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Showing Original Post only (View all)There's a coup going on in Pennsylvania [View all]
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Elizabeth H.C. McLaughlin (she/her)
@ECMcLaughlin
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Jul 7, 2022
There is some absolutely bonkers shit happening in the dead of night in the Pennsylvania Senate right now thanks to the PA GOP. They are forcing through a vote on a PA Constitutional Amendment that would declare a fertilized egg a person. Bye bye IVF & abortion. Miscarry? Prison.
Stephen Caruso
@StephenJ_Caruso
The Pa. Senate has preemptively waived a rule banning votes after 11 p.m., and now is holding a committee meeting on an omninus constitional amendment including voter ID and language that "the policy of Pa. is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception to birth."
Elizabeth H.C. McLaughlin (she/her)
@ECMcLaughlin
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Theyre also shoving through a voter ID amendment too.
Garbage. Hot trash. Waived a rule that said they had to stop debate at 11 pm ET to keep going.
This country is an absolute mess.
9:13 PM · Jul 7, 2022
Elizabeth H.C. McLaughlin (she/her)
@ECMcLaughlin
·
Jul 7, 2022
There is some absolutely bonkers shit happening in the dead of night in the Pennsylvania Senate right now thanks to the PA GOP. They are forcing through a vote on a PA Constitutional Amendment that would declare a fertilized egg a person. Bye bye IVF & abortion. Miscarry? Prison.
Stephen Caruso
@StephenJ_Caruso
The Pa. Senate has preemptively waived a rule banning votes after 11 p.m., and now is holding a committee meeting on an omninus constitional amendment including voter ID and language that "the policy of Pa. is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception to birth."
Elizabeth H.C. McLaughlin (she/her)
@ECMcLaughlin
·
Follow
Theyre also shoving through a voter ID amendment too.
Garbage. Hot trash. Waived a rule that said they had to stop debate at 11 pm ET to keep going.
This country is an absolute mess.
9:13 PM · Jul 7, 2022
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Surely something more than a majority legislative vote is needed to enshrine these, right?
LonePirate
Jul 2022
#1
"the policy of Pa. is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception to birth."
AZLD4Candidate
Jul 2022
#6
This also means child support needs to start as soon as a pregnancy is confirmed
obamanut2012
Jul 2022
#12