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Feb. 23rd, 2004 08:32 amHappy birthday, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
quility!!! :)
quility!!! :)Feb. 23rd, 2004
I hate this administration.
Feb. 23rd, 2004 09:28 amBill makes killing fetus separate crime
Expanding rights for the unborn without limiting mothers' reproductive rights is an issue that confronts lawmakers this week when the House takes up a bill that would make it separate federal crimes to injure or kill both a woman and her fetus.
[...] The legislation would allow prosecutors to charge a person with two murders for killing a woman and her fetus, or with murder for an attack that kills the fetus but the mother survives. The proposal would apply only to federal crimes, such as terror attacks, interstate stalking or cases that occur on military bases or federal land.
The bill specifically precludes from prosecution those who carry out legal abortions.
[...] Rita Smith, executive director of the Denver-based National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said her group tried to work with lawmakers writing the legislation to make it more about protecting women. "They wouldn't go down that road. ... This seems to be more about trying to undo abortion," she said.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, and other opponents of Hart's bill favor a substitute that would increase penalties for attacks that lead to the interruption of a pregnancy but do not confer separate legal rights to the fetus. That version is not expected to prevail in the House.
Opponents said it would be the first federal law to recognize a fetus at any stage of development as an independent being.
Expanding rights for the unborn without limiting mothers' reproductive rights is an issue that confronts lawmakers this week when the House takes up a bill that would make it separate federal crimes to injure or kill both a woman and her fetus.
[...] The legislation would allow prosecutors to charge a person with two murders for killing a woman and her fetus, or with murder for an attack that kills the fetus but the mother survives. The proposal would apply only to federal crimes, such as terror attacks, interstate stalking or cases that occur on military bases or federal land.
The bill specifically precludes from prosecution those who carry out legal abortions.
[...] Rita Smith, executive director of the Denver-based National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said her group tried to work with lawmakers writing the legislation to make it more about protecting women. "They wouldn't go down that road. ... This seems to be more about trying to undo abortion," she said.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, and other opponents of Hart's bill favor a substitute that would increase penalties for attacks that lead to the interruption of a pregnancy but do not confer separate legal rights to the fetus. That version is not expected to prevail in the House.
Opponents said it would be the first federal law to recognize a fetus at any stage of development as an independent being.
My feelings exactly.
Feb. 23rd, 2004 10:40 amOther Democrats took a much dimmer view of Nader's entry.
“It’s an act of total ego,” said Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico.
Democrats shrug off Nader candidacy
“It’s an act of total ego,” said Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico.
Democrats shrug off Nader candidacy
yanked from jadewaterflame
Feb. 23rd, 2004 12:03 pmNow the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us
Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters.
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'
The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. Experts said that they will also make unsettling reading for a President who has insisted national defence is a priority.
( Read more... )
Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters.
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'
The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. Experts said that they will also make unsettling reading for a President who has insisted national defence is a priority.
( Read more... )
