(Above: Rep. Martha Roby speaks out against federal funding for abortions)
The U.S. House voted today to permanently ban federal spending on abortion and to block ObamaCare subsidies for insurance plans that cover abortion.
Shortly before the vote, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, gave a one-minute speech on the House floor, briefly assessing the ongoing battles between pro-life and pro-abortion activists.
“I’ve been intrigued with the latest rhetoric in the so-called ‘war on women,’ Roby said. “I’m intrigued because at some point pro-abortion activists stopped using the word ‘abortion.’ Instead of using the ‘a-word,’ they started using terms like ‘women’s health’ or ‘reproductive rights.’ It’s a clever word game designed to disguise the truth and build artificial support. After all, who would be against the health of a woman? Who would oppose anyone’s right to reproduce? But what about the baby’s health? What about the unborn child’s right to live? They don’t call it abortion anymore because people understand what abortion is. It’s the taking of a life. It is death where life once existed. It is cruel and tragic. And there is no place in the federal budget for funding it.”
Needless to say, the pro-abortion crowd didn’t like what Roby had to say. Many of them took to Twitter to express their outrage and to make it clear how much they love abortion.
@RepMarthaRoby I support every woman's RIGHT to LEGAL and SAFE ***ABORTION*** #ABORTION #ABORTION #GetItASSHOLE #ABORTION
— tabgirl (@tabgirl) January 28, 2014
Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion Abortion @SBAList @RepMarthaRoby
— bd (@IHatebd) January 28, 2014
@lizzwinstead @SBAList @RepMarthaRoby ABORTION ABORTION ABORTION I LOVE ABORTION FREE ABORTIONS FOR ALL
— Uncle Sugar (@TheVeritable) January 28, 2014
@RepMarthaRoby Abortionabortionabortionabortionabortionabortionabortionabortionabortiomabortionabortionabortionabortionabortionabortion #FJL
— Maggi Archdeacon (@maggidamnit) January 28, 2014
(Above: Rep. Spencer Bachus speaks out against federal funding for abortions)
Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills also spoke on the House floor in favor of the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act.
“No child is unwanted. Let me repeat that: no child is unwanted,” Bachus said. “There are millions of American couples today that are waiting to give these unborn children a loving home. I don’t know all the circumstances, but I do know the unborn are little girls and little boys. While I don’t know about my colleagues, I believe that God has a plan for each of these unborn children and I don’t believe that plan includes terminating their lives. It may not be a popular thing to say. But can’t we focus on the unborn and the fact that there are millions of families out there, many of them childless, that would love to have these little girls and boys in their homes?”
@BachusAL06 This bill is nothing but religious/political posturing. Embarrassing.
— Rachel Baker (@PokeyPuppyRdr) January 28, 2014
When I picture the patriarchy, I picture @BachusAL06. #HR7
— K. Travis Ballie (@KTravisBallie) January 28, 2014
All of this comes just days after the 41st Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that made abortion legal in all 50 states. Since then, over 50,000,000 pregnancies have been aborted, including over 500,000 in Alabama alone.
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