Posted on 03/26/2020 1:54:11 PM PDT by Morgana
New York Attorney General Letitia James lashed out Thursday at state leaders who are working to save lives from the coronavirus and abortions.
The pro-abortion Democrat urged state and federal lawmakers to make sure elective abortions continue to be available and easily accessible during the health crisis, The Hill reports.
Many states are ordering non-essential medical care to be postponed, but pro-abortion Democrat leaders have been carving out exceptions for abortions, even though they are elective and do not save lives.
“To be clear, the coronavirus is not an excuse for federal, state, or local governments to curtail women’s reproductive freedoms or limit their choices,” James said in a statement. “Any woman who wants to go into a doctor’s office or into a clinic today and get an abortion should continue to be able to do so.”
She slammed Republican governors in Texas, Ohio, Tennessee and other states for including abortions in their restrictions on non-essential medical care.
“The restrictions we are seeing be put into place are simply aimed at controlling women’s bodies, women’s choices, and women’s freedom, and I will do everything in my power to stop this attack on a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion,” James said.
She also hinted about expanding elective abortions in New York, possibly through mail-order abortion drugs.
“And for those who do not feel comfortable leaving their homes as we battle COVID-19, we are fighting to maintain women’s access to abortion and the abortion pill so that their reproductive choices are not limited,” James said.
Despite what Democrat leaders claim, abortions are elective. What’s more, they are not life-saving, they are life-destroying. An unborn baby is killed, and its mother’s life is put at risk.
Recently, medical groups representing more than 30,000 doctors in America emphasized that abortions are not “essential” or “urgent,” and abortion facilities that continue to operate during the pandemic are being “medically irresponsible.”
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Common abortion complications include infections, blood clots, hemorrhaging and an incomplete abortion where parts of the baby remain inside the mother’s womb. Abortion risks include future preterm births, breast cancer, suicide, anxiety/depression, and death. And it is not true that abortions are safer than childbirth.
On Tuesday, national pro-life leaders sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging a national ban on abortions during the pandemic.
“While surgery centers postpone elective and diagnostic procedures, abortion centers are churning out surgical and chemical abortions and putting women, especially the poor, at risk,” the letter reads. “Their continued operation depletes sorely needed personal protective equipment and leads to complications that will further overwhelm already overextended emergency rooms.”
Although the situation is fluid, here are the latest reports from LifeNews.com on the status of abortion and orders to stop non-essential medical services:
States Attempting to Protect Babies From Abortion
Texas: Abortion centers are temporarily closed after Governor Greg Abbott’s order. But Texas abortion businesses have sued the state to reopen.
Maryland: Abortion centers are included in the abortion order to stop non-essential procedures but they have been caught violating the order.
Louisiana: Abortion centers are included in the order to close and all three have closed.
Ohio: Abortion centers are included in the order to close but they are refusing to close.
Mississippi: Abortion centers are included in the order and the state’s sole abortion business has closed.
Tennessee: Tennessee Governor Wants Abortion Businesses to Close, Killing Babies is Not “Essential” Medical Care
States Not Protecting Babies From Abortion
New York: New York has issued an order to stop non-essential health services but is not applying it to abortion centers. New York Attorney General: Coronavirus Crisis is No Reason to Stop Killing Babies in Abortions
Alabama: Alabama Shuts Down Non-Essential Health Care, Allows Abortion Clinics to Keep Killing Babies
Minnesota: Minnesota Issues Shelter at Home Order But People Can Still Go Kill Their Babies in Abortions
New Mexico: New Mexico Shuts Down Non-Essential Health Care, But Allows Abortion Clinics to Keep Killing Babies
New Jersey: Shut down non-essential health care but abortion centers are excluded.
North Carolina: Pro-life groups have called on the governor to stop abortions during the coronavirus crisis.
Washington: Shut down non-essential health care but abortion centers are excluded.
California: Shut down non-essential health care but abortion centers are excluded.
Pennsylvania: Shut down non-essential health care but abortion centers are excluded.
Maine: Shut down non-essential health care but abortion centers are excluded.
Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Shuts Down Pregnancy Center Over Coronavirus, Lets Abortion Clinics Stay Open
Massachusetts: Shut down non-essential health care but abortion centers are excluded.
ACTION ALERT: Contact New York Attorney General Letitia James to complain about allowing abortions to continue.
I saw the doctor today and they treating people in the freaking parking lot just to prevent the spread!
Look for a cure for Coronavirus to heal Ameriacans, and then murder unborn and newly born Americans.
Is there no end to the madness of the Democrat Party?
Evil never takes a day off...
Hope she burns in hell
Democrats working to save lives but murdering children. Sick!
Let the killings go on.
Was she holding a scythe when she made that announcement?
You know, God might allow us as a country to recover faster if we were to drop the abortion gig. Just speculating, but it seems like that would be the case.
I’ve never understood the Dem’s desire to kill off possible future voters for their party. Apparently they don’t want the 18 year delay it will take to indoctrinate them, when they can get illegal immigrants to illegally vote now.
I believe when she was running for office that she said that going after President Trump and his family would be her first priority. So abortion might be her second.
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