Vermont Creates a “Right” to Kill Babies, Allows Abortions Up to Birth
December 14, 2022 | Vermont
Aborting viable, late-term unborn babies for any reason is now a “right” in the Vermont Constitution and abortions are available up to birth.
Last month, state voters approved Proposal 5, a pro-abortion constitutional amendment, on the ballot by a massive margin. Most expected the amendment to pass in the deeply Democratic state. Abortions already are legal for basically any reason up to birth in Vermont, but the amendment will stop the state legislature from enacting any limits in the future.
Today, Vermont formally adopted the constitutional amendment.
Upon signing the amendments into the state’s founding document, Gov. Phil Scott and Secretary of State Jim Condos held up the certificates of each amendment, beaming, while the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate who helped shepherd the proposals through the legislative process — Speaker Jill Krowinski and President Pro Tempore Becca Balint — looked on.
Vermont’s state constitution is notoriously difficult to amend, rendering it among the oldest and shortest constitutions in the country. Proposed amendments in Vermont face an arduous, years-long process, requiring majority support from two consecutive cohorts of state legislators, then approval by the voting population….(Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
