BREAKING: Texas Republicans pass abortion law after marathon filibuster

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scipio337 said:
God be praised! I’ll take your word for it without using the link!

I always feel like I need a shower after reading any comments on HuffPo (esp regarding anything Catholic).
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Yes, let’s praise God for this! But it would seem that the bill still has to pass through the rest of the House or something like that. I don’t really understand it very well as I don’t have a very good understanding of American government and how it works. I only have a bare bones understanding of it. But anyway I do know that its not yet passed into law. Let’s keep praying that it does get passed into law!
 
LisaA said:
My thought as well. I wonder how they think this appears to the sane world? It’s one thing to have a sincere interest in healthcare. But as even Kirsten Powers (liberal Democrat) noted, what they are screaming to protect is basically infanticide. I suppose there could be some reasonable debate about abortion inducing drugs or birth control that does not allow implantation of the fertilized egg (not for me as a Catholic but for the average person who doesn’t accept our consistent life ethic). It gets a LOT more dicey when the unborn baby has distinct human features, fully developed organs, fingers and toes, and can feel pain. Defending the hacking apart of this baby is positively macabre and only a committed idealogue could support this with a straight face. Truly a shame that so much energy and passion is focused on evil.

As to Wendy Davis, listening to a political channel that seems to be middle of the road or maybe slightly to the Left, it sounds as if this was more a stunt to get her name onto the national scene. She claims she may run for governor but I suspect she’s hoping for a cushy position in a Democrat administration. Trying to get elected statewide in TEXAS would be like a conservative Republican trying to become governor of New York. She has some ulterior motive. I guess it waits to be seen what is her actual motivation.

Lisa
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It is truly mind-boggling. I have said that I do not hate the Democrats or their ideas. I can at least see where they are coming from with most of their ideas, even the ones I think are wrong. I can at least understand why some people support gay marriage (I am not saying I support it, I do not, but I can at least see how others get caught up in the message and feelings of the movement). I even agree with some of their views on the death penalty and immigration. I just CANNOT, for the life of me, understand why anyone would support abortion, especially after 20 weeks. I CANNOT understand it. Never have, never will. I just don’t get it.
 
Holly3278 said:
Yes, let’s praise God for this! But it would seem that the bill still has to pass through the rest of the House or something like that. I don’t really understand it very well as I don’t have a very good understanding of American government and how it works. I only have a bare bones understanding of it. But anyway I do know that its not yet passed into law. Let’s keep praying that it does get passed into law!
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There are two legislative “houses” in most states (and in the Federal Government), the “House of Representatives” (the “lower” house, think “House of Commons”) and the Senate (the “upper” house, think “House of Lords”). They each get to vote on any proposed bill, then will go to the Governor to sign into law, or veto.

In this case, the bill has passed a House Committee, and now will go to the full House, then the Senate, then the Governor. They have enough votes in each to pass this bill, and Gov Perry has already said he would sign it.

To address the HuffPo title, testimony was “limited” to 100 people, and the hearing lasted from 10am to midnight. Have we seen any other bills that were allowed such public (name removed by moderator)ut?

As there were 2,000+ wanting to testify, what HuffPo is lamenting is that they weren’t able to stage their own fillibuster to stop the bill.

Poor HuffPo!!
 
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Texas Republicans voted early Wednesday to move forward with new abortion restrictions, after limiting testimony at a public committee hearing, refusing to consider Democratic amendments and imposing strict security precautions to prevent additional disruptions from protesting abortion-rights supporters.
On a party-line vote, the Republican majority sent the bill to the full Texas House for a vote next week. Gov. Rick Perry is pushing his allies in the Legislature to move quickly after he called lawmakers back for a second special session to pass the bill, which would limiting when, where and how women may obtain an abortion in the state.
More than 3,500 people came to the Capitol and registered a position on the bill, and more than 1,000 signed up to testify. But fewer than 100 people had a chance to express their views because the top Republican on the committee limited testimony to eight hours and refused entreaties to extend it.
 
scipio337 said:
There are two legislative “houses” in most states (and in the Federal Government), the “House of Representatives” (the “lower” house, think “House of Commons”) and the Senate (the “upper” house, think “House of Lords”). They each get to vote on any proposed bill, then will go to the Governor to sign into law, or veto.

