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Last week, Hawaii representative Tulsi Gabbard introduced not one but two substantial pieces of pro-life legislation. One measure from the Democratic congresswoman is intended “to protect pain-capable unborn children.” The legislative text is not yet available, but it is likely along the lines of similar legislation introduced in the past, which prohibits most abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation based on research suggesting that unborn children can feel pain at that stage of pregnancy.
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The second piece of legislation would “ensure a health care practitioner exercises the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.” That bill text also has yet to be made public, but it will almost certainly follow earlier forms of born-alive legislation. For the past two years, the Senate has held a vote on Senator Ben Sasse’s Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires physicians
Will Joe Biden Have a Catholic Problem ?
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Four years ago, just prior to the November election, I wrote an article titled âHillary Should Have a âCatholic Problem.ââ I started by citing numerous articles in the national press that proclaimed Donald Trump was having difficulty winning over Catholics â a key voting bloc in any candidateâs run for the presidency. In fact, according to Pew Research Center polls, Trump ended up taking 52% of the Catholic vote in 2016 to Hillary Clintonâs 45%.
At this writing, we are still awaiting the final steps in the process of confirming the winner of the 2020 presidential election, but some voter data is already available. According to a poll of more than 110,000 voters conducted for the Associated Press, American Catholics were more evenly split this year between support for President Donald Trump (50%) and Democratic challenger Joe Biden (49%) â who, unlike Clinton, is Catholic.
Biden’s HHS pick praised for backing ACA, criticized on abortion
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during an Aug. 2, 2018, media conference in Los Angeles. Becerra is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)
By Julie Asher • Catholic News Service • Posted December 11, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) As President-elect Joe Biden systematically announces his Cabinet nominees, one selection has already become a culture war flashpoint.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Biden’s choice to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has stirred the partisan fires Biden says he hopes to quell.