We didn’t win the vote today, but we won Hearts and Minds.
I have no doubt we will eventually be victorious.
#TheyFeelPain
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For more than three hours we debated on the floor of the Senate whether our great nation should end abortion on demand after 20 weeks.
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I have not given up this fight and I hope you will not either. Together we must press on and continue pushing for protection of the unborn.
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Today’s vote represents real progress for the pro-life movement. The more we discuss this matter, the more support we get from the American people.
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Similar to the fight to pass the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, it’s only a matter of time until we secure the votes to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
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I truly believe that an overwhelming majority of the American people do not want our country to allow abortion in the fifth month of pregnancy. It’s a sad fact the United States remains one of only seven nations that allows abortion on demand in the fifth month of pregnancy.
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I intend to keep pushing for this legislation to become law so that the United States can get out of this infamous ‘Club of Seven’.
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I’d like to thank the Majority Leader for allowing this important legislation to be debated and voted on. If Republicans did not have the Majority it would never have happened.
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You know who also feel pain, victims of gun violence and their families. Yet you and your party does nothing to stop it, or even decrease it. You are pro birth not pro life.
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You tried to pass healthcare reform with less debate! Where are your donors...I mean, priorities. How about taking care of the already-born people now!!
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No one gets an abortion after 20 weeks unless the mother’s life is in danger or the fetus is inviable. In those cases, the right needs to be protected.
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Don’t see doctors backing this bull, just not true. All religious groups. Just
@control..they carve out rape and invest but only if reported to the police. When in fact majority of tapes not reported &incest is usually a family member. Again not reported. Time 4more Dem women.
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