{"id":195932,"date":"2019-02-05T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T22:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=195932"},"modified":"2019-02-05T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T22:41:09","slug":"lawmaker-pulls-support-abortion-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lawmaker-pulls-support-abortion-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Another lawmaker pulls support from pro-abortion bill, this time in Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week, Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Edith Ajello introduced The Reproductive Health Care Act to the House Judiciary Committee. 39 of the 75 Rhode Island representatives co-sponsored the bill, but now, at least one has withdrawn his support stating that he didn’t read the bill.\u00a0As a freshman representative, Rep. Jose Serodio of East Providence said he wanted to be “polite” but admitted, “I didn’t know exactly what I was signing.”<\/p>\n

As previously noted by Live Action News<\/a>, the Act, HB 5127, is no innocent bill. It “would allow abortion up to birth under the guise<\/a> of protecting women\u2019s health, and do away with spousal notification before an abortion as well as the state\u2019s ban on partial-birth abortion. This bill is being heavily promoted by Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and Rhode Island\u2019s 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.”\u00a0The broad exception<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0“health of the mother” allows abortion for any reason the abortionist can come up with, including the woman’s finances and the state of her family life.<\/p>\n

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Serodio told the Providence Journal<\/a> that he has filed the paperwork to remove his name from the Reproductive Health Care Act, claiming he signed it because “Someone asked me to sign something.”<\/p>\n

Serodio isn’t the first politician to withdraw support of a pro-abortion bill in recent weeks. State delegate Dawn Adams<\/a> removed her support of the now infamous late-term abortion bill the Repeal Act<\/a>\u00a0in Virginia, saying she had failed to read it.<\/p>\n

“I made a mistake, and all I know to do is to admit it, tell the truth, and let the chips fall where they may,” she told constituents in an email. “I did not read the bill I agreed to co-patron and that wasn’t smart or typical. I will work harder and be better for it.” She maintains that she is pro-choice and expected the bill to remove “onerous” abortion restrictions but realized that it “sought to do so much more.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Abortionists admit that third trimester abortions are done on healthy babies<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Serodio said his reason for removing his name from the bill was that his one-time Democratic opponent, David V. O’Connell, asked him why he would sign it because he thought he was pro-life.<\/p>\n

“When I realized my mistake,” he said, “I went back and withdrew my signature.”<\/p>\n

The Rhode Island Right to Life Committee said that they are working to get more co-sponsors to withdraw their support.<\/p>\n

“We are presently attempting to quietly peel off a few more bill cosponsors; one has already withdrawn,” the group announced.<\/p>\n

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Serodio via Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

As more politicians realize that it’s a mistake to support expansive abortion bills and to fail to read any bill they sponsor, hopefully, they will do a better job of being thorough and more cautious in what they sign and promote.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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