Well it would seem that our "Dear Beloved Leader", Barry "Almighty" has once again decided to play it safe by doing that which he does best when it comes to 'sensitive issues', take the coward's way out. Because apparently, the White House does not yet determined the potential political consequences whether or not Barry should support or oppose a bill banning gender-selective abortions. Hell, I thought Barry was in favor of pretty much all abortions. When asked about the House bill on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay "Dim Bulb" Carney said he would have to check. Yup, he's going to go right off and check on that. Don't hold your breath. I think it is just one more issue, on a rather long list of many, that they hope they can just make go away by ignoring it.
Anyway, when a reporter asked our buddy Jay, “The House is, I think this afternoon, preparing to take up a bill that would ban gender selection as a factor in abortions in this country. And I was wondering -- I haven’t seen it in a statement of administration policy, and I was wondering if the White House had a position on that.” Carney, being his ever obediently incoherent and evasive self, did not have an immediate answer. Instead he mumbled, “I will have to take that as well.” And then quickly added, “Been focused on other things. But I will get back to you.” Right, what he really meant was that he'll have to go check with the boss and so that he can then come up with one of his by now trademark non-answer, answers.
The bill in question here is what's called the Parental Non-Discrimination Act and it is expected to come to the House floor today, Thursday, at least according to the office of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The bill would make abortions based on a baby’s gender illegal by creating a penalty for those who knowingly have gender-selective abortions, coerce a woman into having one, or provide transportation to a woman so that she can come to the U.S. to have a gender-selective abortion. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. And ordinarily wouldn't you think that this is exactly the type of an issue where you could expect to see nearly all women's groups gladly uniting behind? Sadly, apparently such is not the case!
“There are more than two hundred million missing little girls who were aborted for the sole reason that they were girls,” King said in a statement. That is absolutely staggering to even consider. Rep. King went on to say, “The three most dangerous words are ‘it's a girl,’ but decision time does not happen when you find out the sex of your baby. PRENDA (the House bill) will protect unborn babies from being aborted because it's about a child, not a choice. I will continue to defend the unborn. There should be no question where to stand because the choice is clear -- every child deserves the right to a fulfilling life.” You know, it's pretty sad that we even have to have this kind of legislation.
"We are the only advanced country left in the world that still doesn't restrict sex-selection abortion in any way," said Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), the bill’s sponsor. "This evil practice has now allowed thousands of little girls in America and millions of little girls across the world to be brutally dismembered." Franks and others say there is evidence of sex-selection abortions in the United States among certain ethnic groups from countries such as China and India, where there is a traditional preference for sons. There is only one way to describe such a practice as this, it is barbaric to the extreme. I mean here we are in the 21st century and we're murdering babies for no other reason than because they're perceived to be of the wrong gender.
And in what is, I suppose, something that should really come as no surprise is the fact that Planned Parenthood Federation of America, that franchise which functions as the nation’s largest abortion mill, actually issued a statement that made clear its opposition to the legislation. “As the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive health provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood knows all too well that women still face gender discrimination in this country,” Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said in a statement. “We oppose sex selection abortion. But this bill does nothing to advance protections against discrimination and instead will have the result of further shaming and stigmatizing women.” What kind of an idiotic statement is that.
Now I could be wrong, Lord knows I have been before, but I would think that if there is anything that can be used to identify just who the active participants might be in what's being called a war on women, it is this legislation, and the positions that any number of certain groups may have on it. Because it would seem to me that if you are 'for' this particular piece of legislation then you can safely be considered as being pro-women, and if you are against it, well then, you're not. And I really don't understand how any organization that claims to be 'for' women's rights, can take a stand against a bill like this and still be able to maintain any level of credibility, whatsoever, regarding it's claims to be some sort of an advocacy group for women's health issues. It just doesn't compute.
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