nhboy
08-01-2012, 12:29 PM
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"A proposed ban on all abortion procedures after 20 weeks of gestation in the District of Columbia has failed in the House of Representatives. House Bill 3803, which was sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and would criminalize abortion in the nation’s capital, fell short of the two-thirds majority it needed to pass.
Planned Parenthood director Cecile Richards greeted the bill’s defeat with relief. In a press release, she said, “Women don’t turn to politicians for advice about mammograms, prenatal care, or cancer treatment. Politicians should not be involved in a woman’s personal medical decisions about her pregnancy.”
The bill, based on research that purports to show that a human fetus is able to feel pain at 20 weeks, would have imposed criminal penalties on women who seek abortions and the doctors who perform them.
The Hill’s “Healthwatch” blog (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/abortion/241455-house-rejects-bill-limiting-dc-abortions) claims that when Republicans brought the bill to vote under a suspension of House rules, thus requiring the two-thirds majority, the measure was doomed from the start, but that both parties were using it as a means of engaging in a bit of political theater ahead of the elections in November."
"A proposed ban on all abortion procedures after 20 weeks of gestation in the District of Columbia has failed in the House of Representatives. House Bill 3803, which was sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and would criminalize abortion in the nation’s capital, fell short of the two-thirds majority it needed to pass.
Planned Parenthood director Cecile Richards greeted the bill’s defeat with relief. In a press release, she said, “Women don’t turn to politicians for advice about mammograms, prenatal care, or cancer treatment. Politicians should not be involved in a woman’s personal medical decisions about her pregnancy.”
The bill, based on research that purports to show that a human fetus is able to feel pain at 20 weeks, would have imposed criminal penalties on women who seek abortions and the doctors who perform them.
The Hill’s “Healthwatch” blog (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/abortion/241455-house-rejects-bill-limiting-dc-abortions) claims that when Republicans brought the bill to vote under a suspension of House rules, thus requiring the two-thirds majority, the measure was doomed from the start, but that both parties were using it as a means of engaging in a bit of political theater ahead of the elections in November."