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DEL.ICIO.USCounting sonogram votes: Three Republicans say ‘no,’ but 14 Democrats say ‘yes’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Christian conservatives were cheered on Monday by House passage of a bill to require women seeking an abortion to be offered a sonogram of the fetus.
H.B.147 had some of its rough edges smoothed out in the final version, but the 116-54 margin was still impressive. Even more impressive was the list of 14 House Democrats who voted for the bill.
Sadie Fields, leader of the Georgia Christian Alliance, provided her supporters with the names. The list included House Minority Leader DuBose Porter of Dublin and four members of the Legislative Black Caucus: Carl Von Epps, Mike Glanton, Randall Mangham and Keith Heard.
Three Republicans voted against the bill: Jill Chambers and Ed Lindsey of Atlanta; and Bobby Franklin. We weren’t able to catch up with Chambers or Lindsey while the House was in session.
Franklin, a vociferous opponent of abortion, said he voted against the measure because it was too soft. “We’re just saying, ‘If you do this, this and this, then murdering the baby is okay,’” Franklin said.
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By Mike
March 20, 2007 7:10 PM | Link to this
Franklin this is a moderate bill, but it ia a step in the right direction.
By Bilbo
March 20, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this
I think Rep. Franklin needs to acknowledge the difference between “limiting evil” and “participating in it”.
The bill actually states its intent is to “Protect unborn children from a woman´s uninformed decision to have an abortion”
By voting against this intent he has unwittingly “particpated in evil”. I laud his intent … as mis-guided as it appeared to be.
By Brian
March 22, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this
Bilbo - We already have the “women’s right to know law” but no one enforces that. We also have a law that says underage girls cannot get abortions without parental consent but no one enforces that. Who is going to enforce this law? How is this law going to even limit evil?
As for Rep. Franklin… are you saying that it is ok to rob a bank as long as you see a picture of the account holders first? Or is robbing a bank always wrong? The same applies for murdering a baby. Just because you see a picture of the baby should not mean that it is then ok to murder the baby.
Rep. Franklin refuses to particpate in the murder of a baby, even if the mother sees a picture of the baby before it is murdered.
Mike - yes, this is another incremental step. But look at all the other incremental steps we have had (I listed 2 above) and they don’t save any lives.