New Florida law requires 24-hour waiting period before abortion

States can only go so far in restricting abortion so long as Roe v. Wade remains "the law of the land" as liberals like to say about it and other laws they agree with.

(Actually, if you want to get technical, Roe v. Wade is a court ruling, not a law. The fact that they call it a law demonstrates that they have no problem with the Judiciary doing the job of the Legislative branch so long as it fits their agenda. But I digress.) So I applaud Florida for the law signed yesterday by Gov. Rick Scott, which will require women seeking an abortion to observe a 24-hour waiting period in which they might, maybe, perhaps (but probably not) give it some serious thought and maybe decide to carry the child to term.

“One day to reflect upon the risks of abortion, one day to view an image of the unborn child’s ultrasound image, and one day to consult with friends, family and faith are minimal considering the effects that will remain for a lifetime beyond that irreversible decision,” said Sen. Anitere Flores, a Miami Republican and one of the bill sponsors. Florida will be the 27th state to have a waiting period for abortions when the law takes effect July 1. The bill (HB 633) does have exceptions for victims of rape, incest, domestic abuse or human trafficking if women present doctors with a police report, restraining order or similar documentation to prove their claim.

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Democratic lawmakers who opposed the bill said abortion would become the only medical procedure with a mandated waiting period. Republicans countered that they couldn’t think of any other procedure for which someone could walk into a clinic and be operated on right away.

Republicans might also have countered that abortion is the only medical procedure in which someone is killed intentionally. I'd say that justifies a little more time thinking about it than an appendectomy. Now realistically, I'd be shocked if many women - maybe even any - decide after the 24-hour waiting period not to have the abortion. Once you've decided that the life of the human being inside you is not as important as relieving yourself of the burden that life presents to you, I'd say there's no going back in most cases. But this is one of the rare situations where I actually think it makes sense to say, "If it saves one life, it will have been worth it." That's because there really isn't much in the way of significant cost to anyone. Sen. Flores is right. You're going to have to wait at least a day for almost any medical procedure you undergo. You can't just walk into the 24/7 clinic and ask someone to perform surgery on you on the spot. To suggest that making a woman wait 24 hours is some sort of unbearable burden is idiotic in the extreme. So sure, in this case, if one human life ends up being lived because that woman thought about it and changed her mind during thaat 24-hour period, no one will have paid a price so high that you could conceivably argue it wasn't worth it. Of course, that's not what the left is really objecting to here. They're objecting to the implication in the law that there is anything whatsoever wrong with abortion, and that there should be any limits on it whatsoever. That's a key tenet of the religion of abortion, and there can never be any ground given of any kind - not even for something as reasonable as this. Because to them, if that one woman does change her mind and decide it would be better to carry that child to term, that would be a tragedy. That's how evil these people are.