AMEN!
Abortion Shouldn't Be Left to the Extremes
Margaret Carlson
May 13, 2015 8:34 PM EDT
By Margaret Carlson
"When does life begin?" Philosophers have been asking that question for centuries, along with poets, ethicists and physicians. So do today's politicians -- and loudly. A few really are looking for answers. Most do it for votes. The grandstanding makes the lives of some women hell.
Consider the bill adopted by the House on Wednesday. Congressional Republicans had been trying for months to push a measure through Congress that places further limits on abortion. The revised version, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed by a vote of 242 to 184.
That it got through, with all but two House Republicans voting for it, wasn't a surprise. (It is extremely unlikely to get anywhere in the Senate, never mind past President Barack Obama.) What was surprising was what happened in January: The bill was pulled after a number of Republican women pushed back. They let the men know that making a ban on abortions after 20 weeks the first order of business in the 114th Congress was a mistake that could outweigh any favor gained with the anti-abortion base of the party.
Representatives Renee Ellmers and Jackie Walorski were particularly alarmed that the bill wouldn't allow abortions after 20 weeks in cases of rape unless the assault had been reported to authorities, even though a majority of rapes go unreported.
more:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-14/abortion-shouldn-t-be-left-to-the-extremes
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