Posted on 01/22/2015 10:37:12 AM PST by Morgana
First, the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to tax and spend to pay for abortions. So this bill is arguably a step towards restoring the constitutional republic.
Except that I’m not buying it for the following reasons.
I don’t think that RINO-controlled Senate would have enough votes to pass the House anti-abortion bill, corrections welcome. And even if Senate passed the bill, the Sentate probably doesn’t have the 2/3 majority majority vote, probably neither the House (corrections welcome) to override an Obama veto of such a bill.
So I think that House RINOs are just politicking less then two years before 2016 election day, hoping that women forget that they passed this anti-abortion bill by that time.
So much for my “the glass is half empty” perspective. What do die-hard, optimistic DC patriots think, if there are any?
It’s kabuki theater.
Window dressing vote and a dumb bill that will never make it through the Senate. We need to put bills on Obama’s desk that are popular and that get people back to work. Once we’ve proven we can handle the economy, then we’ll easily pass bills on social issues. That’s how you hold onto Congress for a generation and elect a GOP President.
That’s totally unnecessary. Bart Stupak and his Blue Dog allies prevented any use of Obamacare funds as the bill was passed. Obama gave Stupak his assurances, so we know no government funds are being used to finance abortions.
With all due respect to the Japanese … /sarc
This is good. What’s better is knowing that thousands of feminazis are creaming their depends.
Exactly!!
DOA at Obama’s desk. Good try though.
Scarlett Johansson Launches Pro-Abortion T-Shirt Line with Planned Parenthood
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2014/08/26/scarlett-johansson-abortion-shirts/
Thank you. I have not had the time to research this for myself today and appreciate it. ;-)
From Catholic Voter:
Dear CV Friend,
I’m disappointed.
There won’t be a vote today on a 20-week abortion ban.
House Republicans decided at the last minute to postpone the vote.
They say they need to work out some of the language in the bill. They want more time to resolve differences over reporting requirements for victims of rape.
But the fact is, they should have worked out these problems weeks, even months ago. Americans did not elect the GOP to control both houses of Congress for mishaps like this.
The Democrats are laughing at this setback. They remain steadfastly opposed to any commonsense reforms.
I spoke with several strong pro-life Republicans on the Hill. After the 20-week ban was delayed, they demanded a vote on another pro-life bill: The No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act. The House is expected to pass this bill today, and send it over to the Senate.
We have many dedicated pro-life lawmakers on Capitol Hill. And I’m glad they’re still fighting very hard to protect the unborn.
But I told them that we still expect a vote soon on the 20-week abortion ban.
I also wanted you to know that I’ve met with many pro-life women today. They’re standing strong and reminding lawmakers that public support for this 20-week ban is stronger among women than men!
I’ve also talked with pro-life activists coming here for the March for Life. The streets here in Washington are flooding with hundreds of thousands of joyful people.
Like you and me, they are frustrated by today’s temporary setback. But they aren’t giving up. And neither will you and I.
We simply cannot give up the fight. We cannot let down the children we are fighting so hard to protect.
That’s why I want you encourage you to renew your effort to the unborn today, and consider three steps to help their struggle today:
1.Pray the rosary or attend Mass. Never doubt that the Lord hears your prayers for our innocent brothers and sisters.
2.Sacrifice for the unborn. Show solidarity with them by fasting today.
3.Call your Representative at 202-224-3121. Demand that they vote on H.R. 36!
The United States is one of only four countries on the planet that allow abortions in all nine months. But Americans do not want late-term abortions. The polls clearly show that a majority of Americans want a ban on abortions on children who are 20 weeks old and can experience pain.
Keep up the fight!
Brian
It makes me sad that so many mistake this for actual pro-life legislating.
And it dies in the Senate.
Or is Vetoed by the President.
No matter how you slice it, this bill isn’t going anywhere.
Won’t matter. It will wind up at the Supreme Court and we all know how THAT will turn out.
This is a consolation prize for suckers. The gop wing of the uniparty has a majority in both houses, and they wouldn’t even vote on a bill to ban infanticide after 20 weeks. So they throw out this well-gnawed bone.
Nothing new in Mudville, folks. The gop continues to play the lowest form of plantation politics with its base. Sadly, the lives of preborn children are not a considerstion in this cynical game.
>>>Interested to learn which Republican currently supports tax-payer funding of abortion—i.e., wants to make you and me pay for abortions<<<
Well, it does make the Bill completely Bipartisan, for and against.
Before anyone gets their Panties in a wad, this isn’t a serious Post, just a sarcastic one.
Take that up your HoHo Obama, and your extra large Veto pen too!
As the merits of this bill are being argued, it’s worth noting that no other organization can claim as big an effort, and as big a success in forcing ALL Americans to help pay for abortions as can The National Right to Life, NRTL.
They were the organization who blackmailed the House Republicans into voting in favor of ObamaCare on that final, crucial vote.
No other organization had as much clout as did NRTL, and no other organization blackmailed the House Republicans on such a wholesale level.
Without NRTL we wouldn’t have ObamaCare, or taxpayers forced to pay for abortions.
NRTL, evil, or just stupid?
I want it shouted from the rooftops!
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