Its not meant to pass. this is only being done so Republicans can boost their conservative ratings. I mean, they have capitulated on every single campaign promise they made. They need to do something to rally low information voters. If they wanted this to pass, they would tie to must pass legislation, but that would anger their “friends” on the other side of the aisle, and they would have to surrender in defeat once again.
From what was posted on the compromise here at Free Republic earlier this week, it only adds a mild inconvenience to obtaining a late term abortion. All a woman as to do is claim she was raped, and get medical treatment, or counseling at least 48 hours before the abortion. It originally required the woman to report the rape when it happened, which would have prevented some late term abortions. This isn’t going to stop anything.
The GOPe is trying to pretend conservatism on social issues as gay marriage comes down the tracks like a freight train and the corporate interests that back the Republican Party veto any attempts to protect First Amendment rights of people who object to gay marriage with religious freedom legislation.
This was proven with Jan Brewer’s veto in Arizona last year of religious freedom legislation denounced by John McCain and Mitt Romney.
Then this year the GOP governors in Indiana and Arkansas caved on similar legislation under big business pressure.
The business elites behind the GOPe on this free trade legislation, amnesty for illegals and so on see the First Amendment as a diaper wipe for religiously conservative people in this country.
That is why the Republican Party has to pretend with this fake abortion legislation.