Posted on 02/05/2019 7:18:53 AM PST by Kaslin
Sen. Ben Sasse and his Republican colleagues did not receive the unanimous consent they were looking for on legislation that would’ve outlawed infanticide.
Democratic Washington Sen. Patty Murray blocked the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” presented by Sasse, that would’ve given infants who survived abortions medical care and protections under the law.
“Frankly, this shouldn’t be hard,” he said.
In this country, all of us are created equal. If that equality means anything, surely it means that infanticide is wrong. Frankly, this shouldn’t be hard. pic.twitter.com/9MyPVGpw7p— Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) February 5, 2019
Murray argued the legislation is not necessary because there are already laws on the books that prohibit infanticide.
“This is a gross misinterpretation of the actual language of the bill that is being asked to be considered and, therefore, I object,” said Murray.
After her objection, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa lamented that the Senate “can no longer unanimously condemn murder.”
“There is nothing great, there is nothing moral, or even humane about the discussion that we have before us today,” said Ernst. “Over the past week, we have witnessed the absolutely ugly truth about the far-reaching grasp of the abortion industry and its increasingly radicalized political agenda. Politicians have not only defended aborting a child while a woman is in labor, but have gone so far as to support the termination of a child after his or her birth. A child. A baby. Rationality, decency, and basic human compassion have fallen by the wayside.”
Sasse introduced the legislation after Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's remarks defending a late-term abortion bill in his state.
While the bill suffered a setback Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Monday that he may force a roll-call vote on the measure.
“I hope that none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle invent any reasons to block this request later today,” McConnell said before the vote. “That would make quite a disturbing statement. If they do inexplicably block Senator Sasse’s effort, I can assure them that this will not be the last time we try to ensure that all newborns are afforded this fundamental legal protection.”
WE didn’t have all that. The Deep State still controlled Congress. Ask Paul Ryan or Rubio or Flake or Rot-In-Hell McCain or McCarthy or Murkowski or Collins or....
Say what?!
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American women today are 50% more likely to die in childbirth than their own mothers. Let’s not mince words. The loss of reproductive freedom means more dead women.
8:54 AM - 5 Feb 2019
This was the senate
Sen. Ben Sasse and his Republican colleagues must own a lot of stock in Murder Inc.
If so, then there should have been no objection to going forward. Besides, if 'duplication' was a criteria for stopping such an action, there's a whole lotta law already on the books that qualifies as such.
Of course it wasn’t a vote, we have the majority in the Senate, the rats have house
This has nothing to do with the house. Read the article which is very short, and then you can comment on it!!!!
I agree.
Thank you, I wished people would read the articles and not just put their 2 cents in. It aggravates me when they do that.
We gained senate seats by 4, but must make sure to gain more Senate seats to make our majority larger. We need 6 seats to do that and the rats will be totally powerless.
The story speaks to wanting unanimous consent. Why should this matter to bring it to a vote?
"Aktion T4" ... the first act of the Holocaust.
If that's even true, it's because they're a heck of a lot older, on average, than their mothers were when they had them.
Just means Libs will be generating fewer and fewer Libs. Could be a good thing.
Oh BS. These people just lie to lie at this point.
But there’s nothing wrong with piling one law on top of another regarding “equal pay.”
this is not a federal issue
An ordinary mortal knowing the rules of the Senate is an unlikely but the article says “bill.”
An ordinary mortal knowing the rules of the Senate is an unlikely but the article says “bill.”
I wouldn’t call myself an expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night (and I’ve spent more time than I’d have liked on Capitol Hill). It probably was a bill, Sxxx whatever, was not up for a vote, but for unanimous consent, which is the only way a single senator could block the “vote”; by objecting to the unanimous consent motion.
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