Deep down in the depths of my soul, heart, and brain (the big deciders of my emotions and thoughts), I concoct a crazies list... which for some time has gone unlisted. Well, this week finally pushed me to a point where I feel it is necessary to share bits and pieces of it. This was brought on by the first entity on the list:
1. The entire state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma just recently passed... over the governor's veto mind you (so a supermajority I'm assuming), a law that a) forces a woman who is getting an abortion to have an ultrasound and receive a report on all of the babies vitals and b) protects a doctor from being sued if he or she withholds information about any genetic defects the baby may have from the parents.
I'm really not pro-abortion (sorry ultraliberals). If I had to choose a side, I would probably extend the protection of the Constitution to a fetus (since no matter what happens, they will eventually have that protection). However, that isn't the world we live in and I think it is kind of sick that a large chunk of Oklahoma thinks that they should make a difficult decision even more difficult. Moreover, a doctor shouldn't be held responsible for lying by omission to his patient. That's ridiculous.
Now, if this had passed by a simple majority and the governor signed it, then I'm cool with it. Your state is just a little over half crazy. However, the governor vetoed it and the legislature overrode the veto. Yeah... that's why Oklahoma makes my crazies list for 2010. Congratulations!
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