Posted on 03/25/2015 10:47:20 AM PDT by Olog-hai
U.S. Capitol police on Wednesday arrested seven pro-life protesters while they were praying outside the office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
Those arrested, who included prominent pro-life activist and nurse Jill Stanek, were protesting the House Republican leaderships’ failure to call a vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would prohibit aborting an unborn child in or after the 20th week of gestation.
The House Republican leadership shelved the bill less than 24 hours before it was set to come up for a vote on Jan. 22 after some Republican congresswomen, led by Rep. Renée Ellmers (R-N.C.) and Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), objected to the rape and incest exceptions in the bill, which they deemed too onerous. The exceptions said a baby 20 weeks old or older could only be terminated if the the baby had been conceived by an act of rape or incest that had been reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency. …
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Seems to me they should not exercise the 1st Amendment without also exercising the 2nd Amendment.
Boner and his “leadership” team going all-out to motivate the conservative wing of the base.
No regular citizen will get into the Capitol or the Congressional office buildings with a gun.
You've successfully identified the REAL issue at hand, then. :)
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