Boehner: Ending abortion ‘one of our most fundamental goals this year’

[Purveyor]

In a special message to the annual anti-abortion protest March for Life, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) vowed that ending abortion would be one of the top priorities of Republicans this year.

“Defending life, of course, is about much more than voting the right way or saying the right things,” he said. “It’s about promoting a culture of life. It’s about understanding that abortion is a defining human rights issue of our time. Because human life is not an economic or political commodity, and no government on Earth has the right to treat it as such.”

“With all that’s at stake, it is becoming more and more important for us to share this truth with our young people, to encourage them to lock arms, speak out for life, and help make abortion a relic of the past,” Boehner continued. “Let that be one of our most fundamental goals this year.”

Boehner said the Republican-led House would again seek to pass the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which sparked controversy in 2011 because of how it defined rape. The bill was approved by the House but died in the Senate.

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[elleng]

1. They 'still' think they have nothing better to do???

[high density]

2. Ah yes, the pro-war, anti-social safety net, anti-choice GOP

always concerned about "life" as long as it's a clump of cells inside of a woman.

[DJ13]

3. Still playing to the base

Kinda reminds me of Harry Reid, and Boehner is likely lying to his base as well.

[Still Sensible]

4. Just the first blast in his fund raising

for 2014..... Bringing in those fundy bucks!

[Harmony Blue]

22. I don't see this working

this turns off moderate Republicans and realize this issue cost them dearly in 2012 elections. If they want the big dollar, conservative donors they will have to market themselves with broader appeal. Anti-abortion stance is quickly becoming a rarity in the American sphere of consciences.

[libdem4life]

5. So, we missed the mark on the Obama One-Term Promise. OK, how about we bully the pregnant ladies?

Rep Boehner ... choice starts in the voting booth. Check your demographics...especially the "young people". That train has left the station.

[nobodyspecial]

6. Abortion will never be relic of the past

It's always been with us. The only change is that it's legal so rich women are not longer the only ones with access to quality care so they don't die from it.

[Sunlei]

7. howmany kids have you adopted Boehner?????

[lunatica]

19. Well, all those kids he didn't adopt

are pretty darned lucky in my estimation. Imagine having him as a father. Yuk! Please stop crying Dad. You're getting sputter on your chin.

[tarheelsunc]

8. Weren't conservatives saying during the election cycle

that Obama was wasting time talking about abortion instead of the supposedly "more critical" issues like the economy and deficit?

[alittlelark]

9. uuuhhh, yeah..... that's what's needed....

That will fix ALL our problems!

[kimtjj195_tx]

10. Ah, they really don't get it, do they?

Keep talking, Mr. Boehner. Your party will suffer another trouncing in the next election.

[Cha]

11. Yeah, because feeding poor children just doesn't cut it for them.

boner, you big ol Koch tool.

[indivisibleman]

12. and all the anti-abortion folks...

stare googlie-eyed in devotion to the Boehner. Like sheep to the slaughter they are corralled by this type of rhetoric. Nothing has changed for the GOP. Nothing.

[jeff47]

13. OT: Why the shortened link?

Why not just post the direct link instead?

Getting a cut of referrer traffic?

[Purveyor]

25. It is the link that Rawstory automatically generates when you clip some of their story. Might

as well let them earn a few pennies since it is their site I'm borrowing the article from.

[onpatrol98]

14. Does anyone even mention jobs anymore?

[kestrel91316]

33. They don't, but then again ending abortion is a jobs bill of sorts.

Funeral parlors and cemetaries will be hiring a LOT more people. Oh, and child care for children who have lost their mothers.

[hollysmom]

15. If they really wanted to end abortion, they would encourage

birth control to be covered, since they are against that, They obviously are obviously not serious about it. Point it out to your anti abortion friends - let them see it is just a game to the republicans.

[LTR]

16. The Republicans will never get rid of Abortion

Once they lose abortion, they lose their biggest wedge issue. They dangle an abortion ban in front of gullible people like a carrot, but they'd be screwed if they every went ahead with it.

[lunatica]

20. Yeah. They've lost the 'Gay Agenda' wedge and the 'Illegals are gonna get your jobs' issue

So with growing desperation they cling to 'They're gonna get your guns' and abortion.

[mac56]

30. Exactly what I've been saying for years.

If they truly wanted to get rid of it, they've had ample opportunities to do so.

They have to keep it around. It's a dog whistle, a Scooby Snack to toss to their base. And they know it too.

[newfie11]

17. Why are the asshole men making this decision

When they can get pregnant then they can have a say. Until then they need to STFU!!!

[lunatica]

18. Well that means if they work 30 days

this year that's what they'll be working on for 30 days. If they work 100 days that's what they'll be working on the entire time.

[Zoeisright]

21. And that, right there, is repuke lunacy.

They will NEVER be able to "end abortion". It's such a private matter there is no way to regulate it or make it illegal. Abortions have been happening since the beginning of mankind and it will continue.

[Filibuster Harry]

23. Where are the jobs Mr. Speaker that you so ran on in 2010??? Still waiting!!!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. The Federal Government (i.e. Hyde Amendment) already prohibits funding for abortion

so.................

[HockeyMom]

26. The majority of people understand

that the Repukes view the UNBORN as having MORE "rights to life", than the already BORN. Once a person passes the birth canal, from infancy to old age, they can fend for themselves. DIE for all we care.

[riqster]

29. Fundagelicals believe that life begins at conception, but

...original sin doesn't begin until birth. So once you're :01 seconds old, you are more pure and so better than you will be after you're born.

Really. These zeebs believe that. Thence the attitude you accurately captured in your post.

[abelenkpe]

27. I thought republicans wanted a bigger tent

to reach out to women? How does this help?

[Warpy]

28. They keep trying to deny personhood and civil rights to half the population

and for the first time, 70% of that population is onto them and wants abortion to be kept safe and legal.

If Boner manages to ram this one through, I predict they'll all be gone in 2015 and such a constitutional amendment, giving human rights to something that is not yet human and stripping them from living, thinking women, is going to fail.

[ChangeUp106]

31. Chill

I went to Catholic school for 12 years. It was always 'vote Republican' because of abortion. What did those politicians (Bush included) ever do about it? Not a damn thing. This comment was just a ploy to get the Religious Right fired up at the March for Life.

Means nothing. Don't get distracted from the bigger issues.

[Purveyor]

32. Actually I want the GOP and Boehner to proudly wear this around their necks, indeed. eom

[SummerSnow]

34. Wait, I thought the goal was making Obama a one term President?

Ooops..that was the old goal.ROFLMAO

[Sheepshank]

35. That was their goal...that and job creation. Since neither one of those worked out so well.....

.....It was time to move onto the next project.

Anyone else feeling like the party embodiment of the Palin effect?

[trueblue2007]

36. WE WANT JOBS YOU JACK ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[markevil]

37. If you gave me a thousand tries

I would never spell Bayner B-o-e-h-n-e-r. Guy is not even honest about his name.