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The House GOP’s Latest Anti-Abortion Bill Fed into Racial Stereotypes About Asians
PRENDA, the latest anti-women bill by the House Republicans did not pass, thankfully (my angry black overlady wrote about it here). It’s a particularly egregious bill because in it, the Republicans claimed that their concern was for all the fetuses of color and girl fetuses being aborted. They were so concerned,…
Race/Sex Selection Abortion: PRENDA’s Proof Problem and Operation Spite Babies [Correction]
CORRECTION: THE HOUSE FAILED TO PASS THE BILL.*** Today, the House passed PRENDA (H.R. 3541, pithily called the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act), and Trent Franks is very pleased with himself, indeed. Sigh. In March 2011, I wrote about PRENDA when Arizona passed its version of…
NARAL blasts the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act
Legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Wednesday could threaten medical professional involved in abortions with jail time, according to NARAL Pro-Choice America, one of the biggest pro-choice advocacy groups. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) introduced the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA)…
Women’s advocacy group calls race-based abortion bill ‘a disgrace’
The National Partnership for Women & Families on Thursday condemned the House Judiciary Committee after it passed a bill to ban sex-based or race-based abortions. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) introduced the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination (PRENDA) Act to the U.S. House in December. The legislation could…
Pro-choice group: Rep. Trent Franks ‘takes politics to a new low’
Legislation proposed by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) that would ban sex-selection or race-based abortions perpetuates stereotypes about immigrants and minorities, according to NARAL Pro-Choice America. Franks introduced the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011 (PRENDA) to the U.S. House last week. The legislation could subject…
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