Last Week I heard about the new Bill that has passed in "The House. The vote on H.R. 503, The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001 . The vote on the legislation, sponsored by Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was 252 to 172, with 198 Republicans, 53 Democrats and one independent voting for it, and 21 Republicans, 150 Democrats and one independent voting against it. The measure would apply only to crimes in federal jurisdictions, but 24 states have similar laws. State supreme courts and one federal appeals court have upheld state statutes that make it a criminal offense to kill or injure a fetus. The House passed Graham’s legislation by a nearly identical margin in 1999, but former President Clinton threatened to veto it and the Senate took no action on the bill. This year its prospects look better since President Bush has indicated he would sign it into law. Senate Republican leaders have not yet indicated when they will take up the legislation, however. Graham said his bill “was written to preserve existing abortion law” and would not authorize the prosecution of women or doctors for having or performing a legal abortion. Calling Graham’s bill “clearly unconstitutional,” Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting House delegate who represents the District of Columbia, said “it defines the fetus as a person in direct, in-your-face violation of Roe vs. Wade.”


While on one hand, YES I DO want a law "to make it a crime under federal and military law for a someone to attack a pregnant woman and harm her unborn child"(per article Graham Bill Passes House of Representatives ), at the same time...it DOES seem like it is going in the direction to make abortion illegal. Sure, they are going to exempt "abortion doctors" (what MOST people would call OB/GYN's), but for how long...is it only a matter of time that the bill could be made a law that could make abortion illegal?

I wonder how many women have chairs in the House of Representatives?

This is a puzzling situation. On one hand, it is protecting mothers who desire to have children but it could be changed so that women don't have a choice of keeping a child or not. We can only see and hope that this will be to EVERYONE'S mutual advantage. If it gets out of hand, we will have to be ready to stand, be counted and refuse to allow women "no choice."

Here's to hopin` the Human Race doesn't fuck upand put us back in the "Dark Ages."

I couldn't resist the Cutesy template. This is going to be my musings of myself and interaction with my kids. I won't always see pretty things here, as long as kids and parents are human there will be error, so I like purple and little stick drawings. I'll be reminded it isn't all that bad. My kids are great (aren't they all?) we have fun but there are times when I could crawl under the covers and stay there (when they're actin' like banshees mostly). I try to be good too, you know, do the "right things" without too much muss and fuss, but there are times when my kids know to stop pushing certain buttons for fear they will lose their toys and other privileges. So, it balances out *chuckle* They act like banshees, I act like the wicked witch and we all get what we deserve...hahaha. The times when everything is magically perfect (and for the most part, it is like that) is worth every moment of growth and learning all of us in this house have had to do. I love the whole parenting thing. It's taken a little time for me, but when there are rough spots, it's when either Bren and Guin are learning or Daddy and I is/are learning. A necessary process of different personality types working together to get along. Frustrating some times, fun others, and right in the middle still other times. It's definitely an experience. One I'm glad that we (including my dude) decided on and started together.