Friday, April 29, 2011

Louisiana Republican: Ban Abortion, Sterilize Poor Women and Pay the Wealthy to Procreate

Louisiana State Rep John Labruzzo (R) has introduced "feticide" legislation to ban all abortion in his state and sentence women and doctors who violate the ban to 15 years hard labor.

The law would make no exceptions for cases of danger to the health of the mother, incest or rape, and would essentially be an attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade in the state of Louisiana. 

In previous attempts to manipulate, penalize and reward women's reproductive choices, Labruzzo has also suggested Louisiana law should pay poor women to be sterilized and well-to-do women to crank out more financially secure kids into the American gene-pool.

http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/louisiana-republican-wants-to-sterilize-poor-women-pay