fasten your seat belts: Republicans Seek to Put Abortion on the Front Burner in 2016

[spanone]

these are some sick fuckers.....

When it came to his plans to back a controversial abortion bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham showed no signs of skittishness before a crowd of conservative activists Thursday:

"I am dying to have this debate" the South Carolina Republican and potential presidential candidate said.

A House version of the proposal – a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks – became mired in controversy before an embarrassed leadership had to pull it from the floor. Some of the GOP's female lawmakers objected to language associated with a rape exemption. But Graham still believes the measure is a winner with American voters:

“The extremism, to me, is allowing wholesale abortions at that stage of development,” Graham said.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/17/republicans-seek-to-put-abortion-on-the-front-burner-in-2016

[AuntPatsy]

1. Wasn't aware they took it off, women are facing jail time today, the fight has never slowed,

Only the direction of the shiny objects were moved..

[shenmue]

2. This is crazy

[valerief]

3. Now that's a picture of cah-razy people! nt

[spanone]

5. here's what the fucking 'doctor' rand paul had to say....

'“We should ask the other side, 'Do you think there’s nothing special about life? Do you think there are no rights involved in a 7- and 8- and 9-pound baby?'” he said.'

truth has no place in today's politics.

[SummerSnow]

4. Is that reading a prayer off his phone??

[SamKnause]

6. These asshole, lunatic, religious,

fanatics don't give a damn about the living.

They only concern themselves with the unborn.

I am sick of this shit.

We fought this battle and we won.

We take one step forward and these assholes shove us three steps back.

I wish they could find a country they could purchase and start their own Theocracy.

They want the U.S. to be a white's only Christian Theocracy run by Theocratic Corporations.

They are truly sickening.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

7. That's the best shot Dems have of winning races.

That will motivate a lot of voters and even get some to defect from voting Repub.

[Fumesucker]

10. I wouldn't count on that

People are remarkably complacent if something doesn't have a direct and immediate effect on them.

[Downtown Hound]

11. Women voters made the difference in 2012

Now combine voting for the first female president and stopping an extremist anti-abortion movement, well, that spells big trouble for the GOP in 2016.

[Fumesucker]

12. What about 2014?

Where were all those women voters then?

And you are assuming Hillary is going to win the nomination, you might recall how things worked out in 2008.

I have women in my extended family who I know for an absolute fact have had abortions and yet they are fanatical abortion opponents and would never consider voting for a Democrat under any circumstances.

[Downtown Hound]

13. Democrats do better in presidential elections

that has been proven time and again. More of them come out to vote. And your family is not all of America. Most women are overwhelmingly pro-choice, and rate the issue as very important to them.

[Fumesucker]

14. Go ahead and whistle past the graveyard, things will turn out as they turn out

I have women on both sides of the issue in my family, thankfully the antis do not have a particularly close relationship with the rest of us.

The Democrats have won three consecutive Presidential terms exactly twice, Martin Van Buren in 1836 and FDR in 1940.

[Downtown Hound]

15. History doesn't mean jack here

It's a completely different world now and the demographics of the country are totally different and so are the issues. Women accounted for 55% of the vote last time and most of them went Dem. Hispanics account for a full 10% of the voting block and 75% of them went Dem. The age of the angry white guy is coming to an end.

Good riddance to it.

By the way, Gore also won in 2000, both in popular vote and electoral vote.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Vigil in front of Boner's office...?

or are they praying for a delivery of gin.....

[seabeyond]

9. i just read a thread saying women and gay issues were a distraction. quit making it prominent

and maybe you all wont be so distracted... from the goal of taking womens rights.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. kick

[Maven]

17. Then they'll be playing right into Hill's hands