Posted on 06/01/2012 10:11:30 PM PDT by John Semmens
House Democrats voted overwhelmingly against the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 3541), killing this legislation's chances for passing in the current session of Congress. The bill would've barred doctors from performing abortions for the sole purpose of preventing the birth of a child of an unwanted gender.
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) characterized the bill as “yet another attempt to impose the shackles of the anti-choice lobby on the personal liberties of women. The Court gave women the right to terminate pregnancies in 1973. The Court didn't say women could only do it for good reasons. They don't have to give any reason. It's their right—period! Congress has no business interfering.”
Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif) called the bill “especially insulting to women of Asian descent. A cultural or personal preference for male children is an inalienable right under our Constitution. Now that we have the technology to ascertain a baby's gender in advance of its birth, it would be oppressive for the government to prevent women from using it in their pursuit of happiness—something our Constitution also guarantees.”
The legislation was similarly opposed by the White House. White House deputy press secretary Jamie Smith said that “admittedly, we all know that the vast majority of those aborted for this reason will be girls. As the father of two lovely daughters, the President is hurt that any prospective parent would cruelly terminate a child based solely on the knowledge that it is female. However, a woman's right to freely choose whether to bear a child is one the he holds sacred. No law can be permitted to infringe upon this right.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/112717-2012-06-01-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-june-3-2012.htm
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I’m at a complete loss for words!
initially wasn’t the argument that in early pregnancy it was just “tissue”....?
now, if it’s gender selection, have they not themselves finally admitted it’s a BABY????
Exactly.
The War on Human Beings continues. These people are evil.
John, your material is so close to the truth, it’s frightening. I’ve been fooled many times.
Well done as usual! :)
The joke is on conservatives who support Ron Paul. He voted with the Dem’s.
Someone should have used gender selection when those dumb asses were conceived, then we wouldn’t be forced to hear their stupidity everyday. Notice the ones who love abortion SO much have themselves, NEVER been aborted, I always wondered if its a deep seeded hatred that they have for themselves which makes them wish they were aborted
America appears to be SODOM on crack... cocaine and beer..
BUT hates cigarettes and smoking UNLESS its Marijuana.. crack.. heroin.. or hashish..
OK OK some places are metropolitan areas outside main SODOM... in America..
But most commute...
Worrying about vote fraud may be laughable..
Yea, unfortunately even parody cannot adequately illustrate how demented and evil the left is.
Beyond sick; these morons are evil. How many women in America think this way? Quite a few, apparently.
This is beyond belief. Only Jesus Christ can save this land now.
This is some kind of evil~~~with a special place in hell~
This is some kind of evil~~~with a special place in hell~
This tactic is wrong and stupid. It’s the same as “HATE CRIMES”. Abortion is murder. Quibbling about the rational for murder is creating a Thought Crime.
This is some kind of evil~~~with a special place in hell~
I totally bought it for two paragraphs. Those are their actual arguments.
They want the right to kill babies for ANY REASON. So it is like saying “women’s rights include the right to kill other women.”
Indeed. It’s abortedbaby envy.
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