Posted by
Gamecock on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:27:40 PM
Democrats Would Let Foley Take Minors to Georgia for Abortions
originally posted at Redstate.com (link below)
Lost in the news even before the ABC October Foley IMs surprise, was the Senate vote to invoke cloture to end a Democrat filibuster and move to a vote on the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. The Act would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion without parental consent.
The vote took place the same day that the Senate passed the law authorizing military tribunals to try terrorists for war crimes. The Democrats did not filibuster that bill although much less than 50% of them voted for passage.
But on the issue of parental notification before one takes a child to another state to have an abortion, they so opposed it that they wouldn't even allow it to be voted on on the merits. It should also be noted that four republicans also refused to invoke cloture as well, and if they had, the filibuster would have been killed.
From the Catholic Fire:
Of the 14 Democrats who initially voted in favor of S. 403 on July 25, yesterday eight flipped and voted to kill the parental notification requirement: Ken Salazar (Co.), Tom Carper (De.), Bill Nelson (Fl.), Daniel Inouye (Hi.), Evan Bayh (In.), Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan (both ND), and Herb Kohl (Wi).
The six Democrats who voted in favor of the bill on both occasions were Mark Pryor (Ar.), Ben Nelson (Ne.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Harry Reid (Nv.), Tim Johnson (SD), and Robert Byrd (WV). The four Republicans who opposed the bill were Lincoln Chafee (RI), Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe (both Maine), and Arlen Specter (Pa.).
"It is remarkable that only six out of 45 Senate Democrats voted to require a parent to be notified before an abortion is performed on a young daughter in some other state," commented NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson, who noted that the bill had exceptions for cases involving abuse, medical emergency, and judicial waiver of notification. "We commend Majority Leader Bill Frist for fighting to the end to free this legislation from the grip of a Senate minority, a minority that has preserved the ability of profiteering abortionists to keep parents in the dark."
read the whole story
http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2006/09/eight-senate-democrats-flip-kil...
Democrat message: Congressman Foley, feel free to take my child from Tallahassee to Atlanta for an abortion, but don't send her any suggestive e-mails.
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/gamecock/2006/oct/02/democrats_would_let_foley_take_minors_to_georgia_for_abortions