Indiana - Where Bad Ideas Never Die

So, the nation's worst legislature is at it again. Just today, the Indiana Lawyer (as well as NPR, which I listened to this morning on my way to work) discussed a new bill put forth by Indiana lawmakers:

Senate Bill 201, authored by Republican Sens. Liz Brown of Fort Wayne, Linda Rogers of Granger and Travis Holdman of Markle exempts nurses, physician assistants and pharmacists from being required to perform an abortion or assist in such a procedure. The legislation was approved by the upper chamber on a 39-to-1 vote and is moving to the House floor after being approved by the House Committee on Public Health along a party-line 9-to-4 vote.

So, let me get this straight . . . if nurses, PAs, or pharmacists have religious objections to participating in abortion (however they want to define it, which increasingly includes issuance of birth control), they get to keep their jobs and not do the work?

Am I the only one who notices how our "small government conservative" legislature keeps passing out "government goodies" to its favored constituents? Where is the bill that provides a police officer or a prosecutor exemption from being required to arrest or prosecute small-time drug offenders because they believe the War on Drugs is counterproductive and racist?

Oh, I hear the crickets. Those bills are only for gun makers who don't want to be held civilly liable for the utterly predictable consequences of their products; for gunowners who don't want to be held civilly liable for their trigger happiness; for so-called Christians who can't abide sending their children to public school but don't want to actually, you know, pay for their children's Christian education and upbringing (instead, they want the government to pay for it).

Note, I have merely ranted about the actual bill, not whether it passes constitutional muster, be that at the state or federal level. Something tells me that an employer has a pretty good takings argument, i.e. the government is taking the abortion provider's money by forcing it to employ someone in a ghost position who won't do the work of the business. (Interesting side note: How does this fit in with the arguments about Right to Work? How does this fit in with Indiana's "at-will employment" status?)

For those who can't tell, I've about had it with this sanctimonious group of ass bags calling themselves "public servants," to and including Senator Mike Young (who, of course, voted for this monstrosity).

Mike Young for State Senate 2020: Government Goodies for Favored Interest Groups