDEN,
ESPECIALLY FINANCIALLY. THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND TRY TO PASS THESE
LAWS, BUT WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IS STATE RESOURCES IN THE
FORM OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING
TO BE USED TO DEFEND THIS TYPE OF LAW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOING TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE
SUPREME COURT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BECOME AN ISSUE AND THEY ARE
WASTING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES,
TAXPAYER MONEY ON NONSENSE LIKE THIS.
>> IT'S A LAZY WAY AS WELL. THE AUL, THEY CREATED THIS
LEGISLATION, AND THEN LEGISLATORS TAKE IT AND COPY AND
PASTE IT. THEY DON'T EVEN DO THE RESEARCH. YOU CARE ENOUGH TO
COME UP WITH THIS ON THEIR OWN. THEY LITERALLY TAKE THE
SENTENCES FROM THE AUL AND TRY
TO PASS IT TO ALL OF THE COUNTRY.
>> THERE IS A REASON WHY YOU SEE THIS ASSAULT ON REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS DURING EVERY ELECTION. WHETHER IT IS A MIDTERM ELECTION
OR A GENERAL ONE, THEY
SPECIFICALLY DO THIS NOT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT IT IS LIFE AT
THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION. THEY
DO THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT WILL RESONATE WITH RIGHT-WING
VOTERS AND WILL WIN BROWNIE
POINTS FOR THEM. DO THEY GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE?
NO. IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD BE A WARRIOR FOR THIS ISSUE FROM THE
BEGINNING AND YOU WOULDN'T STOP. BUT THEY ALWAYS PROPOSE THIS
LEGISLATION IN THE YEAR LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION.
IT'S KIND OF INCREDIBLE.
>> DEMOCRATS TYPICALLY HAVE BEEN VERY HESITANT TO USE ABORTION
BECAUSE THEY KNOW PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY EXACTLY SURE WHAT
SHOULD BE DONE IN EVERY CASE. THERE ARE REGULATIONS ON
ABORTION THAT YOU CAN COME UP
WITH THAT ARE SHOCKINGLY POPULAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HERE IS ONE
THAT WON'T BE, IF YOU PUT AN AD SAYING REPUBLICANS THINK THAT
WOMEN SHOULD BE FORCED TO PAY
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE BURIALS FOR FETUSES THAT WERE
TWO MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE ABORTED, NOBODY THINKS
THAT WOMEN SHOULD DO THIS. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A PUNISHMENT. WE
SAW HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE DONALD TRUMP THING. WHEN HE
TALKED ABOUT HAVING A SMALL FINE ON WOMEN. BUT IT GOES BEYOND
THAT, IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT
THEY WANT TO PUNISH WOMEN. IT'S NOT A BABY, MAN. I UNDERSTAND
IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEW CELLS, AND
THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN A COFFIN AND
BURY IT? THEY ARE SERIOUS AND TRYING TO PASS THIS. BY THE WAY,
THAT CERTIFICATE THING IS
NOT THERE BY CHANCE OR TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FETUS WAS A
PERSON. THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO SHAME WOMEN INTO NOT HAVING
ABORTIONS.
>> THE STORIES ALWAYS IRRITATE ME BECAUSE IT IS USUALLY DUE TO
POLITICAL REASONS THAT POLITICIANS GO AFTER WOMEN WHO
WANT ABORTIONS. THERE IS ANOTHER ELEMENT TO THIS THAT I DON'T
THINK IT'S TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH. THIS ISN'T ABOUT PRESERVING
LIFE, THIS IS ABOUT PUNISHING
WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX, WHO GET PREGNANT, AND WANT TO SOLVE THAT
PROBLEM. IF THEY DON'T WANT THE BABY, WELL TOO BAD. YOU HAVE TO
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. THERE
IS NO EASY WAY OUT. IF YOU LOOK AT LEGISLATION THAT IS PROPOSED,
IT
FOCUSES ON PRESERVING LIFE, BUT ONCE THE BABY IS BORN THEY
DON'T CARE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT CHILD IS TAKEN CARE
OF, OR IF HE OR SHE IS BORN INTO A POOR FAMILY THEY DON'T CARE
ABOUT PROVIDING ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO MAKE
SURE THAT PERSON HAS A SHOT IN
LIFE. IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT LIFE, THEN YOU WOULD LOOK OUT
FOR THEM. BUT THEY DON'T LOOK OUT FOR THEM. ALL THEY DO IS
FOCUS ON HOW THEY CAN PUNISH THE
WOMEN AND MAKE THEM PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HAVING SEX.
>> THIS CARRIES ON FROM THE TED CRUZ *** THING, THE
EXTENT TO WHICH THEY THINK THEY SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN YOUR
LIFE. IF I DIDN'T WANT TO BURY THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I
LOST, WE HAVE THESE TRADITIONS THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW ñ IF I DIDN'T
WANT TO DO THAT, WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME I NEED TO
DO THAT FOR A 70-YEAR-OLD CORPSE LET ALONE A 10-WEEK-OLD FETUS?
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE ABORTIONS THAT WANT A PROCEDURE
LIKE THIS. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE MISCARRIAGES THAT WANT
TO DO THIS, THEY ARE 100 PERCENT FREE TO DO THAT AND I WOULD
SPEAK OUT TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHT
TO DO THAT. BUT IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PERSON IN THAT
FAMILY
TO CHOOSE WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE REMAINS. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE
RIGHT OF SOME LEGISLATOR IN
INDIANA TO DECIDE THAT.