Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins Introduce Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth Nationwide
February 10, 2023 | Alaska, District of Columbia, Maine
The two lone pro-abortion Republicans in the U.S. Senate partnered with Democrats on Thursday to introduce a bill that would legalize the killing of unborn babies in abortions up to birth nationwide.
U.S. Sens. Murkowski, R-Alaska and Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined Democrat Sens. Tim Kaine, of Virginia, and Krysten Sinema, of Arizona, in calling for passage of Senate Bill 4688, or the Reproductive Freedom for All Act, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
“It’s up to Congress to help restore and protect women’s reproductive rights. I’m proud to reintroduce bipartisan legislation with my colleagues,” Murkowski said in a statement. “Unless we enshrine reproductive health care autonomy into law, we risk a future where generations of women will grow up with fewer rights than their mothers.”
The four lead sponsors are viewed as political moderates, and their bill is being presented as a compromise in comparison to the radical Women’s Health Protection Act, which Democrat leaders repeatedly have tried and failed to pass through Congress. Nicknamed the Abortion Without Limits Up to Birth Act, the legislation would force states to legalize abortions for basically any reason up to birth, end bans on sex-selection and taxpayer-funded abortions, and get rid of laws requiring parental consent and informed consent….(Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
