to think America is a frightening place to be a woman right now?

[BornSicky]

Pregnant women facing murder charges

This is bullying at a nightmarish level.

I find it foul and despicable that women are being villified in such a way. How did the Christian right-wing become so powerful?

Truly, truly scary.

How can these bad laws (including the new "inspections" (read closures) of abortion clinics in Kansas) come to be passed? How can they be stopped?

Tee - re "I had scans even earlier than cote did because of my diabetes. My first one was around 3 weeks (...) I know I saw a teeny tiny little flutter on there that had to be a heartbeat."

You know you are crazy, right?

Three weeks of pregnancy is just days after conception. Maybe it has just implanted, maybe it hasn't. You can't have possibly seen a heartbeat because there is nothing to beat at that stage.

"Federal judge blocks new Kansas abortion rules"
content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/07/federal-judge-blocks-new-kansas-abortion-laws/1

^"U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, issued an injunction that will remain in effect until a trial is held in a lawsuit challenging the rules, which took effect today. The new regulations would have halted the work of two of the state's three abortion providers.

AP explains:

The new law requires hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices to obtain an annual license from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to perform more than five non-emergency abortions in a month. The regulations tell abortion providers what drugs and equipment they must stock and, among other things, establish minimum sizes and acceptable temperatures for procedure and recovery rooms.

In blocking the law, Murguia said evidence presented in court documents showed the providers would "suffer irreparable harm" through the loss of business and patients, and that at least two women currently seeking abortions would be harmed by not being able to go to the provider of their choice..."^

Hooray for judge Murguia! Good effort mate.