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Posted on 10/03/2017 6:31:52 PM PDT by Morgana
The House of Representatives today approved a pro-life bill that bans abortions from after 20-weeks of pregnancy up to the day of birth.
The vote for the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act broke down on mostly partisan lines with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it. The House approved the bill on a 237-189 vote.
Should the Senate approve the bill, President Donald Trump would sign the pro-life bill into law.
“Overwhelming majorities of Americans—some 60-64% according to pollsters—support legal protection for pain-capable unborn children,” said pro-life Congressman Chris Smith. “Today we know that unborn babies not only die but suffer excruciating pain during dismemberment abortion—a cruelty that rips arms and legs off a helpless child.”
Smith talked about the gruesome nature of late-term abortions.
A former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino, testified before Congress that he had performed 1,200 abortions—over 100 late-term abortions up to 24 weeks.
Dr. Levatino described what the abortionist actually does to the helpless child. “Imagine if you can that you are a pro-choice obstetrician/gynecologist like I was.” Using a Sopher 13” clamp with rows of ridges or teeth, “grasp anything you can” inside the womb. “Once you’ve grasped something inside, squeeze on the clamp to set the jaws and pull hard—really hard. You feel something let go and out pops a fully formed leg about six inches long. Reach in again and grasp anything you can…and out pops an arm.” He noted that “a second trimester D&E abortion is a blind procedure.” He said, “Reach in again and again with that clamp and tear out the spine, intestines, heart and lungs.”
House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers also spoke in favor of the late-term abortion ban, saying abortions frequently target children, like hers, with Down Syndrome.
“This is about the values that define us as Americans. We see potential in every life – and that includes the unborn. Protecting life is also about respecting the life of the mother,” she said. “Years ago I received the tough news that my son had Down syndrome. The doctors told me it would be a long road ahead. Too often, others try to define a baby’s future before they are even born.”
She added: “Part of being an American is not letting others define us. I look at my son, Cole, and see a healthy 10-year old boy working his way through 5th grade. His life is different than what we expected, but he plays sports and is in cub scouts. I’m proud to support legislation that reflects our values and protects the sanctity of life, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.”
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Sixteen states have enacted similar laws that ban abortions after 20 weeks. These include Ohio, Texas, Nebraska, Idaho, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Kentucky and Kansas.
The House passed the bill previously in 2015.
The vote for the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at that time broke down on mostly partisan lines with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it. The House approved the bill on a 242-184 vote with four Democrats (Reps. Cuellar, Langevin, Lipinski, and Peterson) voting for the bill and five Republicans voting against it (Reps. Dent, Dold, Hanna, Frelinghuysen) or voting present (Hice).
During the debate on the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, Congressman Sean Duffy gave what may be one of the most passionate defenses of the pro-life position ever seen on the floor of Congress. Duffy took on the claim often made by Democrats who support abortion saying they stand for the defenseless and voiceless.
“I’ve listened to the floor debate day after day .. about how they fight for the forgotten, they fight for the defenseless, they fight for the voiceless. And they pound their chest and stomp their feet. You don’t have anyone in our society that’s more defenseless than these little babies,” he said. “And we are not taking — I believe in conception. I know my colleagues can’t agree with me on that. Can’t we come together and say we are going to stand with little babies that feel pain, that survive outside the womb? Ones that don’t have lobbyists and money? Don’t we stand with those little babies?”
“If you stand with the defenseless, with the voiceless, you have to stand with little babies. Don’t talk to me about cruelty in our bill — when you look at little babies being dismembered, feeling excruciating pain, if we can’t stand to defend these children, what do we stand for in this institution?” he added.
The vote for the bill came on the anniversary of the conviction of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who killed babies in a live-birth abortion process.
“Two years ago today, Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was convicted of murder, conspiracy to kill and involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment,” Congressman Chris Smith said.
“Even though the news of Gosnell’s child slaughter was largely suppressed by the mainstream media, many of my colleagues may remember that Dr. Gosnell operated a large Philadelphia abortion clinic where women died and countless babies were dismembered or chemically destroyed often by having their spinal cords snipped—all gruesome procedures causing excruciating pain to the victim,” he added. “The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is needed now more than ever because there are Gosnells all over America, dismembering and decapitating pain-capable babies for profit.”
“Fresh impetus for the bill came from a huge study of nearly 5,000 babies—preemies—published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The next day, a New York Times article titled: “Premature Babies May Survive at 22 Weeks if Treated” touted the Journal’s extraordinary findings of survival and hope,” Congressman Smith continued. “Thus the babies we seek to protect from harm today may survive if treated humanely, with expertise and compassion—not the cruelty of the abortion.”
