After winning control of both houses of Congress in the midterms last November by fomenting fear about Ebola and ISIS, on their first day in power Republicans revealed their true agenda — putting big government in charge of the uteruses of American women:
On the first day of the new Congress, Reps. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) reintroduced legislation to stop women from terminating pregnancies starting in the middle of the second trimester.
The bill, known as the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, previously passed the House in June 2013…
“NARAL Pro-Choice America does not oppose post-viability bans that include appropriate exceptions for cases in which a woman’s life or health are at risk. However, these 20-week bans ignore the question of viability, lack the needed exceptions, and instead are meant as a direct challenge to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade.”
The legislation is expected to receive a vote this term in both the House and Senate, which is now controlled by Republicans.
An aide to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the senator would reintroduce his companion bill early in the session.
