Graham introduces 20-week abortion ban with 45 cosponsors

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Source: The Hill

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a 20-week abortion ban in the Senate Thursday with the support of 45 GOP senators.

A similar bill passed the House earlier this week 237-189 largely along party lines.

The "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" would make it illegal for any person to perform or attempt an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy with the possibility of five years in prison, fines, or both.


The White House said Monday that it "strongly supports" the bill and "applauds the House of Representatives for continuing its efforts to secure critical pro-life protections."

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/354032-graham-graham-introduces-20-week-abortion-ban-with-45-cosponsors

[woodsprite]

1. Gee, he earned his gynecological degree fast!

He had just said a week or two ago that he didn't know what he was doing regarding Healthcare.

[NCjack]

6. He made a fast trip from healthcare insurance expert to gynecology. Talented guy -- NOT

[CurtEastPoint]

2. That's as close as he'll ever get to anything 'gynecological.'

[shenmue]

3. Fuck you, Lindsey Bearrrrregard Grrrraham

[elehhhhna]

4. 20 weeks means 20 weeks from the start of your last.

And is before definitive testing regarding the health of the fetus can be completed. This will actually lead to more abortions of wanted viable fetuses... If you see something even a little bit strange on the ultrasound it's over

[Honeycombe8]

5. Any women co-sponsoring that? There might be, but the Repub history on that isn't good. nt

[geardaddy]

7. Sure, they pass this bill

but won't abide by it when they get abortions for their mistresses.

[maxsolomon]

8. it's not getting past Cloture.

they're just grandstanding for their Anti-Choice base, like my Catholic cousins who indoctrinated their sons into joining a RTL club at their all-male Catholic HS, and busing to DC to march in RTL parades.

absent constant fretting about 'Bortions, they'd be Dems.

[J_William_Ryan]

9. Such is the reprehensible right

And so much for "states' rights."

Republicans are anticipating this will get to the Supreme Court just after Kennedy is gone.

[GeorgeGist]

10. The Death Party needs a win ...

rally its base.

[question everything]

11. And, of course, Graham and all the other men know first hand what it means to be pregnant

And, of course, they are experienced, first hand, that birth still can kill women.



They should all be castrated.

[Stuart G]

12. I don't think this can pass the Senate..Do You? nt.

[n2doc]

13. Not unless they drop the legislative filibuster

Which I do not think is completely out of the question, especially if there are other things the r's want to pass with 50 votes. If they get to 55 or move votes I could see the Turtle lowering the bar to that level.

[riversedge]

14. Stop the War on Women! The Senate is an abomination! No wonder only 16% approve GOP Congress #NoVo

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Graham brings 20-week abortion ban to Senate with 45 co-sponsors
By Jessie Hellmann - 10/05/17 11:28 AM EDT


......................With only a 52-seat majority, it would be unlikely Senate Republicans could gather the 60 votes needed to move the legislation to President Trump's desk. Graham still said he's "100 percent confident" Senate leadership would bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

While the bill's House sponsor, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), has pushed for the Senate to end the legislative filibuster to get the bill passed in the upper chamber, Graham dismissed that idea.

Trump has also repeatedly called for the Senate to nix the filibuster in order to pass his agenda.

The White House said Monday that it "strongly supports" the bill and "applauds the House of Representatives for continuing its efforts to secure critical pro-life protections."

The bill is a top priority of anti-abortion groups, which argue a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks gestation and later.

..................The "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which faces long odds in the upper chamber, would make it illegal for any person to perform or attempt an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy with the possibility of five years in prison, fines or both.

“I don’t believe abortion, five months into pregnancy, makes us a better nation," Graham said.

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