Davis Statement on Majority of Senators Blocking Democrats' Radical Abortion Expansion Bill

Statement

U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL) released the following statement after a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senators blocked the Democrat's radical abortion expansion bill, the so-called Women's Health Protection Act:

"Democrats in Washington led by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are pushing a radical expansion of abortion in all fifty states. Their legislation would abolish pro-life laws at the state level and allow for abortion on-demand until birth nationwide. It would roll back conscience protections for those who object to abortion, nullify parental involvement laws as they relate to minor children receiving abortion, and expand taxpayer-funding of abortion. This is an extreme agenda opposed by most Americans, and I'm glad a bipartisan majority in the Senate blocked this legislation. As a pro-life lawmaker, I'll continue to oppose the Democrats' extreme attempts to expand radical abortion policies nationwide."

The Women's Health Protection Act is nothing short of an extreme expansion of abortion nationwide, well beyond the abortion regulations that were established through the Roe v. Wade decision. The legislation would "invalidate almost all state abortion laws and regulations and enshrine in federal law a nearly unlimited right to abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy."

The legislation abolishes state laws prohibiting abortions after viability, including up until birth and all the way through the third trimester of a pregnancy, if recommended by a health care provider, which is not limited to a physician. It also abolishes state laws regarding parental notification in the case of a minor.

The legislation also supersedes all other federal laws on abortion, including laws that provide legal protections to hospitals, doctors, or nurses that have a conscience objection to performing an abortion.

House Democrats are also attempting to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal taxpayer dollars funding abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. The Hyde Amendment has enjoyed bipartisan support since its inception in the 1970s.

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