Abortion is murder under Bahamian law punishable by 10 years in prison, so it stands to reason that the law considers an unborn child, regardless of the term, to be a human being with the same right to life as the rest of us.

The Bahamas is a monumental disgrace among Parliamentary democracies. What many do not appreciate is that electing a novice to the post of House Speaker is an absolute affront to the system and in mature democracies it is not done. But that is exactly what our governments here do in order to completely pervert and irreparably damage the system to their ultimate benefit. And since the overwhelming majority of people who lust for parliament seats today know next to nothing about the system they are lusting for, it does not matter to them that all we are doing at this point is going through the motions of a process that we have long since twisted beyond right-recognition.

The actual issue in this debate is that the Bill ought not even be debated at all since no Act can be enacted without the accompanying Regulations. This is the same thing the PLP did in 2006, passed an NHI Bill with no Regulations, hence no actual NHI could take place. And they are doing it again - but don't count on the FNM to make it clear to the Bahamian people this essential and salient point. They will just go on with the "debate" as though they actually have a Bill before them that can be enacted.

> When pressed for his party’s official position on the matter yesterday, FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis told reporters outside the House of Assembly that he had not yet been able to consider the matter.

What a louse.

I think they both need to exit stage left

It truly is getting no better.

What are the "alarming" speed rates clocked by the machines thus far? How does one publish a story under such a headline, but the actual substance thereof is missing?

Wrong scripture! ha

touche!

Indeed!