HOUSE OF REPS DELAYS VOTE ON UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT

 

Citing a last-minute uprising within the ranks, the House of Representatives has delayed today's vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R. 36, and replaced it with a vote on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act, H.R. 7.

 

Liberty Counsel

10:51 AM  01/22/2015

        Liberty Counsel has also been calling for the passage of H.R. 7 by the 114th Congress.
Our petition delivery to lawmakers will go forward today as planned.

Please see my important update below - Mat. 
      
Our Capitol Hill sources tell us that several Republican lawmakers threatened to vote against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R. 36 unless the "exception" language was changed.

The original bill allowed for exceptions to the post-20 week ban on abortions in cases of the woman's life being endangered, or if rape or incest were committed and the crime was reported to law enforcement officials.

Lawmakers opposed to part of the "exception" language said they would vote "no" to the bill unless the stipulation for reporting the rape or incest crime was removed. Their contention is, statistically, about 70% of rapes go unreported by women who fear retribution.
 

Rep. Trent Franks, one of the primary sponsors of H.R. 36, said the delay of the vote was to "create unity" and fully expects the bill to come to the House floor in the near future.

Planned Parenthood has been relentlessly fighting to defeat H.R. 36, which would most assuredly cut into their abortion services revenue! PPH leaders vowed to defeat the bill's passage by working behind Capitol Hill doors to "divide and conquer."

+ + Today, a House vote will take place on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.

As we have declared time and again, President Obama's signature legislation, ObamaCare, will do more to advance abortion services in our nation than any single act since Roe v Wade.

ObamaCare is an assault on human life, religious liberty, and freedom of conscience – and the federal government is requiring pro-life Americans to pay for these barbaric acts!
 

The No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act will prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions and provide for greater right of conscience protections.

Liberty Counsel has been calling for Congress to pass this bill, which is included in the petition language being delivered to Capitol Hill today.