House Republicans Kick Off First Week of Congress With 2 Abortion Votes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

After a poor performance in the midterms and a humiliating mess of a Speaker race, House Republicans are, believe it or not, seeking to pass not one but two abortion-related measures in their very first week of House control.

On Monday, Republicans reintroduced the misleadingly titled “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” which threatens medical providers with up to five years in prison if they don’t attempt to resuscitate babies allegedly “born alive” after attempted abortions, even if the abortion was performed due to lethal fetal abnormalities. (Medical organizations note that there’s already a 2002 federal law on the topic, and additional bills are unnecessary. Even voters in ruby-red Montana rejected a ballot measure that would have forced doctors to provide care to even nonviable infants against families’ wishes.)

The second vote will be a resolution condemning threats to anti-abortion pregnancy centers. (Not holding my breath for a resolution on actual violence at abortion clinics, including the 2009 murder of Dr. George Tiller and multiple more recent high-profile incidents of arson.)

In short, the GOP is proposing solutions to problems that don’t exist, mainly in order to paint Democrats as the extreme party if they vote no on these bad-faith measures.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-kick-off-first-180000336.html

[purr-rat beauty]

1. HOW the f...

do you resuscitate a body with lethal abnormalities that is not viable?

I don't think anyone is threatening anti-abortion pregnancy centers. We respect the choice of whomever to use it. It's the FORCING of young girls and women to carry to term if it's not reasonable.

these people are fucked up

[DBoon]

5. Ask Doctor Frankenstein

I'm sure these "pro life" republicans have his number handy

[PortTack]

2. Ignore their nonsense..all their crap is DOA in the senate

[underpants]

3. So make the other guys look extreme by going full speed extremist

Let alone the glaring result that choice was HUGE in the midterms.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. I foresee a total waste of time for two whole years

If this is what they think are such huge priorities out of the starting gate

[Caliman73]

6. This is what some people here were worried, would be held up if a Speaker wasn't elected.

Some on DU were arguing how horrible it was and dangerous that Republicans couldn't agree on a Speaker of the House.

Well, they got a speaker so "full speed ahead" on the people's business... right?

This is the kind of bullshit we are going to see for the next 2 years. Bullshit bills for bullshit causes while nothing gets done to actually help the average American.