For six years, Bush had a Republican congress. At any time, they could have removed abortion from the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. They didn’t do it.
Roe v. Wade itself says that if Congress finds that the unborn baby is “a person within the meaning of the 14th Amendment, appellant’s case collapses.” They have never done it.
It’s time to say that Republicans will not do anything to stop abortion. They merely nibble at it.
They're not going to do more than nibble at it because the American people don't want them to do anything more than nibble at it. It's the same reason Democrats don't substantive on gun control when they're in power. Toss a few bones to a small but vocal constituency and pass a few "feel good, do nothing" bills to shut them up for a little bit.
While I understand that absolute pro-life is the default position on this forum, the truth is that outside of Free Republic, it is a little more complicated, with the majority of Americans supporting limits on abortion, --but not an outright ban.
When hearts and minds are changed on the issue, politicians will follow suit.
And they never will, because they can't. A "person within the meaning of the 14th Amendment" is a natural human being acting in a corporate or governmental capacity. Ever wonder why the court didn't merely say "a person" or "the people"? Because the first would have been challenged and resulted in the exposure of the real meaning of the term, and they have no jurisdiction over the second. A pre-born baby lacks the birth certificate necessary for the government to presume that status was conferred by its parents.
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."
Hosea 4:6
“It’s time to say that Republicans will not do anything to stop abortion. They merely nibble at it.”
Actually its long past time to say it and yell it from the rooftops. Just like the ‘rat faction of the uniparty, the gop faction doesn’t want to actually solve problems lest it give its base reason to leave the plantation.