By a vote of 32 to 13, North Carolina’s Senate on the last full day of its current session passed a motorcycle safety bill that also includes amendments very similar to the abortion legislation which Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently signed into law. The bill calls for a physician to be present when the first drug in a chemical abortion is administered, although follow-up doses can be taken at home. Further, abortion clinics would have to meet safety standards similar to those required of ambulatory surgical centers, and the bill would provide funding for more inspectors.
BREAKING: #ncga passes dangerous & deeply unpopular restrictions on abortion. Gov. McCrory should keep his promise and veto #sb353.
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) July 25, 2013
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards declared the upgraded safety standards “dangerous and deeply unpopular” and urged Gov. Pat McCrory to follow through on his threat to veto the legislation. Others chose instead to rally around the #MotorcycleVagina hashtag. Why not #MotorcycleAbortion? Because vaginas, duh.
The #motorcyclevagina bill passes the Senate. Off to McCrory's desk now.
— New Raleigh (@NewRaleigh) July 25, 2013
#plannedparenthood meeting outside. Doing the march on Monday. #sb353 #motorcyclevagina #ncga http://t.co/qqqPI47KNr
— Occupy Raleigh (@OccupyRaleigh) July 26, 2013
I am appalled at my state. Less restriction on guns, more restriction on a woman's choice. #motorcyclevagina #backwards
— Kate (@katie91187) July 25, 2013
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— Carolina Abortion Fund (@CarolinaAbtnFnd) July 25, 2013
North Carolina's motorcycle safety: If you see women's rights ahead do not decelerate #motorcyclevagina #NC #ncga http://t.co/Tqsy4hr2Rn
— francesca quarantini (@franifio) July 26, 2013
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Oh, it's #motorcyclevagina time? This fucking state, I swear.
— Ruth (@LimeyTart) July 25, 2013
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This is all on you, women, for having Republican man-babies. #motorcyclevagina #ncga
— carrboro man (@CarrboroMan) July 25, 2013
Abortion advocates following the proceedings had settled in for an “all-nighter” similar to the midnight votes that had happened in Texas; however, the Senate passed the bill before 8 p.m. after only an hour of debate.
Welp. At least I didn't have to stay up all night AND have my constitutional rights trampled on. #votersuppression #motorcyclevagina #ncpol
— Suzanne (@HSBuckles) July 25, 2013
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