Boo Hoo: Virginia Dems Who Refused to Compromise on Abortion Clinic Regulations Now Crying Foul

Red State ^ | December 16th, 2014 | Cortney O'Brien (Diary) |

[Morgana]

No matter how many common sense pro-life bills Ken Cuccinelli introduced in the Virginia State Senate, he found absolutely no compromise from his Democratic colleagues. Year after year, liberal legislators routinely rejected bills that would have ensured necessary regulations in the state’s abortion clinics. Now, they are left with what they call an ‘extreme’ law named TRAP, the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers. I spoke to former Attorney General and 2013 Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli (R-VA) about his experience in the Virginia State Senate, where he says Democrats have no right to cry foul over the current law, when they themselves never offered any middle ground.

Cuccinelli, who is now the president of the Senate Conservatives Fund, introduced a pro-life law just about every year from 2002 to 2010. Before 2008, he was actually the only state senator to bring forward such legislation. His motive, he explains, was the safety of the vulnerable patients walking into these clinics:

“I really have deep concerns about the women involved and I’m not a big fan of regulation, but when you learn what’s really going on in so many of these clinics, I mean it’s vile. It’s not just that they’re taking a child’s life, it’s how they go about it and how they conduct their business, is so utterly destructive and disrespectful of women coming in there.”

Each time he presented one of these bills, however, it was swiftly rejected by his liberal colleagues. His 2004 bill, for instance, SB 146, asked that abortion clinics be regulated the same as hospitals. It is the same result as the bill that ultimately passed by the General Assembly in 2011, yet found little support in 2004.

[Slyfox]

Cuccinelli, who is now the president of the Senate Conservatives Fund, introduced a pro-life law just about every year from 2002 to 2010. Before 2008, he was actually the only state senator to bring forward such legislation.

Sounds just like John Quincy Adams who kept introducing anti-slavery bills after he left the Presidency and served as a Senator and as a House Rep.

[Morgana]

I wonder if JQA knew what trouble slavery was going to be?

[Slyfox]

I think he knew. When I was in college I read Thomas Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration of Independence where he had a very strong anti-slavery statement. He was made aware that some of the states would not go for it and he reluctantly removed all the anti-slavery wording. Our Founders knew that the subject would have to be addressed at some point. They were well-read men and believed that slavery was wrong from what they read in the Old Testament. But they had the immediate task at hand and that was to free themselves from Great Britain. When they wrote “We the People” they meant ALL the people, including slaves.

[Morgana]

People have always said that abortion would be the cause of our next civil war. After what you just said, I think they are correct.

[trebb]

Sometimes, when you go all-in, the other guy wins. They lost but have the leftist mindset that when they say “all or nothing”, they really believe that their god will ensure the evil side will get All and the good side will get Nothing.