2015 was the second time the House has voted for the legislation — having approved it in May 2013. The bill was then blocked by pro-abortion Democrats who controlled the U.S. Senate.
During the hearing on the last bill, former abortion practitioner Anthony Levatino told members of the committee the gruesome details of his former abortion practice and how he became pro-life following the tragic automobile accident of his child.
Another bombshell dropped during the hearing came from Dr. Maureen Condic, who is Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She testified that the unborn child is capable of reacting to pain as early as 8-10 weeks. This is when most abortions in America take place.
Americans strongly support legislation that would ban late-term abortions and protect babies who are capable of feeling intense pain during an abortion.
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#1 Morgana wrote ~~~ WINNING “The house to be commended for taking a good stand”/i> Agree 100%
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Just out of the House and some are cheering, “Winning!”.
Next, some will be praising the same for wiping their own @sses...aka wiping their noses.
Right. Just as with the 6+ prior FULL O’Care repeals...How ‘bout DEFUNDING PP and the like instead? Telling the Courts abortion isn’t in their purview, THEN passing a REAL bill vs. abortion?
Sure, should this pass, there’s gonna be a WHOLE lot of ‘mother’s life’ popping up.
Already prepping the election year antics, “Look what *I* tried to pass!”.
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They are still doing show votes and they have both houses. This is insane.
It is not winning. It is the pro-life movement’s complicity in dumbing down the definition of babies worth protecting from all those conceived to only those who reach the twenty-week mark. It is an endorsement by the pro-life movement of abortions before the twenty-week mark.
kabuki theater show vote: house pubs know this will die in the senate.
if they ACTUALLY wanted to do SOMETHING about this they could pass a bill that would deny all FedGov funding for such abortions or all abortions for that matter, and said bill, being a funding bill, would be filibuster-proof in the senate.
Hilarious! I have tears of laughter running down my face. Thanks!
Hopefully, the Republican controlled Senate will get it passed this time. I fully expect it to be immediately challenged in court as “unconstitutional” and some Liberal judge somewhere will put a stay on such a law. The US Supreme Court will/must rule on this. The pro-death side will pull out every weapon they have in their arsenal to defeat it however they can. We may not get another chance to pass such a law as this. If a Republican majority House, Senate and a President with a Conservative leaning SC can’t get it done, then we can never hope for another chance.
“It is an endorsement by the pro-life movement of abortions before the twenty-week mark.”
What a stupid thing to say, but given your anti-Christ beliefs, it’s understandable.
Republican-e’s know that it will never pass the senate, but have their cover with conservative voters for “trying.”
Just like ObamaCare repeal.
The legislation has to pass the Senate, then if the the POTUS gets to sign it the judicicary will get in the way and shoot it down.
I see the Senate as a brick wall but if the POTUS signs it then the courts will kill it.
All the talk of ‘conservative’ judges appointed by the GOP is empty drivel. So many of them turn out liberal like Roberts the W Bush appointee who ruled Obamacare legal as the Supreme Court. Heck, a federal judge appointed by the same W Bush legalized gay marriage here in PA.
President Trump is probably fed Jeb Bush’s list of judicial appointees by the WH Staff.
After the coming Civil War, every legislator who votes against this must be drawn and quartered for their complicity in crimes against humanity.
[Yawn] Whatever. Lots of folks on this site ignore the good things that happen and bitch about the fact that their individual fantasies aren't being fulfilled.
Most of them offering tepid words of discouragement. "Screw you team! Rah!"
Haven’t been here in days and the first comment i see is by some bitch.
And other bitches crying about the senate not passing it before there’s even a vote.
If you are men who made these comments, I’ve not doubt Morgana could thrash you.
Great news Morgana
Yeah this person’s a prick.
Best word i could think of.
This is great news.
Any steps to reduce the slaughter of the innocent unborn is good news - some will complain about steps w/o understanding that an all-or-nothing "plan" almost always results in a crop of nothing being reaped.
Hope you and yours are doing well - must be cooling down a little in that quadrant - one of my favorite seasons..
The democrat party has bowed down before the great god of feminism, out of fear for their careers, votes and campaign contributions. They have willingly sacrificed millions of babies for personal gain. Most democrats voted against this.
And a good thing, too.
What Congress should do is (1) remove, by statute, abortion from the Supreme Court's scope of authority, returning the issue to the state level and
(2) defund any abortions paid for with federal dollars.
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