Republicans in the Senate
are threatening to defund Planned Parenthood by sneaking amendments into key
legislation.
With Scott Walker’s announcement today, 15 Republican
candidates are in for 2016. None of them are good news for women.
If Jeb Bush is elected president, his policies would
harm women and families. Just last week, he doubled down on his opinion that
unmarried mothers should be publicly shamed. He has also supported a
national abortion ban and claimed he is “probably the most pro-life governor in
modern times.” Just last year, he asked what the Paycheck Fairness Act was.
GOP priorities like these are detrimental to women and
families. Which of these alarms you most?
Which of these candidates do you think would be the
worst for women’s health? Reblog to let us know!
Republicans gained control of the Senate by promising that job growth would be their top priority and toning down their anti-woman rhetoric. If voters had any questions about the GOP’s true priorities, these headlines from the past 24 hours should make it clear just how far they’re willing to go to advance their extreme agenda.
Undercutting this critical, bipartisan human trafficking bill is bad politics, bad policy, and one more reason for women to be wary of the GOP.
Roll Call: Senate Faces Trust Breakdown Over Abortion
Huffington Post: GOP Sneaks Anti-Abortion Language Into Bipartisan Human Trafficking Bill
MSNBC: Abortion provision imperils human-trafficking bill
CNN: How the Senate managed to muck up an anti-human trafficking bill
Wall Street Journal: Abortion Fight Threatens Bill to Crack Down on Human Trafficking
Washington Post: Anti-human-trafficking bill gets caught up in abortion politics in Senate
Bloomberg: Democrats Accuse Senate Republicans of Anti-Abortion Sneak Attack
New York Times: Human Trafficking Bill Hits a Snag in the Senate
Politico: Human trafficking bill hits abortion snag
The Hill: Abortion fight holds up anti-trafficking bill
GOP Wasting No Time
Just days into the 114th Congress Republicans have already introduced five anti-abortion bills, making it clear exactly what their focus is: restricting women’s rights and access to health care. They swiftly abandoned their faux-moderate campaign rhetoric and prioritized cutting funds to Planned Parenthood and making it more difficult for women to have access to reproductive health care.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has wasted no time helping advance this agenda – promising to bring a 20-week ban, a bill violating the provisions of Roe v. Wade, to the Senate floor for consideration. Americans want Congress to be focusing on jobs and the economy and protecting their rights, one week in and Republicans have already fallen down on the job.
Huffington Post: Republicans Introduce Five Anti-Abortion Bills In First Days Of New Congress
GOP’s bills attacking reproductive rights is “hostility towards women,” says NARAL’s Ilyse Hogue
House Republicans are renewing their effort to ban abortion after 20 weeks.
Not even 24 hours into the 114th Congress and the GOP has made their priorities crystal clear. Instead of focusing on jobs and the economy, Republicans have chosen to focus once again on chipping away at the rights of women.
They tried to hide their extreme stances on reproductive health during the campaign season but have wasted no time showing their true colors once elected.
This is not the focus that American voters asked for. The GOP is not only wrong on the issue, they are wrong to prioritize it.
Abortion opponents are quietly shifting their agenda, with potentially radical implications.