Comments | prolife: From the ACLJ

archangel__7 in prolife

From the ACLJ

Nov 01, 2007 12:47

After Congress voted in support of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, the President signed the bill into law, and the Supreme Court of the United States upheld that law.

Today, Senators Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer, and others have introduced H.R. 1964 and S. 1173 in a brazen political move to entirely undo the progress we've ( Read more... )

partial-birth abortion, law, hillary clinton, barbara boxer, news

Comments 7

scarletumbrella November 1 2007, 19:41:30 UTC

Oh my God.

Thank you for posting this information!

neemarita November 2 2007, 05:07:38 UTC

Barbara Boxer just freaking RADIATES evil. I met her. Holy crap.

demurefemme November 2 2007, 20:59:24 UTC

bush would veto these so fast it would make your head spin.

of course, if not enough republicans are willing to "switch sides" in favor of a healthcare for children plan in order to override a presidential veto, i can't imagine these EVER gaining enough bipartisan support to even necessitate a presidential veto in the first place...

ladycygnet November 11 2007, 03:26:10 UTC

Oh, wow, that's sly. Of course, the media didn't tell us about this, only that teh ebal shrub vetoed a bill that would have given health care to more children of the working poor and other groups that fall through the coverage cracks.

Why in the hell can't our government just make a bill about one subject at a time? It seems like a lot of good legislation has to get vetoed because some congressman has to slip in some bits to benefit his or her special interest groups.

Sorry for sounding harsh, but I am sick to deal of underhanded crap like this.

archangel__7 November 11 2007, 06:58:57 UTC

Understood. The thing is there are cases when this kind of mixed legislation is seen as a legitimate means of compromise between two political parties...

Other times, yeah.. it comes in the form of legislative blackmail.

ladycygnet November 11 2007, 20:06:58 UTC

The point of compromise is ironic, seeing as the original bill was meant to help ensure the health of children, while the add-on is meant to ensure the "rights" of women to terminate the lives of unplanned/unwanted children.

ladycygnet November 11 2007, 20:04:53 UTC

*sick to death

That's what I get for thinking of underhanded deals while being sick to death of them.