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RE: BILL 54-30
Note: In 2013, Senator Aguon reversed course and publicly apologized for his role in the demise of the abortion bills in his committee in 2009-2010. He has since gone on to be a genuine pro-life legislation champion. We offered to take down this history, but to his credit, Senator Aguon told us to leave this up here as it is a record of his mistakes for which he has apologized. We don't know any other politician who has bee so forthcoming.
Bill 54-30: A History: THE WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT OF 2009
Senator Frank Aguon makes some amazing admissions about Bill 54-30: gives us reasons why he should never be allowed back into office
Letter to all Senators which forced the release of the journal for Bill 54-30: June 7, 2011
BILL 52-31
Bill 52-31: A History: THE WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT OF 2011
Bill 52-31: Rules Committee Meeting, March 28, 2011: Respicio shuts down the cameras
Bill 52-31: Radio debate between Rohr & Respicio: Respicio admits to stripping all the relevant provisions from the bill
Bill 309-30
The Short History of Bill 309-30: Senator Frank Aguon lets a bill die that would have saved dying babies.
November 26, 2010. Guam Legislature. Speaker Won Pat pounds her gavel and forces a discussion to move forward on Bill 54-30 "further substituted on the Floor" without a motion or vote to accept the substitute bill. Senator Calvo, the sponsor of the bill, had just arrived. which is why he asks twice if the bill has been accepted. The substitute bill eliminated all of the essential informational provisions of the bill.
Upon review of the video of the session, we noticed that the Speaker deliberately forced the discussion without the required motion and vote to accept the substitute bill. We requested a copy of the legislative journal to confirm what we saw, since the journal is the official record. It took us over six months, several inquiries, an ignored FOIA request, media exposes, and a threatening letter to all the senators to acquire a copy of the journal. The journal records a manufactured record to cover up Speaker Won Pat's deliberate attempt to ram the eviscerated version of Bill 54-30 through the legislature. The substitute bill promoted abortion, the opposite intent of the original bill, and had to be vetoed by the Governor. Here is the manufactured record.
Senator Calvo moved to accept Bill No. 54-30(COR), a (sic) substituted by the Committee on Economic Development, Health and Human Services, and Judiciary, and further substituted on the Floor. There was no objection and the motion was carried.
See The Pro-Abortion Conspiracy in the Guam Legislature: a documentation of legislative action and intrigue, for the full story.
Related documents:
Legislative Journal for Bill 54-30 with manufactured record
Legislature urged to keep journal (Marianas Variety 3/25/11)
Legislature's openness questioned (Pacific Daily News 4/4/11)
Legislature fails to provide journal (Pacific Daily News 5/17/11)
Bill 54-30: as introduced (2/5/09)
Senator B.J. Cruz and the Lie He Won't Let Die: Bill 323-31
Why 19 GCA does not make Bill 323 redundant: and why it is a lie to say so
Attorney Intihar's letter to Speaker Won Pat re "misinterpretation"of Public Law 22-84: which Cruz used to try to derail the parental consent bill
12/14/11: Exposing Senator Cruz' attempt to derail Bill 323-31
12/20/11: PDN, Rohr Letter to the Editor re Sen. Cruz' scheme
Read online here, or here for a pdf copy.
12/20/11: Update on Bill 323 - Cruz attempts to save face
12/21/11. Sen.Cruz : the gift that keeps on giving
12/22/11: Senator Cruz - the lie that won't die
12/23/11: Letter to Senator Cruz: The Big Lie. Dear Vice-Speaker Cruz: I would have let this go long ago, but...