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Crist Vetoes FL Anti-Choice Bill

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Posted on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 02:34:47 PM EST
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Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed a bill that would have required women seeking an abortion during the first trimester to undergo an ultrasound exam and pay for it. Crist said Friday it put an inappropriate burden on women seeking an abortion. Crist was a Republican until he left the party recently to make an independent bid for the Senate.

His veto message.

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    Crist Vetoes FL Anti-Choice Bill | 24 comments (24 topical)

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    Gov. Crist did the right thing. (5.00 / 4) (#2)
    by KeysDan on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 03:00:20 PM EST


    Wow! (5.00 / 7) (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 03:10:17 PM EST
    Inappropriate burden on women, rights of privacy, unwisely expand the role of government....thank  you Crist.

    I know, it's really quite shocking (5.00 / 2) (#4)
    by Demi Moaned on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 03:12:29 PM EST
    ... these days when a politician is willing to articulate simple, sensible reasons for doing the right thing.

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    In one of the most (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by JamesTX on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:54:18 PM EST
    inhumane arrogant acts of drug warrioring, Florida jailed a patient confined to a wheelchair, in intense pain with MS and botched back surgery, because he violated some technical rules on his narcotics prescriptions (received legitimate, but undated prescriptions from his doctor, and filled in the dates himself later). They gave him 25 years for "drug trafficking", although they admitted he never gave the drugs to anybody. The jury was never aware that he would be sent to prison.

    Crist gave him a full pardon after the case became widely known. He obviously is one of the good guys, even if he was a Republican.

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    What---don't the Democrats do that? (none / 0) (#5)
    by observed on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 03:25:07 PM EST


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    Crist Does Right Thing Again (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by john horse on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:57:41 PM EST
    To me the issue isn't Crist's veto but that this terrible bill was passed to begin with.  This shows how far to the right the Florida GOP has gone.  

    Moderate conservatives like Crist are no longer welcome in the Florida GOP.  The Florida GOP is now the party of right-wing extremists.

    So much for... (5.00 / 2) (#15)
    by DancingOpossum on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 05:05:03 PM EST
    "only the Democrats will protect your abortion rights," eh?

    They really are going to have to work hard to come up with a new cudgel.

    Let's not get carried away (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by ruffian on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 09:09:31 PM EST
    While I am very happy about this veto, it is one man that is already on the outs with his party.

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    What? (none / 0) (#25)
    by Lora on Sun Jun 13, 2010 at 07:30:39 PM EST
    I don't know who said that only the Democrats will protect your "abortion rights."  They've done a lousy job of late.  However I will take a short vacation from saying bad things about Republicans if you can find me one who is still in the GOP who will protect our reproductive rights, including the right to choose abortion.

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    Should be an interesting race (none / 0) (#1)
    by Demi Moaned on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 02:42:24 PM EST
    Kos predicts that Crist will eventually promise to caucus with the Democrats to 'seal the deal' with the undecideds. Could be.

    Hillary/Crist v. Huntsman/Ryan in '16 (none / 0) (#6)
    by MKS on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:11:57 PM EST


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    He's going to have to lose the (none / 0) (#8)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:42:44 PM EST
    gay hating voting record before I'll go there.

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    Not surprising (none / 0) (#7)
    by andgarden on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:28:16 PM EST


    How so (none / 0) (#9)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:44:09 PM EST
    Splain please?  Are you really going to be a lawyer?  Or are you going to be a law degree that goes into politics and becomes a strategist?

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    Well, I wasn't surprised (none / 0) (#10)
    by andgarden on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:46:02 PM EST
    Crist needs Democratic votes in November.

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    Good (5.00 / 3) (#11)
    by Democratic Cat on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:52:58 PM EST
    It's nice to see someone pandering to the Democratic voters for a change.

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    Pandering is about motivation, not right and wrong (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by Democratic Cat on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 05:10:46 PM EST
    If Gov. Crist doesn't really believe in what he wrote, but wrote it to get Democratic votes, then it is pandering. I thought andgarden implied he did it for the votes, which puts it in the pander camp. Whatever his motivation, I also happen to believe it was the right thing to do. They aren't mutually exclusive concepts.

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    When you would not have done (none / 0) (#22)
    by ruffian on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 09:10:57 PM EST
    the right thing if it was more expedient to do the wrong thing.

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    But he pandered so well (none / 0) (#14)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 04:59:07 PM EST
    He justified his decision with such tried and true talking points straight out of real womankind life, and the lives of anyone who genuinely cares about any woman.  I haven't heard such words out of a candidates mouth in so long I almost swooned.  

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    It was an amazing statement (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by Democratic Cat on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 05:05:46 PM EST
    And sad, too, that such a statement should be so stunning to us! I don't often hear my deepest beliefs reflected in the words of a public official.

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    Wonderful! (5.00 / 1) (#24)
    by ruffian on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 09:16:59 PM EST
    I'm loving' the pander here.

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    Wow (none / 0) (#19)
    by Lena on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 07:17:31 PM EST
    I could actually see voting for Crist in this race (if the Democrat is running a distant third when it comes to the finish line, or if Crist actually continues to appear to be more committed to civil rights then the Democratic candidate).

    This is the first time in a couple of years that I've felt that women have been recognized by a politician as a panderable voting bloc. Such a contrast to how the Democratic party has treated women. (or, as Rahm Emanuel put it "where the f*ck are they going to go?" Take that, Rahm!!!)

    I wonder if Crist would have made the (none / 0) (#20)
    by Radix on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 07:37:42 PM EST
    same choice had he remained the republican nominee? After all, as some guys once said, "pol's do what pol's do." Not that I mind, just curious.

    If he was verybsolid with (none / 0) (#23)
    by ruffian on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 09:15:22 PM EST
    the Republicans, I think he might have. I get the impression he really did hate this law. But if he thought it would cost him the nomination, he would not have done it.  

    Also keep in mind that if he was truly the Republican leader in FL this law would not have passed the FL congress.

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