OK, firstly, I don’t think Representative Bobby Franklin (GA-43) hates women, but everyone in the mainstream media seems to think so. It infuriates me when people love or hate a bill, becomes impassioned and vocal about it, and don’t even know what it says. I don’t know if people aren’t reading the bills, don’t understand them, or are just plain dishonest, but I wanted to set the record straight on two bills.
This blog post prompted me to respond. WARNING: Graphic content. This “Angry Black Lady” curses like a sailor. Wait, that’s unfair. I know sailors that use cleaner language.
Firstly, you can read the full text of HB 14 here.
The blogger in question seems to think that the honorable representative does not think a woman is a victim until a guilty verdict has been handed down. I would like to recommend that she read the bill.This bill is not saying that a woman who has been raped is not a victim; it is merely ensuring that the law remains impartial. By the law referring to a woman as a “victim” PRIOR to a conviction, it already assumes a crime. Just as the defendant is referred to as “the defendant” or “the accused,” the woman should be referred to (prior to conviction) as “the alleged victim” or “the accuser.” This is merely procedural law. It does not diminish a victim’s suffering or standing. It does, however, keep Justice blind, as she should be.
On to HB 1, which can be read here.
There is much to do about nothing in regard to this bill, as many in the media, even conservative talk show hosts (I’m talking to YOU Neal Boortz), have misrepresented this bill as a bill that will investigate/prosecute miscarriages. This bill ONLY provides for the prosecution of abortions. The only thing it provides for is essentially a report on the death of the infant in the event of a miscarriage (as is done for all deaths outside the womb).
Please get your facts straight, people.
On another note, HB 1 is the most pro-woman bill in the legislature this session. Abortion hurts women. It has been described as “medical rape.” It physically and emotionally injures women, and has inexplicably been allowed to continue, unchecked by the law, for nearly four decades. Unfortunately, this bill always dies in committee, but it is certainly the best pro-woman, pro-life bill in Georgia.
ApacheAngel 