Early this morning, the Texas legislature voted on and passed a law that would generally make abortions safer for women, and less painful for the babies killed through these procedures. Unfortunately, the law was passed after the midnight deadline and thus won't go into effect.
It all started with the filibuster by Democratic Senator Wendy Davis. As the day wore on, Davis would run a legal filibuster of the bill, but as Fox News reports, the senators exercised their legal right to vote the end of the filibuster after the third point of order. Fifteen minutes before the midnight deadline, there was still plenty of time to call a vote on the bill.
But then the crowds of non-participating "civilian" people started their own filibuster of sorts, becoming as Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst describes, "an unruly mob using Occupy Wall Street tactics." The following 15 minutes was spent calming the crowd down and stopping the unlawful interference of the people.
The pro-abortion advocates showed they had no respect to the laws of the State of Texas by usurping the legislative process. According to Lila Rose, President of Live Action, this should come as no surprise.
It all started with the filibuster by Democratic Senator Wendy Davis. As the day wore on, Davis would run a legal filibuster of the bill, but as Fox News reports, the senators exercised their legal right to vote the end of the filibuster after the third point of order. Fifteen minutes before the midnight deadline, there was still plenty of time to call a vote on the bill.
But then the crowds of non-participating "civilian" people started their own filibuster of sorts, becoming as Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst describes, "an unruly mob using Occupy Wall Street tactics." The following 15 minutes was spent calming the crowd down and stopping the unlawful interference of the people.
The pro-abortion advocates showed they had no respect to the laws of the State of Texas by usurping the legislative process. According to Lila Rose, President of Live Action, this should come as no surprise.
A lot of people are talking about how the [abortion] movement should be ashamed of its behavior..But this is the same movement that champions ripping apart helpless, vulnerable, even pain-capable children in the womb.
A movement that's okay with that will have NO SCRUPLES about hijacking the legislative process.
But what about the bill itself? What does it actually do? Based on the response from Senator Davis, the crowds in Texas, and even Obama's campaign Twitter account, you would guess this bill was to make abortion completely illegal. But alas, this bill would still allow babies to be killed before birth. In fact, the bill's provisions are only intended to prevent pain to the mother and the child. According to LifeSiteNews,
The new law would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, when medical experts say unborn babies can feel pain. Unlike the recent law that passed the U.S. House, the Texas law has no exceptions for rape or incest.
The bill also imposes tighter safety regulations on abortion facilities, requiring abortionists to maintain admitting privileges at local hospitals and bring their facilities up to par with other outpatient surgical centers. Similar laws in other states have driven multiple substandard abortion clinics out of business. Currently, 37 out of Texas’s 42 abortion centers fail to meet the bill’s standards.
This law contains no provisions that would stop abortion. In fact, even if you take it from a purely pro-abortion standpoint, this law needs to be passed. To prove this, let's take a closer look at each provision of this law.
The 20 weeks requirement. When we are required to execute the death penalty, we always make sure that the person we are killing is not tortured before their death. By allowing abortions after the 20 week mark, we are allowing the torture of unborn babies.
Tighter safety regulations. At its core, abortion isn't the safest procedure. If done improperly, it can cause severe bodily harm to the mother of the child. As Senator Bob Deuell explains, the bill "Is really about women's health. Sometimes bad things can happen."
So why would the supposedly "pro-women's choice" advocates be against a bill that strengthens safeguards to protect women exercising their choice? Perhaps they have become so concerned with protecting their agenda that they have become suspicious of any bill that would weaken abortion, regardless of the purpose.
Indeed Senator Davis states, "Because I've been unable to have a simple question answered to help me understand how this would lead to better care for women, I must question the underlying motive for doing so."
Senator Davis and other opponents of this bill have painted this bill in a much stronger state than it actually is, as one that will ultimately lead to the end of abortion in Texas, and thus in their view completely anti-women. But they haven't noticed that they themselves are becoming anti-women by opposing this bill. They are ignorant at best; apathetic at worst.
I'd like to leave you with the words of Dr. Yoest, quoted in a LifeSiteNews article earlier this morning:
The 20 weeks requirement. When we are required to execute the death penalty, we always make sure that the person we are killing is not tortured before their death. By allowing abortions after the 20 week mark, we are allowing the torture of unborn babies.
Tighter safety regulations. At its core, abortion isn't the safest procedure. If done improperly, it can cause severe bodily harm to the mother of the child. As Senator Bob Deuell explains, the bill "Is really about women's health. Sometimes bad things can happen."
So why would the supposedly "pro-women's choice" advocates be against a bill that strengthens safeguards to protect women exercising their choice? Perhaps they have become so concerned with protecting their agenda that they have become suspicious of any bill that would weaken abortion, regardless of the purpose.
Indeed Senator Davis states, "Because I've been unable to have a simple question answered to help me understand how this would lead to better care for women, I must question the underlying motive for doing so."
Senator Davis and other opponents of this bill have painted this bill in a much stronger state than it actually is, as one that will ultimately lead to the end of abortion in Texas, and thus in their view completely anti-women. But they haven't noticed that they themselves are becoming anti-women by opposing this bill. They are ignorant at best; apathetic at worst.
I'd like to leave you with the words of Dr. Yoest, quoted in a LifeSiteNews article earlier this morning:
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, thanked the pro-life Texas Senators “for attempting to protect the lives and health of women and girls routinely victimized by a profit-hungry abortion industry, but sadly a large, well-funded, and powerful anti-woman coalition worked to block these much needed legal protections.”
“Since the trial of ‘house of horrors’ Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, the nation has focused on what all too often takes place behind the closed doors of abortion clinics across America,” said Dr. Yoest. “The time is now to save lives and protect women from an unregulated, unmonitored, and unaccountable abortion industry.”
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