{"id":2393984,"date":"2025-01-22T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-politics-reunite-democrats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T19:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:09:23","slug":"abortion-politics-reunite-democrats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-politics-reunite-democrats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion politics reunite Democrats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fabortion-politics-reunite-democrats-washington-examiner%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=2393984&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--><p>The article discusses the\u2062 recent unity among Senate Democrats in opposing\u2062 a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">born-alive abortion measure<\/a>,&#8221; a legislative effort that would have mandated lifesaving treatment \u2062for infants surviving abortions. This decision came after a period of discord related to immigration legislation that coudl have provided President Trump with an early victory. The Democrats&#8217; cohesive stance on abortion issues emerges amidst their \u200bstruggles to form\u200b a unified front against \u2062Trump&#8217;s second-term agenda and Republican strategies for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-not-seeking-3rd-term-in-2022-is-probably-my-preference\/\" title=\"Johnson: Not seeking 3rd term in 2022 is probably my preference\">upcoming midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate \u2064Majority Leader John Thune criticized Democrats for prioritizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-church-asks-lawmakers-to-search-their-hearts-ahead-of-abortion-vote\/\" title=\"Argentina church asks lawmakers to search their hearts ahead of abortion vote\">abortion rights<\/a> over the\u200b care of newborns, emphasizing that the failed \u200bbill did not achieve the necessary 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, falling short with a 52-47 vote along \u2062party lines. This voting session coincided with the 52nd anniversary of \u2062the \u200dlandmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade and preceded the March for Life rally in\u2064 Washington, D.C. The article highlights that abortion rights have become a\u2062 pivotal issue for Democrats, considerably aiding their performance in key\u200c Senate \u2062races as\u200b they navigate broader political challenges, contrasting it with \u2063their difficulties in immigration messaging.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Abortion politics reunite Democrats amid fractures in Trump&rsquo;s first days<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1902389\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Democrats banded together Wednesday to shoot down a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3297336\/abortion-survivor-protection-bill-blocked-by-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"born-alive abortion measure\">born-alive abortion measure<\/a>, marking a show of unity after recent defections on an immigration bill that will deliver President Donald Trump an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3296358\/democrats-to-hand-trump-early-win-immigration-bill\/\">early legislative victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The newfound cohesion came as Democrats struggle to land on the same page for how to resist Trump&rsquo;s second-term agenda, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3295881\/senate-democrats-delay-trump-cabinet-votes-work-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"nominees\">nominees<\/a>, and Republican Hill leaders who are laying the groundwork for the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would require lifesaving treatment for infants that survive abortions, proved to be far less torturous politics for Democrats than the Laken Riley Act, which seeks to crack down on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing more important to Democrats than abortion,&rdquo; Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on the floor. &ldquo;They will vote against legislation to provide appropriate medical care to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-defeat-bid-to-protect-abortion-survivors\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Defeat Bid to Protect Abortion Survivors\">babies born alive<\/a> in an abortion clinic just in case such a law ends up<a><\/a>  jeopardizing their cherished &lsquo;right to abortion.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation failed to clear a 60-vote filibuster 52-47 along party lines. The vote coincided with the 52nd anniversary of <em>Roe v. Wade <\/em>and came ahead of the annual March for Life rally this weekend in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats see abortion-related issues as one arena that proved successful for them in several battleground Senate races like Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin, unlike immigration and southern border messaging. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This election was very clear across the country, where Republicans&rsquo; message was, this is a state issue. And in state after state, [Democrats] brought up protections for women in their states, and they won,&rdquo; Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) told reporters. &ldquo;We are going to be on the attack on this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The House will vote on its version of the bill this week. Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), a purple-district centrist who frequently bucks his party, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he will vote against it in the latest sign of unified Democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The born-alive votes will mark a departure from the Laken Riley Act that peeled away support from dozens of Democrats in Congress for a bipartisan measure that co-sponsors like Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) labeled &ldquo;commonsense.&rdquo; And Trump&rsquo;s nominees have unearthed further clashes among Senate Democrats on whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3295881\/senate-democrats-delay-trump-cabinet-votes-work-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"throw up obstacles for inevitable confirmations\">throw up obstacles for inevitable confirmations<\/a> in a show of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate will also soon consider legislation to bar transgender student-athletes from women&rsquo;s sports, but it is also slated for a filibuster defeat after it secured nominal Democratic backing in the House from just two members.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), flanked by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), left, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;When you talk specifically Laken Riley, [there were] a number of Democrats who saw what happened on Election Day, where the positions of the Democrat Party on an open border were defeated,&rdquo; Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) said.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats viewed the born-alive provision as redundant, misleading, and a backdoor pathway for Republicans to further restrict abortion access at the federal level. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/107th-congress\/house-bill\/2175\/all-actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">similar law<\/a> has been on the books since 2002. The new proposal, Murray said, would take the rare instance of a born-alive child often associated with failed late-term abortions due to a suspected fatal anomaly and force doctors to render futile aid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When, actually, what those parents really want to do is spend a last few minutes with their dying child,&rdquo; Murray said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3231270\/abortion-foes-hope-gop-governors-spend-political-capital\/\"><strong>ABORTION FOES SEE HOPE IF THEY CAN GET GOP GOVERNORS TO SPEND POLITICAL CAPITAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans acknowledged some redundancies but raised what they called a loophole under current law: What happens if no effort is made to save a born-alive child?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is allowed is a tiny little loophole that if an abortion was botched, everyone can just back away and watch the child die. They do not have to give that child medical care,&rdquo; said Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), the measure&rsquo;s lead author. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s quite a loophole.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Hailey Bullis contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1902389\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1902389\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats unite against abortion measure amid Trump\u2019s early days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2393985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/abortion-politics-unifies-democrats.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,3685,32504,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2393984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-democrats","tag-political-strategy","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/abortion-politics-unifies-democrats.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393984","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393988,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393984\/revisions\/2393988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}