Okay, I’ll say it.
This bill is stupid.
It’s never going to pass the Senate, and even if it did it’ll never pass the President’s desk.
And so, since we know it won’t actually become public policy, it’s nothing more than political theatre. Proving what? Obama wants legal abortions? We knew that. He *says* that. Putting Democrats on record as supporting ambitions? We knew that. They *say* that.
So we have a bill that can’t become law, designed only to tell us what we already know. And in the meantime, Democrats have gained a new distraction to use against us. Not only does it feed right into their “War on Women” meme, but it takes the focus off “Jobs, jobs, jobs!” and makes it seem as though the GOP doesn’t actually have a plan for job growth (of course, knowing these clowns...).
I’m all for meaningful legislation that effects real pro-life change. But this masturbatory dance that only feeds into the Democrats’ talking points? Worse than pointless, it’s harmful to our cause.
“Putting Democrats on record as supporting *abortions*.”
The only thing dumber than this sort of do-nothing, feel-good bill is my spell-check ability.
this bill was introduced in 2005. it will be introduced again in 2015 and voted on again.
I am hopeful that it will eventually become law and make its way to the court system where it will be upheld.