Pro-Abortion Freedom of Choice Act Officially Introduced in Congress

Life News ^ | 4/23/07 | Steven Ertelt

[wagglebee]

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The pro-abortion Freedom of Choice Act was officially introduced on Thursday and the legislation would codify the Roe v. Wade decision into law. That would make legalized abortion the law of the land, but it also would overturn the pro-life laws state legislature have enacted.

The FOCA bill would "bar government, at any level, from interfering with a woman's fundamental right to choose to bear a child or to terminate a pregnancy."

Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, is behind the bill in the Senate and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, is the sponsor of the bill in the House.

"We can no longer rely on the Supreme Court to protect a woman's constitutional right to choose," Nadler said in introducing the bill and responding to the high court's decision to uphold a national ban on partial-birth abortions.

Democrats control both chambers and the measure will likely get a hearing in both but there are likely enough votes to stop the bill, especially in the Senate where any senator can use a filibuster to force a 60-vote majority to cut off debate.

Boxer said she would start with the 52 senators, including eight Republicans, who voted in 2003 to affirm the principles of Roe v. Wade.

However, Sen. Diane Feinstein admitted to the Associated Press that abortion activists likely don't have the votes to move it forward.

"We've been losing fight after fight after fight," she said.

Sen. Diane Feinstein admitted to the Associated Press that abortion activists likely don't have the votes to move it forward.

"We've been losing fight after fight after fight," she said.

Following the high court's decision, leading abortion advocates said they would put the bill back on the table.

"So how are we going to defeat this ban now that Bush's appointees upheld it? Simple," NARAL's president Nancy Keenan explained in an email to her supporters that LifeNews.com obtained.

"We're starting an all-out campaign to support the Freedom of Choice Act. Here's how it starts: The Freedom of Choice Act is legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade into law, and guarantee the right to choose for generations to come," she said.

The Feminist Majority Foundation agreed and emailed its donors saying "We must work to pass the Freedom of Choice Act, which will codify Roe so that it cannot be further assaulted."

Abortion advocates first promoted the Freedom of Choice Act during the early part of the Clinton administration but gave up on it after Republicans took control of Congress because most of them were staunchly pro-life.

[Paleo Conservative]

If the Supreme Court declared PBA to be unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court declares things to be Constitutional or Unconstitutional, how is a Act going to prevent the Supreme Court from deeming this Unconstitutional? Am I missing something?

You're not missing something. What the DemocRATS actually want would take a constitutional amendment. Of course there's no way they could get a 2/3'rds majority in both the House and Senate as well as 3/4'ths of the states to ratify.

[Paleo Conservative]

The libs are using Roe v Wade to kill a million and a half babies a years as things currently stand. WHAT a million and a half a year ain’t enough for em ???

That would have disproportionally grown up to vote for DemocRATS.

[davidosborne]

S.1173
Title: A bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman’s freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 4/19/2007) Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 4/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 4/19/2007 Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 4/19/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 4/19/2007 Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 4/19/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 4/19/2007 Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 4/19/2007
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 4/19/2007 Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 4/23/2007
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 4/19/2007 Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 4/19/2007
Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 4/19/2007 Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 4/19/2007
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 4/19/2007 Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 4/23/2007

[davidosborne]

H.R.1964
Title: To protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman’s freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced 4/19/2007) Cosponsors (70)
Latest Major Action: 4/19/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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COSPONSORS(70), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/19/2007 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 4/19/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 4/19/2007 Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 4/19/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 4/19/2007 Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 4/19/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 4/19/2007 Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 4/19/2007
Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 4/19/2007 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 4/19/2007
Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 4/23/2007 Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 4/23/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 4/20/2007 Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 4/19/2007
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 4/19/2007 Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 4/19/2007
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 4/19/2007 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 4/19/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 4/19/2007 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 4/19/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/19/2007 Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 4/19/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/19/2007 Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 4/19/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 4/23/2007 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 4/19/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 4/19/2007 Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 4/19/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 4/19/2007 Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 4/19/2007
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 4/19/2007 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 4/23/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 4/19/2007 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 4/19/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 4/19/2007 Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 4/19/2007
Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 4/19/2007 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 4/19/2007
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 4/19/2007 Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 4/19/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 4/19/2007 Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 4/19/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/23/2007 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 4/19/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/19/2007 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 4/23/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 4/19/2007 Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 4/23/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 4/19/2007 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 4/20/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 4/19/2007 Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 4/23/2007
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 4/19/2007 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 4/19/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 4/19/2007 Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 4/23/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 4/19/2007 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 4/19/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 4/19/2007 Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 4/19/2007
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 4/19/2007 Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 4/19/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 4/23/2007 Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 4/19/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 4/19/2007 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 4/19/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 4/19/2007 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 4/19/2007
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 4/23/2007 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 4/23/2007
Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 4/19/2007(withdrawn - 4/23/2007)

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri Dailies

8mm

[Jim Noble]

It is certain that, within fifteen minutes of Roe v. Wade being reversed, that Congress will guarantee abortion under some circumstances by Federal legislation.

[Jim Noble]

Will Senator Casey Jr. and the rest of the Catholic Senators oppose this legislation

Catholic senators (and the voters who keep electing them) are the backbone of the abortion industry in this country.

[Westbrook]

> This is legislation being proposed by the child killers
> in the House and Senate. I don’t see how the President is
> involved.

The President is involved at the signature stage.

Rudy would veryy likely sign it.

Bush, McCain, Romney would very likely veto it.

[Westbrook]

> They may as well stop hiding behind their “pro choice”
> logo. Everyone knows what choice they are talking about.

Indeed.

They certainly are not talking about the choice to homeschool, or the choice to arm oneself in self-defence, the choice of free-association, or even the choice of words one uses.

In reality, the Left does not offer much choice at all.

[F.J. Mitchell]

True.

[zendari]

We need to bring Arnold out to terminate this woman’ Senate career.

And to the Arnold haters: No way he sponsors something like this.