Politics Remember when the House was the Crazy Branch of Congress?
Those were the days.
A bill to make transporting a teen across state lines for an abortion would become a crime punishable by prison under a widely supported bill nearing passage in the Senate this afternoon.
Democrats tried and failed to attach several amendments to the bill that would have made it slightly less odious, including one by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., that would have encouraged the federal government to provide money for more sex education. It failed 48-51, but not before sparking this laughable “debate”:
“If we do nothing about teen pregnancy yet pass this punitive bill, then it proves that this (bill) is only a political charade and not a serious effort to combat the problem,” Lautenberg said.Abstinence is the best way to prevent teenage pregnancy, responded Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
“How many people really think it’s in the best interest of young people to be sexually active outside of marriage? Does anything positive ever come from that?” Coburn asked.
Because forcing young girls to have babies they don’t want and can’t care for is the definition of a “positive” outcome.
About time. Now maybe they can get serious about cracking down on the runaway slave issue. States's rights are one thing, but when it comes to a man and his women, or slaves, well it's time to step in and protect property.