Fed up with John Boehner, pro-life Republicans are staging a sit-in at his office later this month. At issue is the “The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 36) which would ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy but would provide for exceptions in the case of rape or incest.
The act was stalled in the House of Representatives in January by two female Republicans: Representatives Renee Ellmers of North Carolina and Jackie Walorski of Indiana.
The Washington Post reported at the time that plans for a scheduled vote were “abruptly dropped” amid a “revolt” by the female GOP lawmakers who were “concerned that the legislation’s restrictive language would once again spoil the party’s chances of broadening its appeal to women and younger voters.”
The ultra-conservative World Net Daily is reporting that:
Pro-life activist Jill Stanek is joining with the Christian Defense Coalition later this month to stage a sit-in on Capitol Hill over lack of action on a late-term abortion ban that was supposed to be passed in January.
The sit-in is scheduled for 11.a.m. EST on March 25 outside the office of House Speaker John Boehner.
The Tea Party News Network added that:
Jill Stanek is one of those conservatives who has plain had enough of the politics, and expects Boehner to put up or shut up this year as Congress has its first Republican majority since the Bush administration.
Stanek was quoted by World Net Daily as stating that:
The bill never should have been sidelined. They didn’t even take a headcount to see if they had the votes. They had the votes. At the last moment, the chief opponent, Renee Ellmers, said she would vote for the bill, but they just chickened out, and they took advantage of the pro-life movement.
They don’t take us seriously. They don’t respect us or fear us.
According to World Net Daily, the name of the protest is #FreeTheBan and more information can be found at the event’s Facebook page which notes:
We will go to Speaker Boehner’s office to be a voice for the innocent children who die every day in America from the violence of abortion and call upon him to schedule a vote on banning ALL abortions after 20 weeks.
As we pray and peacefully risk arrest, we are saying that Republican leadership should cease all business in the House until this legislation has been scheduled.
Thx @DRUDGE_REPORT for THREE headlines spotlighting #FreeTheBan protest @SpeakerBoehner 3-25 https://t.co/Q6C3IbBJsc pic.twitter.com/ltZcjh3txG
— Jill Stanek (@JillStanek) March 10, 2015
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