Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Chuck winder

  • The sponsor of an Idaho mandatory ultrasound bill, state Sen. Chuck Winder, made some highly controversial comments Monday during his closing arguments, suggesting women might falsely use rape as an excuse to obtain an abortion.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A controversial bill introduced into the legislature this year by Sen. Chuck Winder is now raising more questions.
  • (KIVI-TV)
  • In a phone interview from Boise, Chuck Winder said hes sponsoring the measure to protect womens health mentally and physically. Some of us have to speak for those who cant speak for themselves yet, said Winder.
  • (Idaho8.com)
  • Gathered on the Capitol steps Thursday, the crowd waved signs and hammered Sen. Chuck Winders proposed legislation, calling it a political tactic to shame and bully women already burdened with a difficult health decision.
  • (Idaho Statesman)
  • This bill does take it one step further, said Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, who sponsored the legislation on behalf of the anti-abortion group Right to Life of Idaho. I would think the most basic human right we have to protect is the right to life.
  • (Oshkosh Northwestern)
  • Our take: The ultrasound bill, pushed by Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, amounts to nothing more than pandering to the Republican Party's extreme right wing. Lewiston Tribune Jeers to seven Republicans on Idaho's Senate State Affairs Committee.
  • (Idaho Statesman)
  • Kate Scanlin, 25, of Boise attended the rally with her father. Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, is one of its sponsors. "I have no problem with (the bill) if Winder is going to go around person to person and do it," Scanlin said.
  • (Idaho Press-Tribune)
  • Butch Otter's desk. The governor has not indicated how he might act on the legislation.
  • (Idaho Reporter)

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