Don’t Believe The Hype: Republican Women Didn’t Stop Abortion Bill, Obama Did
To hear the mainstream media tell it, Republicans were thwarted in their efforts to pass an anti-abortion bill that contained an odious rape and incest exception by women in the House Republican caucus who found the measure too extreme. This is even the story being told by Democrats on the Hill as they argued against yet another Republican assault on choice, but it’s just not true.
What is true is that on Tuesday afternoon, two of the Republican women who had co-sponsored H.R. 36, Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), removed themselves as co-sponsors of the bill:
“Mr. speaker, I ask unanimous consent to remove myself as a co-sponsor of H.R. 36.”
Following that, the House GOP decided to drop plans to vote on the measure on the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, allegedly because of a revolt among “women and moderates” in the party. While it is true that the decision to pull the bill is based on a desire to appear more moderate and friendly toward women, it had nothing to do with the bill being to extreme, and to the extent they had a “come to Jesus” moment, they were brought to Jesus by President Obama…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
24 responses to Don’t Believe The Hype: Republican Women Didn’t Stop Abortion Bill, Obama Did
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tracey marie January 22nd, 2015 at 18:02
Good for the President, he may not agree with abortion but he is smart enough to know it is none of his business, only women may make the decision for themselves.
Hirightnow January 22nd, 2015 at 18:13
I’ve always thought that people without uteruses (uteri?) should have no vote with regards to abortion issues. But what do I know?
(ducks)
tracey marie January 22nd, 2015 at 19:56
You know a lot more then most men.
rg9rts January 23rd, 2015 at 04:08
You too. PIQUE
rg9rts January 23rd, 2015 at 04:08
THWACK PIQUE
Hirightnow January 23rd, 2015 at 16:54
Curses! I’m running behind! (I don’t always check Disqus, I
just go to my bookmarked sites….but you wait.Juuuuust wait.)
Edit : and I ducked the wrong way, too!
tracey marie January 22nd, 2015 at 19:02
Good for the President, he may not agree with abortion but he is smart enough to know it is none of his business, only women may make the decision for themselves.
Hirightnow January 22nd, 2015 at 19:13
I’ve always thought that people without uteruses (uteri?) should have no vote with regards to abortion issues. But what do I know?
(ducks)
tracey marie January 22nd, 2015 at 20:56
You know a lot more then most men.
rg9rts January 23rd, 2015 at 05:08
You too. PIQUE
rg9rts January 23rd, 2015 at 05:08
THWACK PIQUE
Hirightnow January 23rd, 2015 at 17:54
Curses! I’m running behind! (I don’t always check Disqus, I
just go to my bookmarked sites….but you wait.Juuuuust wait.)
Edit : and I ducked the wrong way, too!
Suzanne McFly January 22nd, 2015 at 19:04
Good to know. I turned on the tv and I was listening between doing chores and I over heard the GOP women stopped the bill. I did a quick search online for the story and found stories about how this occurred and after a quick skim of a couple articles, I assumed it was true. I guess I should of invested more time to find out that it actually was my President who stopped it. It is very easy to be an active listener and reader of the news and still be ignorant of what is truly happening.
Suzanne McFly January 22nd, 2015 at 20:04
Good to know. I turned on the tv and I was listening between doing chores and I over heard the GOP women stopped the bill. I did a quick search online for the story and found stories about how this occurred and after a quick skim of a couple articles, I assumed it was true. I guess I should of invested more time to find out that it actually was my President who stopped it. It is very easy to be an active listener and reader of the news and still be ignorant of what is truly happening.
Tim Coolio January 22nd, 2015 at 20:19
Republicans trying to take away women’s rights
to control their bodies, they need to remember;
outlawing abortion doesn’t stop any abortions,
it only stops safe abortions,
abortion is an issue for the individual not for
rightwing big government.
Dwendt44 January 23rd, 2015 at 00:05
the well off and the rich will just jet off to some forward looking country for the weekend so their darling daughters can get ‘fixed’, but not like a dog would be fixed.
The poor and the lower middle class women can get back in the kitchen
Tim Coolio January 23rd, 2015 at 09:42
That’s the rightwing utopia they dream of.
Tim Coolio January 22nd, 2015 at 21:19
Republicans trying to take away women’s rights
to control their bodies, they need to remember;
outlawing abortion doesn’t stop any abortions,
it only stops safe abortions,
abortion is an issue for the individual not for
rightwing big government.
Dwendt44 January 23rd, 2015 at 01:05
the well off and the rich will just jet off to some forward looking country for the weekend so their darling daughters can get ‘fixed’, but not like a dog would be fixed.
The poor and the lower middle class women can get back in the kitchen
Tim Coolio January 23rd, 2015 at 10:42
That’s the rightwing utopia they dream of.
Foundryman January 22nd, 2015 at 20:43
I knew all along this was nothing but a ploy to try to make themselves look moderate. These are radical, far far right wing tea partiers, Ellmers, Blackburn, Walorski…are three of the worst of the worst.
The entire thing, ( i hope) is DOA when it gets to the whitehouse…
Foundryman January 22nd, 2015 at 21:43
I knew all along this was nothing but a ploy to try to make themselves look moderate. These are radical, far far right wing tea partiers, Ellmers, Blackburn, Walorski…are three of the worst of the worst.
The entire thing, ( i hope) is DOA when it gets to the whitehouse…
rg9rts January 23rd, 2015 at 04:08
There were 2 bills….one the twenty week limit …that was squashed…the other less tough passed …to please the basest of the base. It will be vetoed… Now the gopee will pass a whole agenda of nonsense knowing that it will die on O’s desk and they can blame the dems
rg9rts January 23rd, 2015 at 05:08
There were 2 bills….one the twenty week limit …that was squashed…the other less tough passed …to please the basest of the base. It will be vetoed… Now the gopee will pass a whole agenda of nonsense knowing that it will die on O’s desk and they can blame the dems