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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Wed May 13, 2015, 09:27 PM May 2015

U.S. House votes to ban most abortions after 20 weeks

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks, a measure strongly opposed by the White House.

The Republican-led House approved the bill by a largely party-line vote of 242-184. An earlier version was pulled by House Republican leaders in January after a revolt by some Republican women in the chamber.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte called Wednesday's vote "a victory for the most innocent and defenseless among us, our children."

"Extensive medical research shows that unborn children begin to feel pain by 20 weeks post fertilization, and probably earlier," the Virginia Republican said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/u-house-votes-ban-most-abortions-20-weeks-231002811.html

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U.S. House votes to ban most abortions after 20 weeks (Original Post) Little Tich May 2015 OP
These people suck! marym625 May 2015 #1
Absolutely suck! Owl May 2015 #3
: onecaliberal May 2015 #2
and the war on women continues unabated. niyad May 2015 #4
I don't think anyone can hate people the way Republicans do, they're great at it. Jefferson23 May 2015 #5
Expect more of this crap OneCrazyDiamond May 2015 #6
Sometimes I get so fucking fed up AngryDem001 May 2015 #7

AngryDem001

(684 posts)
7. Sometimes I get so fucking fed up
Thu May 14, 2015, 12:19 AM
May 2015

with these woman-hating, buybull thumping FUCKWITS that I just want to scream.

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