You Can't Smoke Around 'em, But You Can Still Abort 'em

Once again personal freedoms are restricted "for the children":

BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- The Bangor City Council approved a measure Monday that prohibits people from smoking in vehicles when children are present.

When the law goes into effect next week, Bangor will become the first municipality in Maine to have such a law. Similar statewide measures have been adopted in Arkansas and Louisiana and are under consideration in several other states.

People who smoke with children present in the confined space of a car or truck might as well be deliberately trying to kill those children, said City Councilor Patricia Blanchette, who is a smoker.

"Let's step up to the plate and lead; our children are worth the fight," she said.

If smoking in a confined space constitutes "deliberately trying to kill those children", what do you call abortion, which is probably vigorously defended by these very same nanny-state ninnies.