Freedom of Choice

Wow, this is a new one. Sen. Balyeat is introducing SJ27 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA OPPOSING THE FEDERAL FREEDOM OF CHOICE ACT.

Holy sour grapes batman. I guess the MT Legislature is the only republican dominated show in town so they are running at us gangbusters to prove that they are not obsolete. I mean REALLY, Joe?

My least favorite part of SJ27 are the two MASSIVE lies smack dab in the middle.

WHEREAS, the federal Freedom of Choice Act will not make abortion safe or rare, but will instead actively promote and subsidize abortion with state and federal tax dollars and do nothing to ensure its safety; and
WHEREAS, the federal Freedom of Choice Act will silence the voices of everyday Montanans and other Americans who want to engage in a meaningful public discussion and debate over the availability, safety, and even desirability of abortion.

1. By ending the funding of this back and forth fight about the legalities of certain aspects of abortion such as parental notification, constitutionally defining life at conception, constitutionally defining that the state has an interest in the unborn, groups like NARAL Pro-Choice MT and NARAL Pro-Choice America can focus their dollars on proactive solutions to unplanned/unwanted pregnancies such as medically accurate sex education, access to birth control and access to free pre-natal care. And if the sour grapes republicans could get the f over themselves, they could spend their monies there too.

2. I don't think that hog tying and physically gagging the anti-choice community in Montana could silence their voices. AND these anti-choicers are not every day Montanans, they are extremist, right wing, constitutional party members, Jonathan Martin dead baby photo holding nut jobs. Every day Montanans are pro-choice. In all seriously, if these crack pots want to go on and on about adoption over abortion and staff their creepy crisis pregnancy centers, the Freedom of Choice Act will do nothing to stop them.

We are going to listen live this morning. If you miss it live, you can listen to the 2/20/09 Senate Judiciary file here.