Notes From Atlanta
 Friday, February 28, 2003

Georgia GOP lies in debate over abortion waiting period.

AJC: Anti-abortion bill an insult.

This Republican quack, er,.... doctor testifying before the state Senate is an insult.

At times, it's an utter creep show watching male legislators debate women's reproductive lives. The most offensive moment of this week's debate came when Sen. Don Thomas (R-Dalton), a family physician, asserted that rape victims don't get pregnant because the "vaginal secretions are not prepared in rape."

"Relying on my personal experience in my home county of 90,000 people, we don't have rape cases resulting in pregnancy," he said.

Not only is this bill a crock, but so are the speeches driving it.