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FSogol

(47,069 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:08 AM Thursday

As a counterweight to all the posts about the Democrats not doing anything:

First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate Democrats
Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Jennifer Shutt - January 22, 2025 6:59 pm

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established penalties for health care professionals who don’t provide medical care for infants born following an attempted abortion, arguing the bill would have kept parents from making decisions about care for newborns delivered early following a fatal fetal diagnosis.

Republicans said the issue should lend itself to common ground between the two political parties, citing a “loophole” in federal law that could potentially permit health care providers to allow an infant to die, instead of using medical interventions.

The 52-47 procedural vote needed the support of at least 60 senators to advance under the chamber’s legislative filibuster rules, but no Democrats voted to move the bill toward final passage. Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty didn’t cast a vote.

The vote marked the first time this year Republicans, who now control both the House and Senate, brought up an abortion bill for debate. The vote took place on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in 1973, but was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022.


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As a counterweight to all the posts about the Democrats not doing anything: (Original Post) FSogol Thursday OP
I hope our current Dem Congresspeople realize... Think. Again. Thursday #1
White woman voted for this yankee87 Thursday #2

Think. Again.

(20,767 posts)
1. I hope our current Dem Congresspeople realize...
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:11 AM
Thursday

...that the only correct response to a nazi opposition is a strongly unified resistance.

yankee87

(2,472 posts)
2. White woman voted for this
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:13 AM
Thursday

Once women's bodily autonomy fully gone, they'll claim, we didn't think he was telling the truth.

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