Posted on 07/15/2014 1:58:39 PM PDT by NYer
Senate Democrats held a hearing today on a bill that wipes out virtually every pro-life law across the country, including state laws that came into play in Pennsylvania that held late-term abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell accountable for killing babies who were born alive and killed during a gruesome late-term abortion procedure.
S.1696 is deceptively titled the “Women’s Health Protection Act” even though it revokes protections for women and their unborn children. Instead, the bill would be far-reaching in how it would topple virtually every pro-life law passed in states across the country.
During the hearing, Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, told lawmakers that the bill is a radical departure from laws that have helped stopped late-term abortions and helped hold abortion practitioners like Gosnell accountable.
“Dr. Kermit Gosnell of Philadelphia is only the most notorious recent example of a certain type of abortion provider who flourishes under the aura of political immunity generated by pro-abortion advocacy groups in some jurisdictions. There are many others who have demonstrated repeatedly that they should not be allowed anywhere near pregnant women or their unborn children, some of whom have been operating in multiple states for many years, shielded from real accountability by the timidity of state officials who are weary of offending the abortion industry and the political activist groups that fly cover for that industry,” she said.
During questioning, pro-life Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, asked Tobias if the bill in question would allow Gosnell to continue doing these grisly abortions.
“This particular piece of legislation would make it easier for these kinds of individual to operate without impunity,” he said.
“If the measure would single out abortion, it would be invalid,” Tobias responded about the kinds of pro-life laws the Democrats’ bill would overturn. “Abortionists like Kermit Gosnell would be able to continue and set up shop.”
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says his group opposes the bill for similar reasons.
“Senator Blumenthal’s bill is extreme and out of touch with the views of millions of Americans on both sides of the abortion debate,” he said.
“It is deeply troubling that the Senate Judiciary Committee would consider a measure that puts vulnerable women in greater danger by undermining clinic health standards that are grounded in common sense. The measure even revokes laws requiring abortionists to be licensed physicians and any restrictions on late-term abortions. These laws are vital to avoid a future Kermit Gosnell house of horror.” he continued.
Perkins said, “It is my hope that the Senate reject this bill and instead work to protect unborn children that can feel excruciating pain from abortion, and pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, S. 1670, sponsored by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC),” concluded Perkins.”
FYI ping!
- Bishop Doran
Are you surprised, since the Senate Democrats have also proposed a law that would also abolish FREEDOM OF SPEECH?
Today’s Evil, On Parade for all to see. Let them express their true views. Let all the masks drop down.
Democrats - the party of death. No wonder they also like the religion of death.
Even if all their masks were to drop, many members of their constituency would just shrug their shoulders and utter: “So what?”
Democrats are the US Political party of the Antichrist.
So true.
Everything we needed to know about today’s Dems was revealed at the Wellstone memorial service.
I read the following on Fr. Z’s page today:
Since the Supreme Court ruled on the Hobby Lobby case, some members of Congress are trying an end around to undermine our religious freedom.
YOU need to get involved with this one. YOU need to pick up your phone and call your senators or write an email. Concrete helpful info and links, below.
Here is the USCCB’s explanation:
Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop Lori To Senate: Oppose Bill That Attacks Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON—In a letter sent July 14 to all U.S. Senators, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore stated their “strong opposition to the misnamed ‘Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014’ (S. 2578).” Cardinal O’Malley and Archbishop Lori chair the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities and Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, respectively.
“Though cast as a response to the Supreme Court’s narrow decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the bill ranges far beyond that decision, potentially attacking all existing federal protections of conscience and religious freedom regarding health coverage mandates,” they wrote.
The two bishops identified several areas of concern with the bill, including its unprecedented curtailment of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993; its potential for overriding other federal conscience protections, including the Hyde-Weldon amendment on abortion; its application to coverage mandates beyond the HHS contraceptive mandate; its application to employers beyond for-profit businesses; and its denial of religious freedom for employees and their minor dependents, not just employers.
“In short, the bill does not befit a nation committed to religious liberty. Indeed, if it were to pass, it would call that commitment into question. Nor does it show a genuine commitment to expanded health coverage, as it would pressure many Americans of faith to stop providing or purchasing health coverage altogether. We oppose the bill and urge you to reject it,” they wrote.
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I’ve called my senators, neither of whom has a statement ready on this yet.
This is for ‘Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014’ (S. 2578).
The Evil one is getting sneakier.
According to the information provided by both Life News and Catholic Vote, this is for S.1696, “Women’s Health Protection Act”. Try contacting your Senator(s) using this link: Senators of the 113th Congress. Select your state, click on your senator's link and it will bring you to an electronic contact page. Much faster than the phone.
These Democrats need to be portrayed as butchers, in rubber aprons, holding cleavers over bloody baby parts.
It’s who they are.
Yes...both bills are horrendous.
But...this one takes place tomorrow!!!
“It’s been only a week since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid publicly vowed to do “something” legislatively about the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision. Moving with uncommon speed, Reid has scheduled a Wednesday vote on S.2578, the Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act of 2014, “a bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees’ birth control and other health care decisions.””
Thanks for the link to Senators...great!
And this is not extreme?
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