Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks
As the House prepares to vote Tuesday on a bill that would ban abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy, President Obama has issued a threat to veto the legislation.
The White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) Monday which indicates that the President has been advised to veto the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act if it passed the House and Senate.
A House committee passed the bill last Wednesday on a vote of 20-12. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ).
According to LifeSiteNews, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) added rape and incest exceptions to the bill on Friday during a discussion with Democrat Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD). The Republican change requires that the rape or incest of a minor be reported to appropriate authorities. The Democrat amendment did not require that change.
Eric Ferrero, Vice President for Communication at Planned Parenthood, said the GOP requirement “is designed to shame and judge victims of violent crimes, requiring a woman to prove that she has reported her rape to police before she can access an abortion.”
Planned Parenthood, however, has been accused of repeatedly failing to report circumstances of statutory rape. A recent video exposé by Project Defending Life demonstrated that Planned Parenthood of new Mexico in Albuquerque told an undercover 14 year-old caller that the abortion facility “probably won’t” report that she was impregnated by her 21 year-old boyfriend, a situation that qualifies as statutory rape.
On Monday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), chair of the Democratic National Committee, tweeted against the ban, “Women shouldn’t have to worry that our government will try to interfere in personal health care decisions.” She continued, “The GOP’s abortion bill is an extreme, unprecedented reach into women’s lives.”
Wild Thing’s comment.……………..
It makes ones heart hurt for the innocent lives that Obama and people like him encourage to be taken and destroyed.