Is it possible during the tenure of a Republican-controlled Congress and presidency that pro-life legislation with an 80 percent public approval rating won't pass?Yes. And if that happens, the responsibility will rest solely with one man: Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
The measure in question would make it a federal crime for non-parental adults to traffic minor girls for abortions across state lines without notifying her parents....
We pro-lifers have done our part during the two months since Senate Democrats blocked this bill from advancing. We have focused our ire on the obstructionists....
Last night House Republicans brilliantly called those Senate Democrats on their ruse by passing a
new version of this legislation including an amendment they claimed to want, which pro-lifers approve, and kicking it back to the Senate.Does Frist have the resolve to defend our girls from rapists? Does he have the guts to battle Democrats head-on to do so? He must call for a vote on this legislation by Friday, the last day of session before the election.
By the way, all this last-minute stuff is Frist's own fault. DC pro-lifers implored him to present this interstate parental notification bill in 2005, but he....
Continue reading my column today, "Blame Frist if parental notification bill fails", on WND.com.
You are totally wrong in blaming Bill Frist. He has done everything to try to get this bill passed. The house operates under totally different rules than the Senate, thus it is much easier for House Leaders to get a bill to the floor. Your criticism of Senator Frist is totally unfair, and if you really want to see this bill passed, certainly untimely. He will do everything he can to bring the Bill to the floor of the Senate. Try to be fair in your articles, and tell the true story, rather than just what you want the story to be.
Ginny,
I appreciate your obvious allegiance to Sen. Frist as one of his volunteers (typing your name and "Frist" on Google indicates you're a long term Frist cheerleader), but get specific on how he has "done everything." If that were true, we wouldn't be debating this now.
We shall see by the end of this week whether Frist has "done everything." So far he has not, creating the need to write my column, something I've held off on for several months. It is likely now or never on CCPA/CIANA.
Regards,
Jill
Jill,
if being a supporter to Senator Frist since September of 2005 makes me a long term anything, so be it. I am not a cheerleader for anyone, but I do believe in truth and fairness for all. I will be happy to debate the issue with you, but let's leave your allegiance to your restrictive viewpoint and my allegiance to Senator Frist out of it. Frankly, it is exactly this type of poisonous comment that make people reluctant to even respond to you. It is insulting to me, that you think because I support Bill Frist, I can't defend him. I will continue to do so when I believe he is right. I also have criticized him when I think he is wrong. So lets stop this petty stuff and talk about the issues.
Jill,
Check what the Senate did today. So much for you blaming Senator Frist. Gee who will you blame next?
Ginny,
I wholeheartedly, gratefully commend Senator Frist for what he did last night. He has now "done everything."
If CIANA/CCPA fails now, it is the fault of whichever six or more of the 65 senators who change their votes from yes to no. Senator Frist has done his part. Thank you, Senator Frist.
Jill