The Trump administration formally backed a House bill Monday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks.
The administration "strongly supports" the bill and "applauds the House of Representatives for continuing its efforts to secure critical pro-life protections," the Office of Management and Budget wrote in a statement of administration policy.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), will come up for a vote in the House on Tuesday.
It would make it a crime to perform or attempt an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with the possibility of a fine, up to five years in prison or both.
There are exceptions for rape, incest or to save the life of the woman, and the bill wouldn't penalize women for seeking abortions after 20 weeks.
Oh well, gee at least they are willing to let a woman have control of her reproductive organs if there is a chance they might kill her.
How white of them.
It should be remembered that abortions performed after 20 weeks are typically for problem pregnancies, not only ones that endanger the mother, but also which might endanger the fetus, or due to newly discovered birth defects.
This should also serve to remind everybody why the Republicans are not exactly on board with impeaching Trump, no matter what emerges from the Russian investigations.
As long as he is pushing this ultra conservative agenda they could not care less that he is Putin's puppet.
"Pro-life" unless you're Puerto Rico or someone who would like to attend outdoor concerts without being shot.
ReplyDeleteOh goody goody. After 20 weeks it’s the coat hanger method. That always worked out well for the woman.
ReplyDeleteThe hypocrisy!
DeleteThe gop who wanted his mistress to get an abortion could be the brand the face of abortion.
Melania n Dump must be sleeping in separate rooms again in the White House? They boarded Air Force One to Vegas and Dump left her ass behind going up the boarding stairs. She was several steps behind him. She didn't even smile or wave. Melania must be tired of having to go with him. Probably wants to go back to her Golden Perch in NY looking down on the world?
ReplyDeleteNY Post:
ReplyDeleteTillerson called Trump a ‘moron’ and nearly resigned amid clashes
By Yaron Steinbuch
October 4, 2017 | 7:55am
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson referred to President Trump as a “moron” after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon — and was on the verge of resigning amid clashes with the administration, according to a report on Wednesday.
Vice President Mike Pence managed to persuade Tillerson — who is fourth in line to the presidency — to remain in the job at least until the end of the year, officials told NBC News.
Pence has since urged Tillerson to be respectful of the president, urging that any disagreements be sorted out in-house, a White House official told NBC News.
http://nypost.com/2017/10/04/tillerson-called-trump-a-moron-and-nearly-resigned/
They are all morons!
Delete“HE loves America, HE demands results wherever HE goes,” Tillerson said. “HE’s smart, (and) HE demands accountability.”
Deletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/hes-smart-rex-tillerson-denies-reports-that-he-called-trump-a-moron-during-pentagon-meeting/
t-rex.
"Given that Trump’s foreign policy, if it can be called that, is moronic, and three people reported hearing Tillerson saying it, and Trump is an established liar with such thin skin that he makes things up to soothe himself, it is reasonable to go with yes, Tillerson called Trump a moron."
Deletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2017/10/04/trump-demands-apology-nbc-news-ignoring-las-vegas-shooting-victims.html
OT I read that Trump asked a young man if he played basketball who said yes. Then Trump proceeded to throw the paper towels into the crowd at the distribution center.
ReplyDeleteThis morning Joe Scarsborough closed his show with sarcasm
saying everyday is a new episode of America starring Donald Trump. Then he said hopefully Trump will not make a mess of going to Las Vegas like he did yesterday in Puerto Rico.
Oh my, this is not going to sit well with the orange guy
ReplyDeleteCNN:
Trump's generals are speaking up
Story Highlights:
- There's a difference in how some military commanders and the President are approaching leadership
- It looks like some generals plan to keep saying exactly what they think even if that means contradicting Trump.
(CNN) It's not organized military opposition to President Donald Trump. But day by day, generals and admirals are publicly stepping up and directly giving the American public their views in ways that don't always match the Twitter rhetoric of their commander in chief.
Nowhere was that made clearer than in the recent video of Air Force Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveriaspeaking to cadets after racist slurs were posted on message boards of five black cadet candidates at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School: "If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out. If you can't treat someone from another gender, whether that's a man or a woman, with dignity and respect, then you need to get out. If you demean someone in any way, then you need to get out. And if you can't treat someone from another race or a different color skin with dignity and respect, then you need to get out," the visibly furious general told his troops.
It's what happened next that gives pause. The video went viral. Social media filled up with messages from currently serving and retired officers applauding Silveria for showing unambiguous leadership especially in the wake of the racial violence in the Charlottesville....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/trump-generals-mattis/index.html
the problem with exeptions is that they would most likely end up in court - proving you were raped? would you have to report the rape to police? identify your rapist? DNA test to prove it? or just your word?
ReplyDeletesame goes for 'in case of incest' = proving the pregnancy was a result of incest? how will the child/teenager report such things? does there have to be a police report? who provides the courage?
and health of the mother --- does this mean death or severe illness or anxiety or what?
best to just preserve the rights and freedom for the woman the freedom to make personal decisions about her own body.
let's never lose sight of the fact that this is about a woman's right to choose what to do with her life and her body.
Incest - heh heh. Those 'can't keep it in their pants' GOPers had better watch their step.
DeleteI agree - banning abortion isn't about saving babies. It's about controlling the wimmenz, end of statement.
Pennsylvania congress shithead Murphy apparently asked/told his mistress to seek an abortion recently. He was named by her soon to be ex in the divorce petition and admitted to fathering the wood's colt. Then he voted to ban abortions after 20 weeks based on junk science.
ReplyDeleteIt would make it a crime to perform or attempt an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with the possibility of a fine, up to five years in prison or both
ReplyDeleteAbortion is legal and safe, the cutoff is 24 weeks so wingnuts are knowingly violating the constitution with this drive. Isn't that a crime?
Wing nuts are doing their best to install their version of theocracy so I'm thinking we are way beyond illegal here.
DeleteFor a group that whines nonstop about Sharia Law they sure do want to install their version of it.
Resist. It's our patriotic duty.
OT? 4 KIDS>""Megyn Kelly started her first episode by saying she’s done with politics."
ReplyDelete"In a divided world, at least we can all agree that Megyn Kelly doesn’t get to rebrand HER$elf" “Santa Was White” Megyn Kelly has been replaced by an alternate universe lobotomized morning-show MOM version of Megyn Kelly."
"When enough people concurrently join in on a bad review, the viral negativity grows in mass until it functions as its own entity, with its own gravitational field. Eventually the subject is so consumed by its viral negativity that it’d be nearly impossible to approach without prejudice." {tinydjt tOO}
"Kelly’s pivot to soft focus couch mom reads like a massive COP-out." & A "visit Megyn Kelly in pillowland."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/hating-on-megyn-kelly-is-the-one-thing-uniting-america
Correction: 3 kids
DeleteThis is nothing more than a ruse to over turn Roe vs. Wade.
ReplyDeleteAnd now you get to hear more stories of women who get jailed when their fetus dies because the mother fell down steps. Women, we just can't catch a break in the white male dominated so called Christian world, aye?
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