Report: Republicans Give Up On Redefining Rape

[RandySF]

After pressure from women's groups, Democratic politicians and Jon Stewart, the authors of the controversial abortion bill in the House will drop language that appeared to exempt some rape victims from seeking federal help to pay for an abortion.

Politico reports this morning that Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the lead sponsor of the bill and chair of the House pro-life caucus, will remove the phrase "forcible rape" from the bill and replace it with the same wording used in the Hyde Amendment. That Amendment bans federal abortion coverage already, and proponents of the House law say their goal was to make Hyde -- which has to be renewed every year -- a permanent fixture of federal law.

"The word forcible will be replaced with the original language from the Hyde Amendment," Jeff Sagnip, a spokesperson for Smith, told Politico. Smith's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TPM.



http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/report-republicans-give-up-on-forcible-rape.php?ref=fpa

[old mark]

1. K&R- Another good thing. Evidently the GOpers actually respond to floods of angry

comments from the people...I wish the Democrats in the administration were so responsive.


mark

[Guilded Lilly]

2. That is only a start...

the insidious female hating of these *sponsors* and their supporters will not be forgotten.
Wretched jerks.

Kill the entire bill.

[applegrove]

3. Go Jon.