Arizona: Ed Ableser

The state House voted 36-18 this afternoon to impose new restrictions on abortion.

HB 2564 would require a 24-hour waiting period before a woman could terminate a pregnancy. During that time, the woman would have to be told “the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics” of the unborn child at that point.

The bill also requires that the woman be told, in person, that:

• The father of the child is liable for support, even if he agreed to pay for the abortion;

• Medical assistance benefits may be available for prenatal care, childbirth and postnatal care if she decided against an abortion;

• Public and private agencies can assist the woman before and after the birth, whether she chooses to keep the child or put it up for adoption.

When the Arizona House Health Committee passed a comprehensive bill to provide women critical health information about an important medical procedure, two State Representatives were conveniently absent.

As noted in an earlier post here on Sonoran Alliance, HB 2564 requires that the abortion industry provide women with important information prior to undergoing an abortion. The bill is pro-woman, pro-information, pro-patients’ rights and pro-choice (in the truest sense of the word).

Instead of showing up for the vote the two pro-abortion Democrats decided to “take their ball” and go hold a press conference. (David Bradley the other Democrat was excused.) I’d call that a legislative temper tantrum.