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As noted in today's OotD, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth, who will provide an update on his efforts to force the Commons to grapple with the seemingly impossibly existential question of when human life begins.
At press time, M-312 is currently set to undergo a second -- and final -- hour of debate on Friday. Should a recorded vote be requested, which it almost certainly will be, it will be held the following Wednesday, at which point it will almost certainly -- but not definitely -- go down to defeat.
In any case, check back at 11:30 for full coverage!
The #M312-mentum is building! yfrog.comby kady o'malley via twitter edited by Kady O'Malley 9/17/2012 3:19:41 PM -
And here's #M312 itself, albeit in impossibly teensy tiny type. twitpic.com
by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:25:13 PM -
I can report that the room is already filling up nicely -- more than might be the case for a typical private members' motion. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:26:32 PM
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20 second warning to Stephen #Woodworth and the Very Last (or so he claims) Update on #M312!by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:31:31 PM
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And here's Stephen #Woodworth -- with a beard! Is this a private members' business beard? We'll find out! twitpic.com
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Woodworth begins by laying out the sked - final hour of debate on Friday, vote next Wednesday, just like OotD told you this morning. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:33:07 PM
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He then segues straight into the same recap and defence of #M312 -- namely, babies are human beings before complete birth.by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:33:47 PM
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The current law, #Woodworth maintains, "dehumanizes an entire class of people." Would we accept that for women, or the disabled?by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:34:19 PM
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Sorry, "dehumanizes AND EXCLUDES an entire class of people." I missed the second bit. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:34:56 PM
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"No one is safe if such laws are accepted," #Woodworth notes - not here, or anywhere. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:35:20 PM
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It is, perhaps, worth noting that the fact that this law is, in fact, extant, and has been for 400 years. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:36:02 PM
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#Woodworth hits a crescendo of righteousness as he recalls "thousands" marching through the streets, demanding action on this issue. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:36:54 PM
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That would, if I'm following, be the March for Life. Word not yet uttered by #Woodworth as yet: abortion. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:37:24 PM
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#Woodworth goes on to list what he sees as ironies in the arguments of those who oppose him, using the Alanis definition of irony. #M312by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:38:12 PM
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#Woodworth claims that he's heard no one suggest that children *aren't* human beings before the little toe pops out from the birth canal.by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:39:27 PM
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"No one has been bold enough" to defend the current law, #Woodworth claims. Pretty sure that's not actually true . Remember Gordon O'Connor?by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:40:13 PM
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"I could drop dead the day after #M312 passes and my motives would die with me," Woodworth points out.by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:41:46 PM
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Ahh, according to #Woodworth, the abortion issue is just a distraction. Which is why he's now going to talk about abortion. At length.by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:42:46 PM
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#Woodworth is now using double and triple negatives -- combined with quotes from Bertha Wilson, no less.by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:43:29 PM
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Will abortion become illegal if #M312 passes? No, according to #Woodworth. (Of course it won't. This just sets up a committee.)by kady o'malley via twitter 9/17/2012 3:44:23 PM