At least one senator got it right here.
"When the Louisiana Senate passed a bill Thursday to outlaw abortions in cases where the fetus is diagnosed with genetic abnormalities, there was a surprising dissenter.
Republican state Sen. Dan Claitor usually votes for tougher abortion restrictions, but this time around, he says he could not do so in good conscience. He believes the bill to be in violation of the Constitutional right to abortion as outlined in the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. "Why would you put me in a box to make a choice between supporting my oath to uphold the Constitution ... and being pro-life?" Senator Claitor, an attorney, asked his fellow legislators. "The bill as written, in my view, is patently unconstitutional."
The move is the latest in a myriad of recent legislative efforts by Republican lawmakers in red states to restrict abortion. Similar to an Oklahoma bill recently vetoed by that state’s governor, which proposed an outright ban on abortions and threatened doctors with prison time, the new Louisiana proposal places the legal burden on the doctor rather than the woman."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politi...a-senator-opposed-a-restrictive-abortion-bill
"When the Louisiana Senate passed a bill Thursday to outlaw abortions in cases where the fetus is diagnosed with genetic abnormalities, there was a surprising dissenter.
Republican state Sen. Dan Claitor usually votes for tougher abortion restrictions, but this time around, he says he could not do so in good conscience. He believes the bill to be in violation of the Constitutional right to abortion as outlined in the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. "Why would you put me in a box to make a choice between supporting my oath to uphold the Constitution ... and being pro-life?" Senator Claitor, an attorney, asked his fellow legislators. "The bill as written, in my view, is patently unconstitutional."
The move is the latest in a myriad of recent legislative efforts by Republican lawmakers in red states to restrict abortion. Similar to an Oklahoma bill recently vetoed by that state’s governor, which proposed an outright ban on abortions and threatened doctors with prison time, the new Louisiana proposal places the legal burden on the doctor rather than the woman."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politi...a-senator-opposed-a-restrictive-abortion-bill
