While Roe v. Wade has taken center stage even without an official ruling, the Democrats, who control D.C., have moved to protect abortion by presenting the Women’s Health Protection Act. Although it was introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, just hours before the vote was to take place, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin revealed that he would be voting against the bill.
Speaking with reporters on his decision, as can be seen below, Senator Manchin admitted, “The bill we have today to vote on, the Women’s Health Protection Act, and I respect people who support it — but make no mistake, it is not Roe v. Wade codification. It’s an expansion. It wipes 500 — 500 state laws off the books — it expands abortion. And with that, that’s not where we are today. We should not be dividing this country further than we’re already divided.”
MANCHIN: "Make no mistake. It is not Roe v. Wade codification. It's an expansion. It wipes 500 state laws off the books. It expands abortion." pic.twitter.com/yfj6w3gTXU
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 11, 2022
The Senator added, “It’s really — the politics of Congress that’s dividing the country, it’s not the people. They — they’re telling us what they want. And it’s just disappointing that we’re going to be voting on a piece of legislation that I will not vote for today.”
Joining Manchin, every Republican including Senator Susan Collins voted against the bill as well. Collins stated, “It supersedes all other federal and state laws, including the conscience protections that are in the Affordable Care Act. It doesn’t protect the right of a Catholic hospital to not perform abortions. That right has been enshrined in law for a long time.”
As Schumer already knew, on Wednesday, the bill failed to pass with a 51-49 majority.
After the vote, many liberals like actress Nancy Lee Grahn attacked Manchin on Twitter. She wrote, “How does the WHPA go too far? Make him explain what that means. He’s full of s—. #Manchin has already become a multi millionaire from getting paid off with Republican oil & Pharm money so he doesn’t need a job. But after ’25 he’ll NEVER sit his lying A– in our Congress again, & will go down as one of the greatest impediments to Democracy in modern history.”
This piece was written by Jeremy Porter on May 12, 2022. It originally appeared in DrewBerquist.com and is used by permission.
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Although Manchin is still a Democrat I will say that he does have the cojones to do the right thing every now and then. Which is infinitely more than can be said for the rest of them.
It’s truly sad to see misinformed, ignorant people like Nancy Lee Grahn spout off as she did at the end of this article.
If Grahn bothered read anything except abortion rights propaganda, she would know about some of the things reported earlier in the article, such as what Susan Collins reported about Catholic hospitals.
Unfortunately, there are millions of pro-abortion activists who never bother to educate themselves about even the most basic issues.
It goes without saying, let the states govern themselves. No need for “big brother” aka government telling the whole country how to take care of each state’s citizens. What some citizens feel is good for them might not be what citizens of other states feel what isa good for them.
For those who feel that only a “woman” can decide what she wants as abortions go, why aren’t these same people protesting “the government” mandating masks be worn. Should an individual have that same rights as far as mask mandates go? Also know the difference, unmasking only hurts maybe, an individual while abortion murders/kills an unborn child who has no say on this.