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PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 09:34 PM Jan 2015

Abortion dissenters face backlash

Republican lawmakers responsible for delaying a controversial abortion bill are on notice from conservative activists in 2016.

“I believe in political retribution, otherwise you might as well close up shop,” Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Hill.

Anti-abortion advocates say electoral challenges could be in the cards for those who worked to stall a 20-week abortion ban bill that was widely expected to pass the House on Thursday. Amid concerns with the language on rape exceptions, however, the bill was abruptly pulled from consideration late Wednesday.

“I think that there probably will be [primary challenges],” added Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a religious political group in Washington. “I think there will be some consequences for this.”

The House had spent weeks coordinating its vote on a late-term abortion bill on Thursday to coincide with the national March for Life rally as well as the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The bill, with more than 100 cosponsors, was expected to easily clear the chamber.

At issue was a provision granting the victims of rape an exception from the ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy only if the rape was reported to police. The Justice Department estimates that nearly 70 percent of rapes go unreported, often due to victims' fear of retribution.

But a number of Republican moderates, led by Reps. Renee Ellmers (N.C.) and Jackie Walorski (Ind.), warned that a certain provision on rape would erode support for the GOP from women and young people in future national elections, along with how it might play in their more centrist districts.

Instead, a new bill was quickly unveiled that would prohibit taxpayer funding for abortion. It passed the House largely on party lines Thursday morning.

Still, the House GOP’s unexpected retreat from its original bill is emboldening abortion rights activists to force the issue in 2016, forcing opponents of abortion on the offense.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/230490-abortion-dissenters-face-backlash

Grrrrrrrrrrr - I was listening to a story about this on NPR as I was driving home - good thing I was by myself because I was cursing up a real storm.

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Abortion dissenters face backlash (Original Post) PumpkinAle Jan 2015 OP
STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE UTERUS marym625 Jan 2015 #1
The Tea Party won't be satisfied until the U.S. is the duplicate of today's Afghanistan. blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #2
How dare Republican women stand up for themselves and their gender! davidpdx Jan 2015 #3
kick Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #4

marym625

(17,997 posts)
1. STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE UTERUS
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 09:40 PM
Jan 2015

Unless it's your own.

Goddamn! This shit makes me nuts!

I hate Republicans!

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
2. The Tea Party won't be satisfied until the U.S. is the duplicate of today's Afghanistan.
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 01:38 AM
Jan 2015

And the Family Research Council is a Christian dominionist organization.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
3. How dare Republican women stand up for themselves and their gender!
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 06:35 AM
Jan 2015

My guess is the party will find some right wing nut like Ernst to run against them.

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