Senate Fails to Pass 20-Week Abortion Ban

NRO ^ | 1/29/18 | Alexandra Desanctis

[aspasia]

The Senate failed this evening to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would’ve banned abortions after 20 weeks, after Democrats filibustered the bill. In a 51–46 vote, the bill failed to make it out of debate and to a final floor vote.

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[silverleaf]

At least democrats now have some accomplishment to brag about

Dismembering living unborn children

[WilliamCooper1]

So sick. Abortion is big business and has nothing to do with “women’s health.”

[Blood of Tyrants]

Abortion is the only right that DemocRats believe to be absolute.

[loveliberty2]

Bottom line here: socialism, in practice, will not work unless population is limited and controlled. Today's Democrats/Progressives understand that, and that is why they are absolutely unyielding to any restrictions on abortion.

Remember Biden's compliments on the Chinese policy on one-child?

Progressives have/had a goal of "fundamentally changing" America from its founding concept of Creator-endowed rights to life, liberty and property to one of government-restricted rights to life and liberty; and of a government right to "redistribute" the wages and property of one citizen in favor of another/others by self-appointed elites in government.

The Progressive effort described above has only been disrupted: that goal has not ended.

Progressives are unimpressed by arguments against pain in the unborn. They are impressed only by arguments which further their goals of "changing" America from its foundations to fit their own oppressive ideology.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Of course it didn't pass. Because the Republicans and the pro-life establishment wants to keep it an issue for 2018 and continue the donation gravy train from the base.

All they have to do is pass Ron Paul's 2005 Sanctity of Life Act which would have destroyed Roe vs Wade forever and returned abortion back to the states where it belongs.

But nooooo....

[Army Air Corps]

The Democrats have an insatiable lust for the blood of the unborn.

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Collins and Murkowski joined the filibuster.

[RKBA Democrat]

40 plus years of political involvement by Christians in gop politics and what do we have to show for it? The congress won’t even pass a law to protect kids that are essentially viable.

Politics is a suckers game.

[tflabo]

Innocent baby blood will hang around their necks into eternity. Senate is a worthless collection of cretins save for a few.

[RKBA Democrat]

Tell it FRiend.

[aspasia]

Donald J.Trump on the Senate’s Failure to Advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

[morphing libertarian]

it is past time to have a conservative party and make the GOP the minority third party

[RKBA Democrat]

The Designated Mavericks for today. If it weren’t them, two more of our “friends” would step forward. We’re being scammed.

Politics is a suckers game.

[Revel]

Now Now——Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski Voted with the democrats. Anyone surprised?

[odawg]

Ezekiel 16:21, 22 (Fenton translation) - “Were your whoredoms nothing? but that you [Israel] must murder My children, and give them to be passed around as food?”

[Arm_Bears]

Pubbies didn’t want the ban.

If they did, arrangements would have been made to pass the bill.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Nelson Florida, not voting!

Murkowski Alaska. No !

[odawg]

It is going to be eye-opening to see who voted against this bill.

[markomalley]

YEAs ---51

Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

NAYs ---46

Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hirono (D-HI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3

Baldwin (D-WI)
McCain (R-AZ)
Nelson (D-FL)

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I would say good for Casey, Manchin, and Donnelly...but this was a safe measure and it's certain they were given permission by their leadership to do so.