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Governor Brad Henry Bans Gender-Selective Abortions in Oklahoma

by Pat Garcia | May 30, 2009 at 04:59 am

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"Aborting a baby because she's a girl or he's a boy is offensive on so many levels, it's hard to imagine anyone trying to justify the practice" said Fr, Frank Pavone.
If the matter is analyzed based on that opinion abortion is offensive to any baby, boy or girl but they can't express themselves, in the meantime this polemic issue has been and continues to be debated about all over the world.

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Thursday signed into law a ban on aborting children based on their gender, making Oklahoma the third state to ban gender-selective abortions.

In addition to "prohibiting the performance of an abortion solely on account of the sex of the unborn child," House Bill 1595 also requires abortionists to provide the Oklahoma State Department of Health with detailed information on each abortion performed.

Abortionists are to record the mother's age, marital status and education level, as well as the number of prior pregnancies, reason and method of abortion, and the nature of the mother’s relationship with the child's father. Abortionists violating the law for the first time would be subject to a $10,000 fine, rising to $100,000 by the third violation.

The Senate voted 35-9 May 15 in support of the bill, after the House voted 88-6 in favor. The bill will take effect November 1.

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Uwe Paschen

at 05:54 on May 30th, 2009

Abortion should only be used as a last resort and only in very specific cases.

This day and age there is no longer any reasonable nor acceptable argument justifying this practice.

We have education, Contraceptives, even free condom and pill given out by government and NGO as well as counselling and other form of aid and guidance like we never had before in the industrialized world.

Maybe time for people to grow up and take responsibility for their actions and inaction's as well.

We treating life as if it was a commodity or even disposable.

Merry Rebel

at 07:03 on May 30th, 2009

"The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between."
- Mother Teresa

Pat Garcia

at 07:26 on May 30th, 2009

Thanks for posting this quote from Mother Teresa.

Amy Judd

at 07:29 on May 30th, 2009

I suppose this makes sense, but if the mother still wanted to abort her baby, couldn't she just give a different reason? It kind of concerns me how much the fine is the first time around - $10,000!