As Rebecca reported last night, Senate Democrats returned from recess and their first order of business – remember, amidst many good faith crises – was to propose a truly radical measure, opposed by the majority, that would impose a national law legalizing abortion on demand for all nine months of pregnancy. . This is not a distortion or an exaggeration. There’s the pro-choice option, and then there’s this pro-abortion monster: :
The WHPA is an attempt at “codification Roe”, not only recognizing abortion as a fundamental right – for any reason throughout pregnancy – but also invalidating any state law that prohibits or regulates abortion. The bill would prohibit state laws that protect unborn children once they are venerable enough to survive outside the womb. It would invalidate bans on elective abortions based on discriminatory reasons, such as the unborn child’s gender or disability diagnosis. It would prohibit even the most modest regulations, such as informed consent laws, waiting periods, ultrasound screening requirements, and even safety standards for abortion clinics.
“Safe, legal and rare” is long gone in Democratic dogma. Raising safety standards at clinics could save women’s lives, but such details could prevent more abortions from being performed, so such state-level requirements would be barred under the Democrats’ bill. More disgusting details: :
Creating abortion rights “throughout pregnancy” in all 50 states is exactly what the WHPA is doing. The bill provides an absolute right to an abortion before the fetus becomes viable – that is, before the point at which the baby is likely to be able to survive outside the womb – andRestores state law to protect the life of a child once he or she has attained viability whenever a single “health care professional” determines that continuing the pregnancy “would pose a threat” to the life or “health” of the mother. The bill’s lead author in the Senate, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, admitted it “makes no distinction” between physical and mental health…How [pro-choice Republican] Sen. Susan Collins told the Los Angeles Times when announcing her opposition in September that the WHPA would “seriously weaken [conscience] exceptions provided for in applicable law”, Eliminating protections and defenses provided to health care providers and under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, something no federal law has done before. The bill also ensures the right of non-physicians to perform abortions, even if the woman is still viable.
If someone wanted to abort their late-born, viable daughter at eight months of age after deciding that having a girl instead of a boy was an excessive tax on her “mental health,” this “choice” would not only be legal in all 50 states – a non-doctor could have performed a lethal procedure. Perhaps this is a far-fetched illustration, maybe not. Conscience protection for health care workers who oppose abortion would also be thwarted. Democrats also want to reject the long-standing compromise of the “Hyde Amendment” and force taxpayers to fund abortion. As I said, he is an extreme pro-abortion fanatic. This is the equivalent of Republicans in Congress introducing a bill banning all abortions from the moment of conception, without any exceptions, including to save the life of the mother. Many members of the Republican Party would oppose such a bill, which would undoubtedly create a high-decibel media storm given the ideological bias of most journalists on this particular issue.
Yet House Democrats passed this grotesque legislation last fall with little attention or fanfare (apart from the abortion lobby, which successfully forced the vote). Every Democratic member of Nancy Pelosi’s caucus, except one, voted for – including supposed “moderates” running for Senate like Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania and Tim Ryan of Ohio. Last night it was the Senate’s turn. It looks like they exist exactly two Democrats across Congress (Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia) who oppose unlimited, taxpayer-funded, full-term elective abortion on demand:
The Senate did not invoke the closure of the pro-abortion Women’s Health Protection Act by a vote of 46 to 48, with four senators not voting. Sen. Joe Manchin was the only Democrat to oppose the bill. Details about the vote and what it means for Democrats @NRO: : https://t.co/zJa9wK5koT
— Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (@xan_desanctis) February 28, 2022
Vulnerable Democratic Party officials in 2022, from Arizona’s Mark Kelly to New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan to Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto everything in line vote with Chuck Schumer for this breathtaking measure. Similarly this guy: :
Casey, who campaigned as a “pro-life Democrat,” voted for open debate, but “Casey’s office did not respond to follow-up questions about whether Casey would also support the final passage of the legislation or whether he had changed his position on abortion law.” https://t.co/w414Re7tfo https://t.co/zitnIdpX17
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) February 28, 2022
All Republicans, including pro-choice, opposed it, along with Manchin. The failed bill received the support of 99 percent (264 of 266) of Democratic voters in Congress. Its content represents the views of…17 percent Americans, according to a survey released earlier this year:
New Marist poll sheds featherlight on what Americans think abortion law should be: https://t.co/GCmYdocUu6 pic.twitter.com/yWCCgoO4Aq
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) January 21, 2022
AND summed up public opinion on abortion overdue last year (I’m basing this on data, not on my opinion, which is generally pro-life):
(3) A gigantic majority favors very strict restrictions on mid-term and late-term abortions. These preferences reflect the laws in force in many countries around the world and in these matters there is not much gender difference between men and women…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 3, 2021
(4) The national Republican position on abortion is shared by the right-wing majority of the American people. The national democratic position is well to the left of the much larger majority, but most cultural producers (media, entertainment) share this extreme position. /end
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 3, 2021
We can debate whether various state-level abortion restrictions are outside the mainstream (laws in places like Mississippi and soon Florida are located in the USA and international standards, while others politics there is more extreme) – but few come close to the pro-abortion radicalism in states like Oregon that national Democrats have now voted to impose on the entire country. In 2003, when George W. Bush was president, a ban on late-term “partial-birth” abortions passed the Senate by a 30-vote margin, with nearly 20 Democrats voting in favor of the restriction. One of them there was Joe Biden, who is now Joe Biden. Since then, abortion extremism has become a special interest-driven litmus test within the Democratic Party, enforced by the journalist class:
Amid talk of asymmetric polarization, it is essential to remember that late-term abortion restrictions were passed under the Bush administration by a bipartisan majority. Now there is… one Democrat in the Senate who believes in some restrictions on abortion. https://t.co/TTQ3h54Pz2
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) February 28, 2022
The only people standing in the way of said extremism are voters.
