This morning Live Action released undercover video showing two National Abortion Federation clinics in Arizona agreeing to break state law and commit illegal sex-selection abortions.
Yesterday the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, a bill that would ban sex-selective abortions in the U.S., garnered an overwhelming majority vote in the House, 246-168.
But PRENDA still failed. Why?
Simply, the vote procedure used (“Suspension of the Rules”) required a two-thirds majority to pass.
If such an overwhelming number of congresspersons were known to support PRENDA, why didn’t Republican House leaders follow a route to passage that only required a simple majority?
For far too long the Guttmacher Institute has been the sole go-to group for studies, policy, polls, and statistics on the life issue.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
