GUAM ALLIANCE FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE UNBORN
Contact: Rosa Santos
October 29, 2012
RE: ELECTION 2012 INQURY
Dear Candidate for the Guam Legislature:
Thank you for reply to our initial inquiry regarding your position on informed consent legislation. Our inquiry was sent out prior to the passage of the bill on Wednesday, October 24, but your views still matter and we will be sure to let them be known to the voters within our network.
If you would like to issue any other statement to further clarify your position relative to the issue of abortion, please feel free to send your thoughts to me by October 31, 5pm.
Some items you may want to consider are two bills that are still currently on the table in the current legislature:
BILL 51-31 THE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 2011: recognizes scientific data showing that an unborn child is capable of feeling pain by 20 weeks and would ban abortions after 20 weeks except for strictly defined medical emergencies. 41 states have similar gestational age limits on abortion. Guam has none. See State Policies in Brief here. Read the bill here.
BILL 409-31 UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT: recognizes the unborn child (child in utero) as a legal victim, if he or she is killed or injured in crimes of violence. While this bill does not address abortion directly, it does recognize the rights and the humanity of the child in the womb. A similar bill was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 2004. Read more here. Read the bill here or at the Guam Legislature website.
There is also the matter of the need for a bill which would mandate normal medical care for children who survive failed abortions. Such a bill, known as the Born Alive Act, was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 2002. A Born Alive Act for Guam was introduced in the 30th Guam Legislature as Bill 309-30 but it was never reported out of committee. It is hoped that the legislation will be re-introduced in the next Legislature.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at rcsantos06@yahoo.com
Thank you,
Rosa C. Santos
Guam Alliance for the Defense of the Unborn
Confraternity of Christian Mothers, President, Nuestros Senora de los Aguas
No comments:
Post a Comment