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Christianity Today, Week of August 19

Weblog: Florida Adoption Law Causing Abortion, Say Lawyers

Plus: Giving Drew University the finger (of George Whitefield), and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 08/23/2002

Florida'a adoption notification law under fire

The state of Florida requires that mothers who want to give their children up for adoption must notify the child's father. That sounds awfully family-friendly, doesn't it? But the law goes further: mothers who don't know who the father is must place a newspaper advertisement announcing she plans to do so. The National Post of Canada reports, "It requires that they publish details of every sexual encounter that could have caused the pregnancy, along with names\ufffdif possible\ufffdand descriptions of the men, in the local newspaper where the incident took place, so any men who may be the father and want to contest the adoption can come forward."

And that, say critics, is not only ridiculous, it's anti-life. Lawyers fighting the law claim mothers are choosing to have abortions rather than submit to such embarrassment. Just how bad is this law? Find another abortion-related issue where Jerry Falwell and the National Organization for Women have joined forces.

"Gov. Jeb Bush, who allowed the legislation to become law without his signature, supports a system that allows men who believe they might have fathered a child to put their name in a confidential registry that must be checked during adoption proceedings," reports the Associated Press. The St. Petersburg Times notes that 30 other states already have similar registries

But this shouldn't surprise anyone, now should it? (Not even you, BeeP)

Post #181,417 by bepatient 10/28/04 10:59:33 AM Reply	One quick google.. [link\|http://forums.adoption.com/t169254.html\|http://forums.adoption.com/t169254.html] ...to put a dent in your sweeping generalization. Keyes is an idiot. Pick someone else to base generalizations on at least. It will make you sound a little more "reasoned". If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #181,419 by mmoffitt 10/28/04 11:06:13 AM Reply	Some one else? Jerry Falwell, perhaps? bcnu, Mikem "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell
Post #181,454 by bepatient 10/28/04 1:02:25 PM Reply	If you want... ...I'll be happy to marginalize your opinion even more ;-) If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #181,423 by jb4 10/28/04 11:24:27 AM Reply	How 'bout the pResident's brother, JEB! As seen through another [link\|http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/132/51.0.html\|"quick Google search] \t Christianity Today, Week of August 19 Weblog: Florida Adoption Law Causing Abortion, Say Lawyers Plus: Giving Drew University the finger (of George Whitefield), and other stories from online sources around the world. Compiled by Ted Olsen \| posted 08/23/2002 Florida'a adoption notification law under fire The state of Florida requires that mothers who want to give their children up for adoption must notify the child's father. That sounds awfully family-friendly, doesn't it? But the law goes further: mothers who don't know who the father is must place a newspaper advertisement announcing she plans to do so. The National Post of Canada reports, "It requires that they publish details of every sexual encounter that could have caused the pregnancy, along with names\ufffdif possible\ufffdand descriptions of the men, in the local newspaper where the incident took place, so any men who may be the father and want to contest the adoption can come forward." And that, say critics, is not only ridiculous, it's anti-life. Lawyers fighting the law claim mothers are choosing to have abortions rather than submit to such embarrassment. Just how bad is this law? Find another abortion-related issue where Jerry Falwell and the National Organization for Women have joined forces. "Gov. Jeb Bush, who allowed the legislation to become law without his signature, supports a system that allows men who believe they might have fathered a child to put their name in a confidential registry that must be checked during adoption proceedings," reports the Associated Press. The St. Petersburg Times notes that 30 other states already have similar registries But this shouldn't surprise anyone, now should it? (Not even you, BeeP) jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #181,453 by bepatient 10/28/04 1:01:34 PM Reply	Not surprised at all to see idiotic legislation passed anywhere..especially in FL. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #181,459 by jb4 10/28/04 1:24:30 PM Reply	But would it surprise you to see... that the vast majority of such comes from FL & TX, and that there is a correllation between the ersatz governors of those states and the volume of said legislation? Shouldn't.... jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #181,473 by bepatient 10/28/04 1:52:38 PM Reply	No...what surprises me... ...is that you try to limit such idiocy to those states to try and prove some point. The issue of idiot laws being passed is not confined to FL and TX, trust me. Take it from a guy who's state government tried to ban Ladies' Night. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #181,482 by jb4 10/28/04 2:06:02 PM Reply	Agreed -- NOT limited to FL & TX Just that most of it eminates from there...for a reason.... jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #181,489 by bepatient 10/28/04 2:23:33 PM Reply	Aren't you in TX? Might just be the skew in your media coverage. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #181,497 by jb4 10/28/04 2:35:45 PM Reply	Not in your life! I'm expatriate New Messican, hiding here in the Midwest around Chicago. Go Cubs!......er..... jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #181,501 by bepatient 10/28/04 2:40:31 PM Reply	oops. My mistake...I knew that. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #181,498 by ChrisR 10/28/04 2:35:53 PM Reply	Texas is as self-centered in the U.S. ...as the U.S. is to the rest of the world. Be glad when the elections are over as the neighborhood is littered with Martin Frost / Pete Sessions signs - definitely ranks as one of the most carved out gerrymandered districts of all time. Surprisingly, the Dallas Morning News endorsed Frost (probably felt guilty about all those Repub endorsements they've been handing out right and left). Locally speaking, the Frost/Sessions campaign is as vicious as the Presidential campaign is in the contested states. Haven't seen a single Kerry ad (but it'd be a waste of money anyhow).
Post #181,520 by jb4 10/28/04 3:47:09 PM Reply	One does not hand out Repo endorsements "right & left" One hands out Repo endorsements right.... jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #181,551 by Simon_Jester 10/28/04 6:06:33 PM Reply	Actually they encourage abandonment, not abortion... as Florida has an abandonment law as well. All a mother has to do is leave the child at an abandonment center (most Firehouses), and there are no questions.
Post #181,560 by daemon 10/28/04 6:42:17 PM Reply	better than bodies in dumpsters during prom night that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
Post #181,561 by inthane-chan 10/28/04 6:48:30 PM Reply	That's nine months AFTER prom night.
Post #181,564 by daemon 10/28/04 6:51:48 PM Reply	not in joisey [link\|http://www.cnn.com/US/9706/24/prom.baby.presser/\|http://www.cnn.com/U...rom.baby.presser/] regards, daemon that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE

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