{"id":2019004,"date":"2023-09-01T04:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-late-term-abortion-nationwide-while-calling-gop-extreme\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T04:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:46:50","slug":"democrats-push-for-late-term-abortion-nationwide-while-calling-gop-extreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-late-term-abortion-nationwide-while-calling-gop-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats advocate for nationwide access to late-term abortion, while labeling the GOP as extreme."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-push-for-late-term-abortion-nationwide-while-calling-gop-extreme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Late-Term Abortion: A\u2062 Contentious Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Late-term abortion has become \u2063a \u2062focal point in the ongoing battle between Republicans and Democrats, with each side attempting to portray\u2063 the other as extreme. While some Democrats deny supporting &#8220;abortion \u200dup until birth,&#8221; they have endorsed measures that allow late-term abortions or\u200c eliminate gestational restrictions \u200baltogether, while accusing Republicans of extremism\u200c on the issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Flipping the Script<\/h3>\n<p>Anti-abortion groups, like SBA Pro-Life America,\u200b have urged Republicans\u200b to turn \u200cthe tables \u2064on Democrats. They highlight liberal support for controversial\u200d late-term abortions, particularly in the wake of political \u200closses attributed to the overturning of Roe\u2064 v.\u200b Wade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, today\u2019s Democratic Party \u2064allows\u2063 for no dissent on abortion, refusing to\u200b list support\u200b for a single protection \u200dfor\u200b babies in the womb,&#8221; says \u2063E.V. \u2064Osment, Vice President \u2063of Communications at SBA Pro-Life America.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former \u200bPresident\u2062 Donald Trump has also joined the fray, \u2063arguing \u2064that it is not the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">pro-life advocates<\/a> who \u2062are\u200d radical, but rather those \u200dwho support\u200d late-term abortions. He referenced a comment made by former Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, where he\u200d discussed a pro-abortion bill being considered in\u2062 the Virginia \u200dGeneral Assembly.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Controversial Statement<\/h3>\n<p>During a CNN\u2062 town hall\u200b in\u200d May, Trump\u200d claimed that Democrats advocate for &#8220;ripping the baby out \u200cof the womb at the end of the ninth month&#8221; and &#8220;killing\u2063 the baby \u200cin \u2063the\u200d ninth month.&#8221; While Northam&#8217;s comment was couched in \u2062the context \u200bof severe deformities, \u2062the bill \u200bin question would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-says-u-s-just-like-afghanistan-and-sudan-because-scotus-overturned-roe\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Just Like Afghanistan and Sudan Because SCOTUS Overturned Roe\">allowed late-term abortions<\/a> for reasons related to the mental health \u200cof the woman.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats, however, have\u2063 pushed back against these claims. White House press secretary Jen Psaki\u200d recently stated, &#8220;No one\u2064 supports abortion up until birth.&#8221; Nevertheless, Republicans\u2063 have pointed to instances\u2062 where Democrats have defended late-term abortions, arguing that Psaki&#8217;s comment is\u2063 out \u2063of touch\u2062 with reality.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Reality\u2063 of Late-Term Abortions<\/h3>\n<p>According to data\u2064 from\u200c the Guttmacher Institute, approximately 1.3% of \u2063abortions \u200cin the U.S. are \u2063performed in the late-term. This translates to around 10,000 abortions per year. While\u2064 abortion activists argue for unrestricted access to abortion, seven states and the District of Columbia already\u2062 have zero restrictions \u2062on the procedure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Women&#8217;s Health\u2064 Protection Act (WHPA), which garnered significant support among Democrats, aims to supersede any \u200cstate&#8217;s abortion restrictions, including\u200d gestational \u200dlimits. However, critics argue\u200c that\u200d the bill expands \u200cabortion rather than \u2062simply \u200ccodifying Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Debating the WHPA<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Joe \u2063Manchin, the sole Democrat to vote against\u2063 the WHPA in the\u200b Senate, emphasized that the bill goes beyond preserving existing abortion rights. He stated, &#8220;They\u2019re trying to make \u200dpeople believe that this is the same \u2063thing as codifying Roe v.\u200b Wade. And I want \u2063you\u200c to \u2062know, it\u2019s not. This is not the same. It expands abortion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Democrats often assert that abortion\u200b decisions \u200bshould be \u200dleft to the woman and her\u2064 doctor, opponents argue that \u2063this approach effectively \u200beliminates any limitations on the\u2063 procedure.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Woman&#8217;s Choice?<\/h3>\n<p>Pro-life advocates contend that when \u2062Democrats claim it is a decision between a woman and her \u2064doctor, they are effectively removing the doctor from the equation. They argue that Democrats\u2062 fail \u200cto provide any specific limits or boundaries for abortion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abortion\u200c activists have also turned \u2063to state ballot\u200c measures to bypass\u2064 gestational limits and legislative restrictions. Critics argue that these \u200bmeasures \u200care defined by vague terms and lack necessary safeguards.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>State Ballot Measures<\/h3>\n<p>Opponents of \u2062abortion rights express \u2064concern over state ballot measures that seek\u2062 to establish no-limits, \u2063no-parental-consent approaches to abortion. They argue that these measures undermine legislative restrictions and potentially open the door to unrestricted access to abortion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some states have already enacted \u2064laws that eliminate gestational\u2062 limits for abortion. For example, Maine and Minnesota have expanded abortion access beyond the viability threshold,\u200b while Colorado has removed\u2063 all\u200b limits on abortion entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-late-term-abortion-nationwide-while-calling-gop-extreme\/\" title=\"Democrats advocate for nationwide access to late-term abortion, while labeling the GOP as extreme.\">debate surrounding \u2063late-term \u200cabortion continues<\/a> to be highly\u2063 contentious, with both sides firmly entrenched in \u2063their positions. As the battle rages on, the future of abortion rights in\u2063 the United States remains uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are strategically focusing on late-term abortion to portray Democrats as holding extreme views. Although some Democrats deny supporting &#8220;abortion up until birth,&#8221; they have endorsed measures enabling late-term abortions or eliminating gestational restrictions. Meanwhile, Republicans are labeled as extremists in this ongoing debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2019005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}