Post by aj2hall on Oct 3, 2022 0:14:16 GMT
Republicans tried to add a last minute amendment to a bill for veterans banning abortions for all veterans. This Democrat from Michigan called them out asking Who are you? We are elected officials, not medical professionals. Her remarks are short and definitely worth listening to.
www.huffpost.com/entry/elissa-slotkin-abortion-speech_n_63357ba9e4b08e0e606aeed7
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/02/elissa-slotkin-abortion-veterans-republicans/
There are few members of Congress who can effectively lay bare the abject misogyny, cruelty and medical ignorance of the GOP. One such member: Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
The Michigan Democrat, a veteran of the CIA who completed three tours in Iraq and stepmother to a daughter serving in the Army, denounced a Republican effort this past week to hijack a bill that would help veterans transition to civilian life with a last-minute amendment to ban abortion for female veterans.
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“You want to ban all abortions. That is your goal,” she said on Wednesday. “Many of you have been open about that, and if you flip the House, we know that you will put forward a full ban on all abortion for all states.” She went on: “We are all, on this floor, elected officials and not medical professionals. If it was your wife, your daughter who was suffering through a miscarriage, are you gonna tell her she can’t [have an abortion] until her fever gets high enough and until she’s bleeding harder?”
For presenting a clear and compelling argument about the stakes when politicians seek to control women’s bodies, we can say well done, Rep. Slotkin.
www.huffpost.com/entry/elissa-slotkin-abortion-speech_n_63357ba9e4b08e0e606aeed7
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/02/elissa-slotkin-abortion-veterans-republicans/
There are few members of Congress who can effectively lay bare the abject misogyny, cruelty and medical ignorance of the GOP. One such member: Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
The Michigan Democrat, a veteran of the CIA who completed three tours in Iraq and stepmother to a daughter serving in the Army, denounced a Republican effort this past week to hijack a bill that would help veterans transition to civilian life with a last-minute amendment to ban abortion for female veterans.
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“You want to ban all abortions. That is your goal,” she said on Wednesday. “Many of you have been open about that, and if you flip the House, we know that you will put forward a full ban on all abortion for all states.” She went on: “We are all, on this floor, elected officials and not medical professionals. If it was your wife, your daughter who was suffering through a miscarriage, are you gonna tell her she can’t [have an abortion] until her fever gets high enough and until she’s bleeding harder?”
For presenting a clear and compelling argument about the stakes when politicians seek to control women’s bodies, we can say well done, Rep. Slotkin.
