{"id":285019,"date":"2023-02-08T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=285019"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T20:19:10","slug":"biden-roe-codified-pro-life-laws-extreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biden-roe-codified-pro-life-laws-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden calls for Roe to be codified, labels protections for preborn humans ‘extreme’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During his State of the Union speech<\/a> on Tuesday, President Biden called laws that protect preborn human beings “extreme,” and vowed to veto legislation that would prohibit the killing of undelivered children in the womb. He also called for Roe v. Wade<\/em>, which was overturned in June, to be codified in law.<\/p>\n

No constitutional right to abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Congress must restore the right the Supreme Court took away last year and codify Roe v. Wade to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose,” he said. “The vice president and I are doing everything we can to protect access to reproductive health care and safeguard patient privacy.”<\/p>\n

Abortion advocates continue to use this phrase \u2014 “constitutional right to abortion” \u2014 yet there is no legitimate right to kill innocent humans, either in or out of the womb. And in fact,\u00a0the Constitution does not determine<\/a> that preborn children should be excluded from the umbrella of “personhood,” and states have a duty to protect all human beings and act for the common good of society. Induced abortion deliberately kills innocent humans and causes psychological<\/a> and physical<\/a> harm to women, ultimately causing significant harm to families and society. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em>\u00a0made clear that the constitution does not confer a “right” to abortion.<\/p>\n

Regarding protecting abortion access, Biden may have been referring to the Women’s Health Protection Act<\/a>, which Congress has previously attempted to pass. This piece of legislation treats women as inferior to men without the ability to kill their preborn children, and would remove pro-life protections that are currently in place \u2014 including parental notification laws and laws protecting preborn children from abortion after viability. These pro-life laws are ones that the majority of Americans want<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Walgreens<\/a><\/p>\n

So-called ‘extreme’ laws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden added, “But already, more than a dozen states are enforcing extreme abortion bans. Make no mistake; if Congress passes a national abortion ban, I will veto it.”<\/p>\n

The pro-life laws Biden claims to be “extreme” are common sense laws supported by most Americans to protect preborn children from the violent deaths of abortion procedures which work by starvation, dismemberment, and cardiac arrest. The 2023 Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll showed<\/a> that 79% of Americans do not want<\/em> abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy, as Biden is calling for. In fact, though 61% of those surveyed consider themselves to be “pro-choice,” 69% of those polled want abortion to be significantly restricted<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Since Roe<\/em> fell, allowing states to determine their own laws regarding\u00a0abortion, about 20 states<\/a> have passed laws to protect nearly all preborn children from induced abortion \u2014 though six are not currently in effect. These laws limiting abortion are in agreement with majority views on abortion. Induced abortion \u2014 the intentional killing of the preborn child prior to delivery \u2014 is an extreme ‘solution’ to the familial and socioeconomic challenges that women and families face. Induced abortion does not include miscarriage treatment, emergency pre-term delivery, treatment for ectopic pregnancy, or any procedure that is necessary to save the life of the mother that does not involve the intentional<\/em> killing of the child. States with laws protecting the preborn do not outlaw medical treatments to preserve the life of a child’s mother.<\/p>\n

Forced participation in abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden also encouraged Congress to “pass the bipartisan Equality Act,” which would force<\/a> Americans to participate in abortion. It would end long-standing conscience protections for doctors and force taxpayers to fund abortion.<\/p>\n

“Going beyond destroying the longstanding and bipartisan Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funds from being used to pay for abortion, the\u00a0Equality<\/span>\u00a0Act<\/span>\u00a0also eliminates all religious protections,” said<\/a> Live Action founder and president Lila Rose. “This means no doctor that serves Medicaid patients will be allowed to disagree, no hospital that accepts Medicare will be allowed to refuse, and no citizen will be able to stop her hard-earned money from paying for the deaths of the youngest and most vulnerable people in our society. This legislation is a club to punish dissent.”<\/p>\n

Biden followed up his push to pass the Equality Act by stating, “Our strength is not just the example of our power, but the power of our example. Let’s remember the world is watching.”<\/p>\n

Nothing is a more improper and horrific abuse of “power” than the violent killing of innocent and defenseless human beings.<\/p>\n