rhrealitycheck:

Arizona is rushing to pass a law banning abortions at 20 weeks, before many women receive important information about their own health and the health of their pregnancy. 

Want to better understand what a 20-week ban on abortion means? What the actual effects of this type of law are?

Watch Danielle Deaver explain the anguish that she and her family went through because of Nebraska’s 20-week ban

[TW for termination of wanted pregnancy]

For more, see Jodi Jacobson’s piece at RH Reality Check.

Also, it’s important to know that this bill in Arizona (similar to a bill in GA) uses fuzzy, confusing math:

The Arizona ban, because it narrows the timeline even more, not only puts more women in jeopardy of running afoul of the law as most anatomy scans don’t occur until the point in which abortion is no longer allowed, but also shows that even if fetal pain was a legitimate concept, it’s not really the basis for the ban.  After all, according to their own “research” they are banning abortion two week prior.

The real result of going through these pieces of legislation is that it abortion bans based on a period of time in a pregnancy simply don’t make sense. Picking arbitrary dates and deciding that the day before it should be legal and the day following it shouldn’t rejects the entire concept of medicine. Two women at the same exact day post-fertilization could have two very different fetuses developmentally, one with lungs that are mature enough to inflate and one who simply will not be able to breathe, even with assistance. 

Arizona’s ban effectively bans abortion at 18 weeks, which is too soon to tell if the fetus has any fetal anomalies. It redefines pregnancy and puts women at risk.

It appears that Gov. Jan Brewer is okay with Arizona being the worst of all when it comes to reproductive health.

We need to tell her to VETO HB2036 and leave medical decisions in the hands of doctors and their patients. 

And we need to DO THIS NOW! 

• PETITION via Planned Parenthood (SIGN and SIGNAL BOOST!)
• Twitter: @GovBrewer
• Facebook
• Phone: 602-542-4331 (a VERY effective method of protest is to call)
• Email (for Arizona residents)

SIGNAL BOOST!!!

This is the bill that would declare you pregnant two weeks before the egg is fertilized. PLEASE SIGN AND SIGNAL BOOST! -Jess