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\"\"<\/a>The American Civil Liberties Union has a reputation on the left as one of the nation\u2019s most serious, distinguished protectors of civil rights. So why is their latest stunt anything but?<\/p>\n

Michigan Republicans are pushing legislation that would<\/a> \u201cput in place new insurance and licensing requirements for clinics; ban abortions that take place more than 20 weeks after conception except when the procedure would save a woman’s life; make it illegal to coerce a woman to have an abortion; set guidelines for disposing of the remains of a fetus; and regulate the prescription of the RU-486 drug.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesting such an effort to \u201ctake away a woman\u2019s ability to make personal, private medical decisions for herself,\u201d the ACLU has responded by creating a Tweet generator<\/a> through which disgruntled lefties can more easily pester the lawmakers in question:<\/p>\n

Since several Michigan politicians so clearly “wanna be your doc,” let’s give them the chance. Once they receive enough questions, perhaps they’ll realize that that they are NOT medical professionals, should stop far-reaching anti-abortion measures, including HB 5711, from passing and allow real doctors to provide the best care for their patients. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Naturally, Erin Gloria Ryan at the oh-so-mature Jezebel thinks<\/a> it\u2019s just hilarious that a bunch of \u201cangry old white guys\u201d are going to get spammed with questions like \u201cMy period is very heavy for 2 days followed by 2 days of no bleeding followed by 3 light days. Wut’s goin on?\u201d and \u201cMy cramps are worse than usual. Can you fit me in this afternoon?\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that, generally speaking, government shouldn\u2019t micromanage health care, and politicians shouldn\u2019t tell doctors how to do their jobs. But one can\u2019t help but doubt how sincere their opposition to medical meddling really is, considering that both Jezebel<\/a> and the ACLU<\/a> also support ObamaCare, which does<\/a> exactly that<\/a>. Indeed, the birth control mandate<\/a> pro-aborts so intensely support is based on the premise that providers can\u2019t be trusted to decide for themselves what services to cover!<\/p>\n

The simple truth is that for the legislation\u2019s critics, medical autonomy is an afterthought; they just want abortions to be as easily obtainable as possible. They don\u2019t critique what aspects of the insurance, licensing requirements, or drug regulations are problematic; they don\u2019t explain why 20-week-old babies aren\u2019t worth protecting, they don\u2019t say what they would rather do to protect women from coercion, and they don\u2019t explain their beef with the regulations on remains disposal.<\/p>\n

All policy decisions pertaining to abortion are simply lumped into the category of \u201cmedicine,\u201d as if that makes them off-limits from consideration, and it\u2019s just presumed as a given that regulating abortion at all is a very bad thing. The folks at the ACLU skip the tricky \u201cargument\u201d step in favor of amusing themselves with childish insults and straw men about politicians wanting to be doctors.<\/p>\n

For an organization that purports<\/a> to place free speech at the forefront of the values it protects, the ACLU seems to have remarkably little interest in resolving Americans\u2019 differences with a mature exchange of serious ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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