Senate Dems block Sasse measure meant to respond to Virginia bill

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Democrats blocked abortion-related legislation on Monday night in the wake of a political firestorm sparked by a Virginia abortion-rights bill last week.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) tried to pass legislation that penalizes doctors who fail to "exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion."

But Sasse was blocked by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who argued that U.S. laws already prohibit infanticide and warned that Republicans were misrepresenting the bill.

"We have laws against infanticide in this country. This is a gross misinterpretation of the actual language of the bill that is being asked to be considered and therefore, I object," she said.

Sasse's attempted to pass the legislation comes after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) provoked outrage among anti-abortion groups, GOP lawmakers and the White House over his comments about a bill that would have made it easier for women to get third trimester abortions if their health was threatened by pregnancy.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/428452-senate-dems-block-anti-abortion-measure-meant-to-respond-to-virginia-bill

Senator Murray is my Senator.

[Dawson Leery]

1. A similar law was passed in 2002.

Ben Sasse is a grandstanding deplorable jackal.