In this case, the bill has passed a House Committee, and now will go to the full House, then the Senate, then the Governor. They have enough votes in each to pass this bill, and Gov Perry has already said he would sign it.

To address the HuffPo title, testimony was “limited” to 100 people, and the hearing lasted from 10am to midnight. Have we seen any other bills that were allowed such public (name removed by moderator)ut?

As there were 2,000+ wanting to testify, what HuffPo is lamenting is that they weren’t able to stage their own fillibuster to stop the bill.

Poor HuffPo!!
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Thank you very much for the explanation on government. I knew the stuff you said in the paragraph but I got confused when they mentioned a House Committee and then moving it on to the full House. That part is something I don’t completely understand.
Cider said:
Another link

Texas Republicans voted early Wednesday to move forward with new abortion restrictions, after limiting testimony at a public committee hearing, refusing to consider Democratic amendments and imposing strict security precautions to prevent additional disruptions from protesting abortion-rights supporters.
On a party-line vote, the Republican majority sent the bill to the full Texas House for a vote next week. Gov. Rick Perry is pushing his allies in the Legislature to move quickly after he called lawmakers back for a second special session to pass the bill, which would limiting when, where and how women may obtain an abortion in the state.
More than 3,500 people came to the Capitol and registered a position on the bill, and more than 1,000 signed up to testify. But fewer than 100 people had a chance to express their views because the top Republican on the committee limited testimony to eight hours and refused entreaties to extend it.
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Thank you for this other article. I trust Fox News a lot more than I do Huffington Post.

That said, I think it was very much justified to limit the number of people expressing their views to 100 or less. After all, had they allowed more, the same thing that previously happened could have happened again. At least I guess so. I’m not entirely certain but I think the reason why they limited it is so that way they had a chance to vote on the bill or do whatever is they had to do to get the bill passed.
 
Considering that the proabort base there was chanting hail s****n I think you can figure out why.
anp1215 said:
It is truly mind-boggling. I have said that I do not hate the Democrats or their ideas. I can at least see where they are coming from with most of their ideas, even the ones I think are wrong. I can at least understand why some people support gay marriage (I am not saying I support it, I do not, but I can at least see how others get caught up in the message and feelings of the movement). I even agree with some of their views on the death penalty and immigration. I just CANNOT, for the life of me, understand why anyone would support abortion, especially after 20 weeks. I CANNOT understand it. Never have, never will. I just don’t get it.
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anp1215 said:
foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/26/texas-lawmaker-filibusters-against-abortion-bill/
Texas Republicans passed a sweeping bill that would effectively shut down most abortion clinics in the state after the state’s lieutenant governor suspended a one-woman filibuster against the hotly contested measure.
The Republican-controlled House voted for the bill while hundreds of protesters screamed from the gallery. Reporters and Democrats saw the voting begin after midnight, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said it began just before.

Read more: foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/26/texas-lawmaker-filibusters-against-abortion-bill/#ixzz2XIYFFitv

PRAISE THE LORD!!! IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A TEXAN!!!
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I hate dishonest reporting. Stop feeding the hysteria.

NO, the bill will not shut down most clinics.
They just need to get a new license, which every proctologist, root canal dentist, Lasik shop, or Liposuction emporium has also obtained.
 
CompSciGuy said:
Nobody has the right to murder an unborn HUMAN BEING. .
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I don’t think denial does the cause any good.
Every woman has the constitutional right to murder their child before reaching viability (20-24 wks).
Like it or not, moral or evil, it is now their right as a US citizen.
 
Now I know why they say “Don’t mess with Texas.” Keep up God’s work!
 
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