Posted on 03/23/2024 11:30:23 AM PDT by John Semmens
In June 2022, the Supreme Court's ruling that the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a nationwide right to abortion was invalid and that the power to legislate on this issue was reserved to the states. This decision generated a cascade of caterwauling over the "suppression of reproductive rights." Yet, the number of abortions surged to its highest level in a decade during calendar 2023.
Dissatisfied that "access to abortion is still not as convenient as it should be," Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) are seeking federal legislation "that will provide a nationwide liberation from all abortion restrictions."
"The state-by-state variation unleashed by the Supreme Court allows some states to place limits on this vital health procedure," Pressley complained. "This forces individuals who live in states that restrict abortions to have to travel to states where there are no restrictions. This is burdensome and may lead to an excessive number of unwanted children being born."
Pressley rejected the idea that advocates of abortion could raise funds to assist this travel, saying "no woman should have to face the indignity of accepting charity in order to dispose of an unwelcome inhabitant of her own womb. It is the government's obligation to ensure that every abortion is funded with public money."
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La) said "the argument that there are too many barriers to abortion is undermined by the fact that the FDA allows women to receive a prescription for the abortion drug mifepristone via telemedicine and have it delivered to them through the US mail. They don't have to travel anywhere if they want their baby to be killed. The majority of Americans favor some limits on abortion. The 2022 Supreme Court decision allows states to reflect the will of the people in their jurisdiction. Cramming unrestricted abortion funded with taxpayer money down everyone's throat as Democrats demand is profoundly undemocratic and a bloodthirsty negation of millions of individuals' inalienable right to life."
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This sort of title is read by me, “Abortions Surge in 2023” after promiscuity soared only months earlier. Pregnancies are not usually spontaneous events.... While promiscuity ALWAYS takes at least two to “tango.”
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