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Arizona congressman demands nationwide ban on abortions after 20 weeks
An Arizona Republican congressman is using the case of convicted abortion provider Kermit Gosnell as justification for a bill he plans to introduce which would ban all abortions after the 20-week pregnancy mark. Think Progress reported on Tuesday that Rep. Trent Franks’ (R-AZ) proposal is an expanded version of a…
Republican law banning abortion in DC dies in House
A proposed ban on all abortion procedures after 20 weeks of gestation in the District of Columbia has failed in the House of Representatives. House Bill 3803, which was sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and would criminalize abortion in the nation’s capital, fell short of the two-thirds majority it…
House committee passes D.C. 20-week abortion ban
The House Judiciary Committee voted 18 to 14 on Wednesday to advance a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks. The ban includes no exception for the health of the woman. “This bill is deeply troubling and dangerous,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned…
House Judiciary Committee stalls on D.C. 20-week abortion ban
The House Judiciary Committee originally planned a Tuesday vote on its bill that seeks to ban abortion in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks. But the committee never took up the bill — sponsored by a powerful subcommittee chairman — during the session, and told Raw Story that it…
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…
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…
GOP Rep: ‘Few things more important than re-affirming ‘In God We Trust’
Before voting on the House resolution to reaffirm the phrase “In God We Trust” as the nation’s motto Tuesday evening, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) expressed his view of how necessary this was for the country. “There are few things Congress could do that would be more important than passing this…
Gun nuttery leads to bad analogies
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy So, I caught this clip of Lawrence O’Donnell arguing with Rep. Trent Franks about gun control. Franks looks really, really stupid in this clip. It’s hard to pull out the stupidest thing he says, but one particular item…
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