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Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) unwilling admitted to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Friday afternoon [6-1-2012] that HE BELIEVED WOMEN WHO RECEIVE ABORTIONS SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. “I think the punishment should certainly be very serious,” he said. “It should be more than a civil case. It should be something very serious”:

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MATTHEWS: SO IT SHOULD BE A CRIMINAL MATTER FOR THE WOMAN AS WELL AS THE DOCTOR?

STEARNS: I THINK SO. You are killing an embryo and in some cases you are killing an embryo that is four or five months into gestation.

Stearns was appearing on the program to talk about the GOP’s recent effort to ban sex-selective abortions. That bill, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act or PRENDA, failed earlier this week and would have fined and imprisoned doctors who knowingly aborted fetuses based on racial or gender discrimination.

The congressman sought to defend the measure by arguing that “IF ALL OF EUROPE AND MOST OF ASIA HAS THIS SAME RULE, THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE SEX SELECTION AS AN ABORTION, WHY CAN’T WE IN THE UNITED STATES PASS THE SAME BILL?”

But Matthews responded succinctly, saying, “IT’S ALWAYS AMAZING WHEN YOU GUYS ON THE RIGHT WANT TO IMPORT THE VALUES OF OTHER COUNTRIES. ANY TIME WE DO IT, ANY TIME A LIBERAL TRIES TO DO IT, YOU SAY THEY’RE BRINGING FOREIGN VALUES INTO THIS COUNTRY.”

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

What PRENDA Would Mean to Women

On Wednesday, May 30, the United States House of Representatives will consider the "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act." Known as "PRENDA," the latest version of the bill (there have been at least three) would ban abortions performed on the basis of sex. If this bill becomes law, a doctor or nurse who suspects that a patient is seeking a sex-selective abortion would be required to report her to authorities. Doctors who perform such a procedure could face jail time, fines, or lawsuits from a patient or her family.

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ORIGINAL: Fightdirecto

If you agree with Congressman Stearns, what criminal penalty should a woman receive if she has an abortion?

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If you agree with Congressman Stearns, what criminal penalty should a woman receive if she has an abortion?

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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If you agree with Congressman Stearns, what criminal penalty should a woman receive if she has an abortion?

The congressman sought to defend the measure by arguing that “IF ALL OF EUROPE AND MOST OF ASIA HAS THIS SAME RULE, THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE SEX SELECTION AS AN ABORTION, WHY CAN’T WE IN THE UNITED STATES PASS THE SAME BILL?”

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ORIGINAL: itsSIRtou

Concidering most of those "values" comes from the Vatican and currently a GERMAN pope .... and where is the Vatican at?? not America...

I think people like this (anti-abortion & anti-birth control) should have their own penalty,.....life with the children their laws produce as an end result ....without the possibility of the state helping them out to pay for them for 25 years for each child.

They all "adopt one until there are none".... including the 100's of thousands of older kids allready in the US foster care and adoption system...AND they dont get to choose what age or race of the child they get ether. If nobody else gets a choice, they dont ether.

And no church or private foster care....and any child that dies or even suffers from the lack of adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or education, (in no particular order) has to spend time working in the state-run non-religious orphanages their laws will also produce as an end result....without pay.....with the same penalty they want for women as the "3-strike" rule.

Watch how fast the wealthy abandon the middle class to pay for THAT law too like they do taxes now... These people want to enact laws like this because there's no direct consequences to themselves for doing so….because then they say they will not pay taxes for it…..until those children wind up in prison.