{"id":195370,"date":"2019-02-01T06:08:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T12:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=195370"},"modified":"2019-02-01T15:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:59:23","slug":"rhode-island-pro-abortion-bills-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rhode-island-pro-abortion-bills-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island introduces barbaric pro-abortion bills, and pro-lifers fight back"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two expansive abortion bills were introduced in Rhode Island on Tuesday, including one which would allow abortion-on-demand until birth and end the ban on barbaric partial-birth abortion. The\u00a0House Judiciary Committee held a meeting Tuesday night to hear testimony on this and three other bills.<\/p>\n

The first bill, The Reproductive Health Care Act<\/a>, is sponsored by Democratic Rep. Edith Ajello and co-sponsored by 39 of the 75 representatives. It would allow abortion up to birth under the guise<\/a> of protecting women’s health, and do away with spousal notification before an abortion as well as the state’s ban on partial-birth abortion. This bill is being heavily promoted by Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and Rhode Island’s governor supports it, and Planned Parenthood previously announced<\/a> that codifying “the right to abortion in state law” of Rhode Island was one of its 2019 goals.<\/p>\n

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Catholic Governor Gina Raimondo submitted written testimony for the hearing,\u00a0saying<\/a>, “While we all share the goal of reducing unwanted pregnancies and abortions, the right way to achieve this is through education and access to healthcare and contraception — not by criminalizing women’s reproductive healthcare decisions.”<\/p>\n

The second bill, known as The Reproductive Privacy Act<\/a>, is sponsored by Rep. Anastasia Williams and will also allow abortion up until birth but will not repeal the restrictions already in place. It\u00a0allows for the ban on partial-birth abortion and adds grandparents and adult siblings to the notification law. Many who support the first bill say that this will secure abortion restrictions in Rhode Island that do not line up with Roe v. Wade<\/em>. If Roe is overturned, says<\/a> Planned Parenthood, “the RPA would not adequately protect Rhode Islanders’ right to safe, legal abortion.”<\/p>\n

Pro-lifers in the state are fighting back. Nichole Rowley and her husband Tyler, the parents of two children, received a card from Gov. Raimondo expressing joy at the birth of their second son.\u00a0“If children are such a special gift, as the card claims, why does she offer those children no rights before they are born,” Rowley said to NBC 10 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rowley has started a pro-life campaign asking legislators who support abortion to reconsider. It’s called “Me… Still me” and features pictures of children in their ultrasounds and then after their birth. She is calling for people to share theirs on Facebook and email them to the governor. Her husband Tyler testified at the hearing.<\/p>\n

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