My brain hurts
Jul. 20th, 2004 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgWell, I have a headache. I never get headaches; I'm blessed that way, methinks. I get the rare menstrual migraine, or a sinus pressure thingie if I get an upper-respiratory bug.
But rarely, very very rarely, I can get a tension headache.
Unrepentant bastards. Yes, them again. I swear, they must think I'm some Indian maiden by the name of Speaks To Idiots.
But I'm not giving up, no sir. There are bigger idiots in this world, and I could end up with one.
Jim is about melted into a rather large blond puddle. It's been very hot here. For here, that is. Where the only cooling device is shade, a fan and some iced tea.
Have you checked out![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
factcheck_org yet? Rather nifty. An entry from today: The ad says “Kerry voted against parental notification for teenage abortions.” Kerry did vote against a “parental notification” amendment in 1991 offered by Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana. That measure would have required that parents or guardians be notified 48 hours in advance of any abortion on a pregnant daughter under age 18 performed by any organization receiving federal family-planning funds. The measure passed the Senate 52-47, mostly along party lines. Kerry was one of 42 Democrats who opposed it.
The Coats amendment had narrow exceptions, requiring that parents be notified unless the pregnancy “resulted from incest with a parent or guardian,” or if a physician determined that an emergency abortion was necessary to save the life of the mother.
Kerry voted for an alternative measure that would have allowed for much broader exceptions. The measure Kerry supported would have allowed a physician to perform an abortion on a teenager without notifying the parents if the doctor determined that she “is mature enough and competent to provide consent” herself, or if the doctor determined that notifying the parent or guardian would lead to abuse or “is not in the best interest of the minor.” The Kerry-supported measure also would have allowed the abortion to proceed without notification to parents if an “adult family member” gave consent. That family member could be an aunt or grandparent -- or even a older brother or sister over age 18.
Neither the Coats amendment nor the Kerry-backed measure ever became law: both later were dropped in conference with the House.
I had to quote that long piece to get to meat of what I thought was important - the measures in question are much the same at the bottom - parental notification - but I liked the one Kerry liked - the one that had personal responsibility involved in it. Mature and competent to make decisions. Oh hellya.
A very nice service, to be honest.
Hanging in there. I want a cookie.
Oh, and 155 today. I am now back to my weight before Cliff passed in 1998. 150, here I come!
But rarely, very very rarely, I can get a tension headache.
Unrepentant bastards. Yes, them again. I swear, they must think I'm some Indian maiden by the name of Speaks To Idiots.
But I'm not giving up, no sir. There are bigger idiots in this world, and I could end up with one.
Jim is about melted into a rather large blond puddle. It's been very hot here. For here, that is. Where the only cooling device is shade, a fan and some iced tea.
Have you checked out
factcheck_org yet? Rather nifty. An entry from today: The ad says “Kerry voted against parental notification for teenage abortions.” Kerry did vote against a “parental notification” amendment in 1991 offered by Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana. That measure would have required that parents or guardians be notified 48 hours in advance of any abortion on a pregnant daughter under age 18 performed by any organization receiving federal family-planning funds. The measure passed the Senate 52-47, mostly along party lines. Kerry was one of 42 Democrats who opposed it.The Coats amendment had narrow exceptions, requiring that parents be notified unless the pregnancy “resulted from incest with a parent or guardian,” or if a physician determined that an emergency abortion was necessary to save the life of the mother.
Kerry voted for an alternative measure that would have allowed for much broader exceptions. The measure Kerry supported would have allowed a physician to perform an abortion on a teenager without notifying the parents if the doctor determined that she “is mature enough and competent to provide consent” herself, or if the doctor determined that notifying the parent or guardian would lead to abuse or “is not in the best interest of the minor.” The Kerry-supported measure also would have allowed the abortion to proceed without notification to parents if an “adult family member” gave consent. That family member could be an aunt or grandparent -- or even a older brother or sister over age 18.
Neither the Coats amendment nor the Kerry-backed measure ever became law: both later were dropped in conference with the House.
I had to quote that long piece to get to meat of what I thought was important - the measures in question are much the same at the bottom - parental notification - but I liked the one Kerry liked - the one that had personal responsibility involved in it. Mature and competent to make decisions. Oh hellya.
A very nice service, to be honest.
Hanging in there. I want a cookie.
Oh, and 155 today. I am now back to my weight before Cliff passed in 1998. 150, here I come!
