Even if these two texts have almost no chance of being voted on definitively, given this the senate is still democratic, their meaning is largely symbolic. Although Republicans have recently been the majority in the US House of Representatives, they adopted, on Wednesday January 11, two texts against abortion.
The first resolution condemns the attacks against “anti-abortion institutions, associations and churches”. The text also extensively accuses “the Biden administration for failing to take steps to respond to these sweeping attacks.”
The second asks for it doctors are present during an abortion in order to “provide adequate care” to try to “save” the aborted fetus. Regarding this resolution, Democrats overwhelmingly voted against, believing that the decision to abort “should only be made between a woman, her family and her doctorsone point is everything,” according to Hakkem Jeffries, the elected Democrat.
The American family planning organization, Planned Parenthood, has strongly criticized the resolution proposed by the Republicans, saying it was “nothing more than a strategy of manipulating fear aimed at stigmatize abortionAs a reminder, the US Supreme Court recently made a historic about-face. The right to abortion has been revoked although it had been in place since 1973.
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