Abortion Bill Clears House on March for Life
As thousands of pro-life activists descended on Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life Thursday, House Republicans managed to push through legislation tightening restrictions on abortions.
The 242-179 vote came after objections from GOP women and other lawmakers led Republicans to scrap a similar measure that criminalizes virtually all late-term abortions.
The earlier bill would've banned abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy, only allowing exceptions for a rape victim who reported the crime to law enforcement.
Some female Republicans in Congress objected to that requirement, saying that many victims are too distressed to report rapes.
Another objection to the bill was the exemption for minors, but not adults, that are victims of incest.
Meanwhile, the approved measure would:
- Permanently ban the use of government funds for nearly all abortions
- Prohibit individuals and many employers from collecting tax credits for insurance plans covering abortion that they pay for privately and purchase through exchanges established under Obamacare
- Block the District of Columbia from using its money to cover abortions for lower-income women
The House decision coincided with Thursday's annual March for Life. It's been 42 years since the U.S. Supreme Court created a constitutional right to abortion.
Every year pro-lifers march in Washington, D.C., to mourn the tens of millions of babies aborted since that ruling and to pray for an end to abortion in America.
In light of that grim statistic, activists like Mary Margaret Gibson are leading the charge in the fight to save unborn lives.
***Gibson is ministry director for Evan-Tell and leads a mission called Save The Mother, Save Her Child. She talked more about goals of the group and whats called conversational evangelism on CBN News.
