Posted on 01/22/2015 4:01:15 PM PST by Morgana
As pro-life members of Congress gathered at the Susan B. Anthony reception last night on the eve of the March For Life, they were faced with the implosion of their legislation attempting to ban abortions after 20 weeks of a pregnancy.
That put many of them in an awkward situation as prominent pro-life leaders came to town for a number of events in Washington D.C.
The legislation was scheduled to pass the House of Representatives in time for members to trumpet the pro-life victory as the product of a Republican congress with an expanded majority at the March for Life.
But as members of Congress attended the March today, they were questioned about what happened to the legislation after a group of over 20 House Republicans revolted against the bill. House leadership was forced to pull the bill to avoid an embarrassing vote.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers brought up the controversial bill during her speech. She vowed to activists that Republicans were committed to the bill – even though they had to pull it at the 11th hour.
“The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is so important, because it shifts the debate in the pro-life community all across this country and makes very clear the pain an unborn child feels is very real and very wrong,” she said.
“The Pain Capable legislation will be on the floor,” asserted Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) during his March For Life Speech, citing commitment from House leadership to the process.
“We know that children at at least 20 weeks gestation suffer horrific pain,” he said. “This legislation will at least protect those children from the 20th week on and our leadership is true, they are faithful, and they will bring that legislation to the floor and we will pass it.”
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“...Pain capable...”?That’s the premise? The aborters will just get a subsidy for anesthesia.
So what if it does pass both houses? Dum Dum will just veto it - he’s all for infanticide. Loves to kill babies, but not terrorists.
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