Abortion the Top Priority for Democrats
By John Semmens
This week President Biden announced that the first piece of legislation that he will ask Congress to enact in 2023 is "a bill restoring the nationwide right to an abortion that was illegally undone by the Supreme Court this year. The notion that each state should be allowed to decide for itself whether to permit or restrict this sacred right is the kind of disunity that I pledged to eradicate when I took my oath of office in January of 2021. We simply cannot not abide different rights in different states."
"Not only should every woman everywhere be allowed to obtain an abortion," Biden added. "The government must cover the cost of the procedure so that even the poorest woman has an equal opportunity to dispose of an unwanted child at no out-of-pocket cost. The contention that one's personal religious beliefs or ethical objections to killing an unborn baby should exempt him from being compelled to finance another person's abortion is at odds with the principles of a progressive society and can no longer be tolerated."
Biden's pitch for a nationwide expansion of abortion rights was seconded by Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, who maintains that "restricting abortion enslaves women. Bearing and raising children is hard work. Denying women the option of avoiding this work by limiting their access to abortion is slavery, pure and simple." Abrams also went on to recommend that "a good way to offset the impact of rising prices would be to abort that extra mouth to feed during these hard times."
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) is running a reelection campaign ad that urges women "to avoid the risk of being arrested for killing your unborn child by voting Democrat. Republicans are willing to allow states to restrict when--typically not after viability--and how--usually barring dismemberment or requiring anesthesia to prevent the baby from experiencing pain--abortions are performed. Only a Democrat majority in Congress can be counted on to maintain a 'no holds barred' approach to ending an unwanted pregnancy. Remember that when you cast your ballots."
