McCain on Choice: Unborn Victims of Violence Act
The Unborn Victims of Violence Act was signed by President Bush on April 1, 2004. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a law that grants separate legal status to unborn fetuses and embryos and defines them as being a legal victim if injured or killed “at any stage of development in the womb.”
Anti-choice leader, Samuel Casey had this to say about the law:
“In as many areas as we can, we want to put on the books that the embryo is a person…That sets the stage for a jurist to acknowledge that human beings at any stage of development deserve protection – even protection that would trump a woman’s interest in terminating a pregnancy.”
What the Unborn Victims of Violence Act does is protects a fetus under any circumstances whatsoever and places that fetus’ rights above the pregnant woman’s rights. According to the Bush administration as well as anti-choice groups, a woman has no rights if she is pregnant, she is then regarded as an incubator and baby machine, reverting back to the years before women had the right to choose, which is unacceptable in a society where we are still under the impression that we have a come a long way. The rights that she had now support her unborn baby over her and the law sadly recognizes an embryo as a person rather than the actual person. (For state laws on this act, click here.)
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Kate Michelman in response to the Unborn Victims of Violence Act ruling said:
“The anti-choice movement, from President Bush on down, has insisted on using the issue of punishing violence that harms or ends a pregnancy as cover for its campaign to undermine a woman’s right to choose.
There’s no disagreement on the horrific nature of violent crimes against a pregnant woman that harm or end her pregnancy, and the need for harsh penalties against those who commit such terrible acts. The pro-choice movement is committed to the fundamental right of every woman to act on her choice to have a child and bring new life into this world when she chooses to – and we oppose any attempt to deny them of that right, whether by anti-choice judges or violent criminals.
In other words, anti-choice leaders have turned consensus into contention because of a provision that does nothing to punish any criminal or protect any pregnant woman, but is part of a long-term effort to erode Roe v. Wade.“
Senator John McCain supports and voted in favor of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and has also voted in support of “almost every important pro-life law proposed in the last decade.”
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I hope McCain doesn’t become president. It’s really a slippery slope between appearing to protect rights and trying to take them away… it is scary to see how some states interpret this act. I thought McCain was pro embryonic stem cell research? And I doubt he’d be in opposition to IVF, where many of the embryos are never brought to term… so it seems stupid that he would want try to define them as human.
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I hope McCain doesn’t become president. It’s really a slippery slope between appearing to protect rights and trying to take them away… it is scary to see how some states interpret this act. I thought McCain was pro embryonic stem cell research? And I doubt he’d be in opposition to IVF, where many of the embryos are never brought to term… so it seems stupid that he would want try to define them as human.
This is true how you described it, they think that after getting pregnant a woman is an incubator for the baby. A while back Catholic groups started a campaign against Amnesty because Amnesty wanted to protect the pregnant victims of rape and give them the choice to abort. How can they say that the fetus has rights as a human and the mother (even if she is very young and victim of rape) doesn’t have any rights?
This is true how you described it, they think that after getting pregnant a woman is an incubator for the baby. A while back Catholic groups started a campaign against Amnesty because Amnesty wanted to protect the pregnant victims of rape and give them the choice to abort. How can they say that the fetus has rights as a human and the mother (even if she is very young and victim of rape) doesn’t have any rights?
This is interesting, I was always under the assumption that McCain was pro-choice and enjoyed that republicans on the right and evangelicals had a hard time with him. But I guess I was wrong on that, thanks for posting this!
This is interesting, I was always under the assumption that McCain was pro-choice and enjoyed that republicans on the right and evangelicals had a hard time with him. But I guess I was wrong on that, thanks for posting this!
God, I hate that… twit. Why, why, why do MEN think they have the right to do this?
God, I hate that… twit. Why, why, why do MEN think they have the right to do this?
In response to the quote from Kate Michelman: Did you even bother to read the Unborn Victims of Violence Act? You will see that it says, “Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the prosecution- (1) of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; (2) of any person for any medial treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or (3) of any woman with respect to her unborn child.” This law is not intended to interfere or overturn a woman’s right to choose. I believe in a woman’s right to choose. But I also believe in bringing justice to the person who killed my friend’s daughter and unborn grandson. We grieve for them both, not just one.
In response to the quote from Kate Michelman: Did you even bother to read the Unborn Victims of Violence Act? You will see that it says, “Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the prosecution- (1) of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; (2) of any person for any medial treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or (3) of any woman with respect to her unborn child.” This law is not intended to interfere or overturn a woman’s right to choose. I believe in a woman’s right to choose. But I also believe in bringing justice to the person who killed my friend’s daughter and unborn grandson. We grieve for them both, not just one.
why do MEN think they have the right to do this? because they are men
Stem cells in an organism of the adult person are developed by a bone brain. It is their basic source, but it is far not the unique. Also stem cells are found out and in a fatty fabric, a skin, muscles, a liver, lungs, an eye retina, practically in all bodies and organism fabrics. They provide restoration of the damaged sites of bodies and fabrics.
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