[Echo Talon]

Haley is right. Though I would vote for a measure that only gave the life of the mother as an exception, the VAST majority of people in this country would not. So I would accept the other exceptions, if that is all we could get, and in MOST states that is all. I would require that it be cases of REPORTED rape or incest, though, or it becomes as meaningless as the 'health of the mother' exception has been.

I agree 100% the rape must be reported with a police report and everything. possibly also make the victim take a lie detector test, if she doesn't know who the rapist was.

[hocndoc]

Actually, I'm involved in some of the fight against abuse agains women.

The lie detector is used as a tool against the criminal, not as a tool to harm the innocent.

At one of the workshops, we learned that in a nearby Texas college town, they are requesting that victims take a lie detector test, because the defense caves when they are informed of a reliable, supportive test.