Posted on Jan 23, 2015
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From the "Associated Press"
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_ABORTION_BILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-01-22-19-54-16
GOP pushes abortion bill through House on March for Life Day
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions through the House on Thursday after a GOP rebellion forced leaders into an awkward retreat on an earlier version.
By a near party-line 242-179 vote, the House voted to permanently forbid federal funds for most abortion coverage. The bill would also block tax credits for many people and employers who buy abortion coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
A White House veto threat and an uncertain fate in the Senate mean the legislation has no realistic chance of becoming law.
[EDITORIAL COMMENT:-Several American Presidents have said "The business of Congress is to pass laws." (or words to that effect). This looks like the actions of a bunch of poseurs not legislators.]
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_ABORTION_BILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-01-22-19-54-16
GOP pushes abortion bill through House on March for Life Day
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions through the House on Thursday after a GOP rebellion forced leaders into an awkward retreat on an earlier version.
By a near party-line 242-179 vote, the House voted to permanently forbid federal funds for most abortion coverage. The bill would also block tax credits for many people and employers who buy abortion coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
A White House veto threat and an uncertain fate in the Senate mean the legislation has no realistic chance of becoming law.
[EDITORIAL COMMENT:-Several American Presidents have said "The business of Congress is to pass laws." (or words to that effect). This looks like the actions of a bunch of poseurs not legislators.]
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Progress is when all that complain about abortion step up to the plate and adopt the children that are born and push for free birth control and sex education for both girls and boys and the ones making all these babies. Lets accept the fact that sex sells and everything we see has sex in it. So boys and girls and young adults will do the same thing we all did when we were teenagers and young adults.
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COL Ted Mc
CPT Pedro Meza Captain; Please be warned that you are coming perilously close to suggesting that people be made responsible for the consequences of the legislation they pass (or demand be passed).
Why if that ever happened then you would absolutely destroy the "re-homing" industry.
Why if that ever happened then you would absolutely destroy the "re-homing" industry.
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CPT Pedro Meza
Col Ted Mc, the Chaplin and his wife and his teen daughter from the last Civil Affairs where I RST with seek out a 15 year old girl and offer to pay for everything if she would have the baby and they could adopt the baby. The Chaplin and family now have a baby boy and the teen mom has the option of visiting; his family has grown. Oh the re-homing industry by state law had to handle the paper work. Now that is a Christian giving the devil his due.
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If the Republican Party were as politically astute as the Democrats, they would never touch this or any other controversial subject. Moral grandstanding will only cost them elections.
Does this make there cause wrong? No, of course not. The morality of abortion has nothing to do with it as a political issue and therein lies the problem.
The government should limit itself to those few issues enumerated in the Constitution. Everything else is political nonsense that serves no purpose other than to grow government and make it more intrusive in our lives.
In this case, it should neither prohibit nor subsidize abortions. Each community should be allowed to regulate its own destiny and allow free people to vote with their feet. When the federal government becomes involved, we are less free. We can run but we can't hide.
Does this make there cause wrong? No, of course not. The morality of abortion has nothing to do with it as a political issue and therein lies the problem.
The government should limit itself to those few issues enumerated in the Constitution. Everything else is political nonsense that serves no purpose other than to grow government and make it more intrusive in our lives.
In this case, it should neither prohibit nor subsidize abortions. Each community should be allowed to regulate its own destiny and allow free people to vote with their feet. When the federal government becomes involved, we are less free. We can run but we can't hide.
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I agree, COL Ted Mc. It comes across as a political stunt, especially since there's virtually no chance of it becoming law. The timing (March for Life Day) makes it suspect as well. I don't want to open up a debate on abortion, so I'll stop there.
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COL Ted Mc
CW5 (Join to see) Mr. Montgomery; Agreed. A debate on whether abortion is "right" or "wrong" is [a] pointless, [b] redundant, and [c] pointlessly redundant.
Hopefully people will be able to restrict themselves to discussing the "ethics" of the Representatives who spend time (and taxpayers' money) debating a piece of legislation which they knew had about as much chance of actually becoming law as I have of being appointed "God-King of the Universe".
Hopefully people will be able to restrict themselves to discussing the "ethics" of the Representatives who spend time (and taxpayers' money) debating a piece of legislation which they knew had about as much chance of actually becoming law as I have of being appointed "God-King of the Universe".
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