Posted on 07/20/2022 6:30:25 PM PDT by marshmallow
Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf, meanwhile, has signed an executive order to protect the abortion industry.
HARRISBURG (LifeSiteNews) – Pennsylvania’s Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf has signed an executive order protecting abortion-on-demand in the Keystone State, but pro-life senators have approved a measure that could clarify there is no state-level right to abortion in a higher authority: the Pennsylvania Constitution.
On Tuesday, Wolf announced that he had signed an executive order “immediately ensuring out-of-state residents may enter Pennsylvania to access” abortion and affirming that the governor will “decline any request received from any other state to issue a warrant for the arrest or surrender of any person charged with a criminal violation involving the provision, receipt of, or assistance with” abortion unless the charge is for something that is also illegal within Pennsylvania.
The previous Friday, however, the Pennsylvania Senate voted 28-22 to pass an omnibus resolution containing five proposals for amendments to the state Constitution, including “this Constitution does not grant the right to taxpayer-funded abortion or any other right relating to abortion.”
The amendment, which cleared a preliminary vote last month, now must be passed by the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House, then be passed by both chambers a second time during the 2023-24 legislative session, after which it would be put to the state’s voters for final approval.
If enacted, the amendment would not directly ban abortion in the state, but would potentially weaken government actions predicated on such a constitutional “right,” as well as prevent courts from using the state Constitution to strike down duly-enacted pro-life laws.
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Great news!
More people need to act in support of the unborn.
after which some judge will overturn the final approval of the state’s voters…
The Dominoes are finally, after decades, falling in the direction of Life. And, it has the Leftist Dems in abject panic.
Dictators have gotta dictate. Check out Biden’s “Climate Change Emergency”.
Why do you need an amendment saying there isn’t a right to something not in a Constitution?
Sounds to me state legislatures should pass a law on how to read their state constitutions: then make it a part of state curriculum in civics class.
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