Stuck on Stupid: Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX)

The Republican led House of Representatives can pass a bill, believe it or not. House Speaker John Boehner said that "jobs is the number one concern". Yet, I'm still waiting to see the Republicans propose or pass a jobs bill. In their most recent sessions, they have passed numerous bills to repeal Obamacare and recently passed H R 1797, The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act sponsored by AZ Republican Congressman Trent Franks. The Bill outlaws abortion after 20 weeks, in violation of the provisions of Roe v. Wade, the law of the land.

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House Republicans Pass Far-Reaching Anti-Abortion Legislation

House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.

The “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” expected to pass by a comfortable margin late Tuesday, would be a direct challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions up to the time a fetus becomes viable. Fetal viability is generally considered to be at least 24 weeks into the pregnancy.

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Clueless Rep. Trent Franks Proposes New Abortion Law

In case you thought Republicans were going to give the War on Women a break, what with their scandal-mongering and lessened work days, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) set the record straight when he claimed at a hearing Wednesday, “The incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.”

Of course, Franks had an agenda in pretending ignorance about rape, as he was objecting to a Democratic amendment to make an exception to Franks’ bill to nationally ban all abortions after the 20 week mark. His bill was advanced from an all-male panel, naturally. Franks’ “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” is unconstitutional, and allows no exceptions for rape and/or incest victims. Somehow Republicans sell this as being “family values”.

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