Wow.
Apparently to Florida Rep. Jason Brodeur (R-Orlando) when it comes to disclosure in a physicians office, it's all about priorities.
The Florida House is working on an abortion bill by Rep. Rachel Burgin (R-ALEC) that would not only bar abortions after 20 weeks, but would place a number of restrictions surrounding those procedures as well:
It creates a 24-hour waiting period for women who wish to get abortions; requires physicians who perform abortions to take three hours of ethics training; require new abortion clinics or locations to be wholly owned by physicians; and expand the abortion ban to when the fetus is viable, among other things.
Now her proposal would do even more.
The House Health and Human Services Committee tacked on a lengthy amendment from Burgin and Rep. Daniel Davis, R-Jacksonville, on Thursday that incorporates much of his own stalled antiabortion bill concerning fetal pain (HB 839).
Even though a committee analysis noted the scientific community is not united on when a fetus can feel pain, physicians would be required to inform women that the fetus feels pain after 20 weeks. They would also have to describe the steps needed to perform the abortion, and specifically list the steps that could be painful for the fetus.
Showing strong support of the bill, Rep. Brodeur said this:
“I think as a man I do feel qualified to comment on this a little bit given my own personal history," said Rep. Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford. "I think when you make a choice to unilaterally end someone’s life by force we generally call that murder."
Sounds almost as if protecting the life of that unborn child is Brodeur's highest priority, especially since he feels it's necessary for the doctor to be forced to disclose explicit procedure details to every woman who has an abortion, and calling it "murder."
Interesting choice of words coming from the same man who fought against a bill that would ban physicians from asking parents of children who are patients if they have guns in the home because it would be a "violation of privacy rights concerning firearms and seeks to prevent future occurrences of such violations:"
Under the proposed legislation -- currently under review by the Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Florida House of Representatives -- a doctor could face a hefty fine or even jail time for asking a patient or a patient's family about guns in their home.
From the party that claims government has no business coming between an individual and their doctor I guess it's just a question of priorities, especially for someone like Brodeur.
To him an abortion would be "murder" but if a child is harmed or killed by a firearm outside of the womb, well I guess that's just called "liberty?"
