Subj : Re: Finally
To   : TED T
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Jul 29 2024 10:00:00

> Just want to toss out there, as bad as it was, I don't think that legislation
> actually passed.  It had really bad optics, including Kathy Tran trying to
> answer for her bill, embarassingly, and Gov Ralph Northam's really bad radio
> interview describing a post-birth arbortion, "the baby will be kept
> comfortable" and "a discussion will ensue" regarding whether to kill it or not

Tran did misanswer a question, before later realizing that her fellow
legislator was describing infanticide.  The Governor was describing what
happens in any case where a birth occurs and the infant is not viable.
They often require resuscitation (meaning they have already died), and
pallative care (keeping them comfortable) is standard procedure until the
parents and doctors discuss whether or not to let nature take its course
(continue pallative care until natural death) or to make some sort of
valliant effort to save the nonviable child, which will usually only
prolong matters until eventual death.

The bill in question was one which would have allowed late-term abortions
in cases of fetal nonviability or danger to the mother.  Despite Tran's
statement to the contrary, it would not have allowed killing the child once
labor had started.  Tran later corrected herself and properly pointed out
that this would be infanticide and is illegal in Virginia (and all other 49
states).

>  What blew my mind was, how can anything be kept comfortable while it's in a
> state of needing resuscitation?

"Needing resuscitation" = dead.  Keeping it comfortable was in reference to
the time between resuscitation and when the doctors and parents decide what
is next... pallative care or making some last-ditch effort to try to keep the
non-viable baby alive.

> Then his Lt Gov was accused of rape, and the attorney general, for some reason
> came out and admitted he had dressed in blackface before.  On top of that, Gov
> Northam admitted to that too, dressing up like Michael Jackson at a party, and
> even offered to show that he could moonwalk.  ...ah, good times.  All 3
> finished their posts somehow.  Not to take it OT too far.

That was a really odd time for Virginia's top politicians.


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