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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(119,070 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:58 PM Jan 29

House Republicans propose bill to restrict abortion nationwide

A group of House Republicans on Monday introduced a bill that would ban medication abortion nationwide and impose a prison sentence of up to 25 years on anyone who dispenses the drugs, which are used in the majority of abortions across the country.

"I’m taking a stand against the irresponsibility of the Democrats and working to protect women and girls across America," Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, the lead sponsor of the bill, wrote in a news release. "I’m taking a stand for life because, born or unborn, every single person is uniquely and wonderfully made. It's not merely a political issue; it's a moral duty to uphold the sanctity of life. I am committed to safeguarding the innocent and voiceless in our society.”

Ogles introduced the bill along with 18 other House Republicans, including Mary Miller of Illinois, who infamously declared that Adolf Hitler “was right on one thing”; Andrew Clyde of Georgia, who is against abortion but loves AR-15 rifles that are used to blow children to bits in school shootings; and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who believes teenagers should be paid below minimum wage.

Republicans are targeting medication abortion even though 72% of Americans support it, according to a March 2024 Axios/Ipsos poll. Civiqs’ tracking poll also finds that 60% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/28/2299717/-The-House-GOP-is-coming-for-abortion-despite-Trump-s-claims-otherwise

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rampartd

(1,609 posts)
3. because "everybody wants the states to decide"
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:03 PM
Jan 29

between the tech faction that wants to destroy government and the fundies who want to use government as a weapon of a righteous god, we are screwed.

kysrsoze

(6,243 posts)
5. Of course they're lying scumbags, but to my knowledge the filibuster rule has not changed.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:36 PM
Jan 29

John Thune said way back in early Jan he intends to keep the filibuster rules as-is, and "keep the Senate the Senate." So assuming it actually passes the House's razor thin margin, it seems this bill is D.O.A. once it goes to the Senate.

Of course they can still do a lot of other awful damage, like try to destroy Medicare/Medicaid/ACA via a spending bill.

Lonestarblue

(12,278 posts)
4. There are literally dozens of Bible verses calling lying an abomination and none on abortion.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:27 PM
Jan 29

Yet evangelicals have embraced the lying as fine and Trump’s lies especially to be exalted while criminalizing a medical treatment that is viewed positively in the Bible where the priest administers drugs to brung on an abortion to see if the woman has committed adultery. There is another verse that merely fines a man who attacks a woman and causes her to miscarry. Right-wing Christians are just making up their religion to fit their politics.

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