Whether one is pro- or anti- abortion there are a few basic moral tenets that we should all go along with. I say this because as opposed to Al Qaeda, most reasonable and rational individuals will agree that murder is wrong. Other than in self-defense, murder cannot be justified. It doesn’t matter what the age of the victim is. It doesn’t matter if the victim is an adult or a child, murder is wrong and cannot be tolerated by a society. If you do not agree with that you might as well stop reading and go back into your cave.
Note that here I am not talking about abortion, but rather, the killing of an out of the womb human being.
From Fox News and Life News from earlier in the week, “House Republicans have introduced new legislation that would stop infanticide and protect babies who survive abortion. This is a similar measure to one that pro-abortion former Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked 80 times when she ran the House. It would also penalize doctors who allow such infants to die or who intentionally kill a newborn following a failed abortion. The Born-Alive Act ensures that infants born alive after an attempted abortion receive the same protection of law and degree of care as any newborn (Life News). Family Research Council: After four years of trying to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, Republicans are finally in a position to hold one themselves. The House is scheduled to vote on Wednesday, 1/11/23.”
Now ask yourself why Nancy Pelosi would block a vote on a similar measure 80 times? Here we are not referring to abortion, but to the murder of a live newborn. Did she do this to protect certain Democratic representatives? If so, was she worried that they would vote ‘yes’ or vote ‘no?’
Whether one thinks that abortion is okay or not-okay, murder is not okay, despite what despicable Nancy Pelosi thinks!
On 1/11/23 a Republican bill ensuring that human beings born after failed abortion attempts receive the same protection of law and care as other newborns passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill passed in the House with the support of 219 Republicans and one Democrat.
The lone Democrat who supported the rights of abortion survivors was Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas); 210 Democrats voted against the bill.
[For what it’s worth I just gained a lot of respect for Henry Cuellar … not only did he vote against murder, but he had the fortitude to be his own man and not follow the rest of the Democrat lemmings over the cliff.]
Various Democrats had some ridiculous comments on this bill, including the usual cast of ne’er do wells:
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) voiced opposition to the bill, claiming, “It directs and mandates a certain medical care which may not be appropriate, which may endanger the life of an infant in certain circumstances.”
Vice President Kamala Harris bemoaned the possibility that America would respect the personhood of abortion survivors, tweeting, “House Republicans passed an extreme bill today that will further jeopardize the right to reproductive health care in our country. This is yet another attempt by Republican legislators to control women’s bodies.”
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who recently lost her speakership, similarly lost her cool on Twitter, denouncing Republicans for pushing “their extreme anti-choice agenda.”
(Democrats in the Senate are poised to make sure this bill does not become law.)
Meanwhile Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), a co-sponsor of the bill summed it up nicely when she suggested that “a child who survives an abortion attempt — who is outside the womb, breathing and struggling for life despite all attempts to end it” deserves equal protection under the law.
“Murder is illegal,” she added. “That shouldn’t be a controversial position.”
1/13/23