{"id":735089,"date":"2021-09-09T17:35:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T21:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=735089"},"modified":"2021-09-09T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T21:35:54","slug":"former-pro-life-dem-wants-to-enshrine-abortion-in-federal-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-pro-life-dem-wants-to-enshrine-abortion-in-federal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pro-Life Dem Wants To Enshrine Abortion in Federal Law"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fformer-pro-life-dem-wants-to-enshrine-abortion-in-federal-law%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=735089&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--><div readability=\"30.414179104478\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Rep. Jim Langevin said he made decision after Supreme Court did not interfere with Texas&#8217; heartbeat law<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-736x491-1.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318006666-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Jim Langevin (D., R.I.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/patrick-hauf\/\" title=\"Posts by Patrick Hauf\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Patrick Hauf<\/a> \u2022 September 9, 2021 5:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"105.95318751667\">\n<p><span>A Democratic congressman who campaigned as pro-life for years pledged to support a bill to permanently legalize abortion.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Jim Langevin (D., R.I.) on Thursday said he will vote to codify <\/span><i><span>Roe<\/span><\/i> <span>v<\/span><span>. <\/span><i><span>Wade<\/span><\/i><span> in a Thursday op-ed in <\/span><i><span>The Providence Journal<\/span><\/i><span>, despite insisting on the campaign trail that he is a committed pro-life Christian<\/span><span>. Langevin said he made this decision after the Supreme Court decided not to interfere with the enactment of a six-week abortion ban in Texas.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;In light of this inaction by the Court\u2014and as the conservative majority seems increasingly likely to take the extraordinary step of overturning <em>Roe<\/em> v. <em>Wade<\/em>\u2014I have reconsidered my position on reproductive rights,&#8221; Langevin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/09\/09\/opinion-langevin-why-im-supporting-womens-health-protection-act\/5776578001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Langevin&#8217;s announcement drew sharp rebukes and cries of betrayal from activists and longtime supporters. Kristen Day, executive director of the Democrats for Life of America, said Langevin seemed passionate about representing pro-life Democrats in Congress when she met him. But his views on abortion shifted more toward pro-choice the longer he was in office, which she attributed to the radical leadership in the party.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I think a lot of these members still do believe life begins in the womb,&#8221; Day told the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;The political pressure is brutal.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Langevin said in his op-ed that he will support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s (D., Calif.) drive to pass the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act, which would make legalized abortion permanent in federal law. Pelosi <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/09\/02\/pelosi-house-vote-abortion-bill-after-supreme-court-decision\/5697169001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> she will soon introduce the bill in response to the enactment of Texas&#8217; heartbeat law.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Langevin was elected in 2000 with the support of prominent abortion opponents. His entered&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/candidate\/evaluations\/55787\/jim-langevin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>office<\/span><\/a><span> with a 0 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, which shifted to 100 percent by 2007 and has fluctuated slightly since then. The National Right to Life Committee rated him at 88 percent during his first year, then dropped him to 0 percent by 2008. Langevin has consistently supported expansion to abortion access in the past decade. Although he did <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/ted-nesis-saturday-morning-post-aug-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>support<\/span><\/a><span> the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding of abortion, as late as 2016.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life organization, donated to Langevin\u2019s original campaign in 2000 when he opposed abortion. Mallory Quigley, vice president of communications for Susan B. Anthony List, said the Rhode Island Democrat should be ashamed for allowing his once pro-life views to flip in the most radical manner possible.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Langevin once supported common sense, common ground pro-life proposals including stopping taxpayer funding of abortion\u2014but how the times have changed,&#8221; she told the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;Rep. Langevin is now a pro-abortion extremist who votes in lockstep with Speaker Pelosi.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) was the only Democrat in the Senate to vote in favor of a provision to keep the Hyde Amendment in August. The House voted to remove the Hyde Amendment from appropriations bills in the same month. Day said the key for pro-life Democrats moving forward is to make their voices known and support the few elected officials they have left. A quarter of Democrats <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/244709\/pro-choice-pro-life-2018-demographic-tables.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>identify<\/span><\/a><span> as pro-life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It\u2019s very unfortunate that my party says we need to include everybody then takes this position against pro-life Democrats,&#8221; Day told the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;That\u2019s exactly against what they\u2019re for, which is diversity and inclusion.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments over a Mississippi abortion ban in the coming weeks. State officials have asked the court to not only uphold the law, but overturn <em>Roe<\/em>&nbsp;v.&nbsp;<em>Wade&nbsp;<\/em>and subsequent federal rulings preventing states from restricting abortion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Rep. 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