The sweeping anti-abortion bill working its way through the Kansas Legislature would levy a sales tax on women seeking abortions, including rape victims.
Buried in the 69-page bill being considered by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee are several provisions, in fact, that opponents say would increase taxes on those who seek abortions. The tax sections do not include exemptions for women who want an abortion after a sexual assault or to end a life-threatening pregnancy.Yes, it's a tax on you if YOU'RE RAPED and you don't want to carry the rapist's child or if the birth would KILL YOU. And there's also this Kansas doozy, which mirrors a similar law working through the Arizona statehouse.
Among other provisions in the proposed legislation are measures allowing doctors to withhold from patients medical information that might encourage them to seek an abortion and prohibiting malpractice suits if the woman or the child suffers a health complication as a result of information being withheld. A wrongful death lawsuit could be filed if the mother dies. The bill also would require doctors to tell women that abortion causes breast cancer and would prohibit state employees from performing abortions on the job.Get that? Doctors can WITHHOLD INFORMATION about a woman's health if the Doctor fears that an abortion could result. Women could go into labor and find their baby is horribly deformed or has some terrible disease and the Doctor is protected if he knew and didn't tell her.
So is there a war on women? How about a war on compassion and human decency as well?
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