Congratulations to Reps. Dold and Schakowsky on helping to defeat this legislation. But, were there "true-facts" behind the proposal to prosecute women who aborted fetuses on the basis of gender? Or, was it just another issue meant to distract us from the real issues that we must resolve?

Ingender.com, a website dedicated to presenting the truth regarding gender selection, summarizes the issue as follows:

"Although you may see a statistic that 42% of female fetuses are aborted compared to 25% of male fetuses, this figure is worldwide, and reflects the widespread practice in some East and South Asian countries of aborting many female babies. In the U.S., only a small percentage of abortions happen when it is even likely that the mother knows her unborn baby's gender, and there is no evidence that either gender is aborted more often."

You can read the whole report - which highlights that the vast majority of abortions are performed before the mother knows the sex of her fetus - here:
http://www.in-gender.com/XYU/Gender-Preference/

Eric
ejlieberman@gmail.com

And the liberals war on women rolls forward.

President Obama opposed the bill; he was joined by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's major abortion provider as well as Congressman Robert Dold. In fact, the PPFA sent an email memo to all House members on May 29th, warning them of its "intent to score" a vote for the bill, as a vote against "women's health". Also on May 29th, The Huffington Post reported that "no Planned Parenthood clinic will deny a woman an abortion, based on her reasons for wanting one, except in those states that explicitly prohibit sex-selective abortions." So, for PPFA, abortion for sex-selection is just another menu option.
A little history: Because of gender-bias and sex-discrimination, there are an estimated 160 million missing girls and women. This is a staggering number; it is roughly all the women in the United States.
If you haven't read Mara Hvistendahl's book, "Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, And the Consequences of a World Full of Men", go to your library and read it. It is an excellent and deeply disturbing account of the "rampant demographic masculization" of the planet, and provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of this complex problem.
Maybe the Congressman should read this book.

Eric- No woman would have been prosecuted. Read the bill. Only MDs would have been. Not the point of the bill. Sex selection is always wrong.

The headline for this item gives undue credulity to the anti abortion forces. They are simply anti abortion. Calling it their chosen mantra indicates support for their belief system.

God Bless Planned Parenthood and all of it's procedures and help it gives to women. I along with my family donate monthly, I hope many here will as well. The Republican war on women is sickening.

"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil..." (Isaiah 5:20). Such is the rationalization of anyone that denies the personhood of a baby beginning at the moment of conception. Abortion is the sacrament of the Democratic Party. And abortion exists as a cancer on our society because people demand their sexual freedom.

Warren Anderson

Abortion is a debate that will never end because it is against the moral values of a large % of our country. The other % of the country morally feels that it is a personal right to choose.
In my opinion, the government should get out of the way of both sides. Make abortions legal, but don't subsidize them or organizations that provide them with any tax money. Let those who feel strongly about providing low-cost/free abortions for the poor, like Dan Pritzker above, donate their own money to pro-choice clinics.
Each side will stand on moral high ground and say that this middle ground is bad for some reason, but it would be the most fair way to deal with such a divisive issue.

Personally, I think a parent that would abort their child because it isn't the sex they wanted it to be are unfit to be one!

RB,
What will you base laws upon if you don't rely upon our Judeo-Christian heritage? The U.S. Supreme Court tackled this question in it's Trinity Decision in 1892. "This is a Christian nation, and its laws must necessarily be based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind." If your religion is humanism (where man is the measure of all virtues and laws), then anything goes. What is to prevent us from reverting to embracing slavery and other evils as good things? Those kinds of swings in morality have happened historically for thousands of years. Finally, when you bring Jim Jones and the Taliban into our discussion, you typify the desperate, harsh rhetoric of the Democratic Party.

Theory of evolution (dang spell correction)

Warren, you say you had a "better public school education" in Chicago in the '50s than 'what kids receive now".
Could that be because during the '50s our public schools were FULLY funded by a society that agreed that educating our kids was more important than bigger and bigger tax cuts for the wealthy?

A.M. Kelly,
Taxpayers have increased spending for public education over the decades by greater than the rate of inflation. Democrats have so little to run on in their quest to re-elect Obama that they must resort to talking about tax cuts for the wealthy. When the top one percent of income earners pay almost 40 percent of federal taxes, how is that unfair?

"Democrats have so little to run on in their quest to re-elect Obama that they must resort to talking about tax cuts for the wealthy"

Hillarious...They must "resort"?...You say it as if tax cuts for the wealthy -- which Bush ran up the deficit to pay for, by the way, represents some strange, exotic view!.
The "top one percent of income earners" pay almost 40 percent in taxes"....Only on paper, Warren..They make use of numerous tax loopholes, which means they pay a fraction of that...When the Democrats made the modest suggestion that they close only some of them, Republicans adamantly refused....How's that for "fair"?.
I notice you did stipulate income "earners"...What about those now too rich to need to work, like Mitt Romney who laughingly describes himself as "unemployed"? According to what has been made public, he paid just under 14 percent last year. ..That, I believe, is what anyone would call unfair.

I have a small question on the side. Why wouldn't Rep. Schakowsky vote on the issue? To say you voted against something on "procedural grounds" doesn't tell us how you felt about the issue. Whether you agree or disagree, whether you're democratic or republican you know how Rep Dold felt on the issue.

Gendercide is hard to support especially if you are a woman and it is baby girls that are being killed

"Romney will not get a chance" Doug, you are soooooo naive!!

Romney, Republicans and the Tea Party are soooooo wrong for America!

Wrong for America, the land of the free- home of the brave? Or are you talking about a nanny state under Govt control?

If there was a pro-life bill, it would look like this.

A "nanny state"?...What a joke...America has the SMALLEST Safety net of any nation in the western industrialized world, and the Right want's to kill even that..The only people living in a "nanny state" in this nation are the richest one percent who benefit from tax cuts, tax subsidies and the idiocy of republican voters.

A.M. Kelly,

The source for the almost 40% as the amount of tax revenue that comes from the top 1% of income earners is the National Taxpayers Union and the IRS;
http://ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html
The top 1% pays 36.73%, the top 5% pays 58.66%, and the top 10% pays 70.47%. Rich Republicans and Democrats can legally get by paying 15% or less, depending on where they invest their money. The top marginal rate for regular income is 35%. Long-term capital gains are taxed at 15%. Municipal bond interest is tax-free at the federal level. Cities and states pay less to borrow money because of the tax benefits to holders of municipal bonds. If you think Congress should raise those tax rates, you must consider the adverse consequences. JFK spoke to the Economic Club of New York in December 1962. In that address he advocated lower taxes as a way to stimulate the economy and generate more revenue for the government.
If you recall the 2004 presidential race, John Kerry was not questioned about his wealth or his tax rate. He is much richer than Romney. But the Democrats keep hammering away at Mitt because they cannot defend Obama's record. Hope and change has not worked. We have big problems that demand big solutions, including both entitlement reform and tax reform.

Jan Shakowsky and her progressive friends never met a child they didn't want to abort.

Here are some examples of federal legislation that address gender discrimination, the absence of which laws, however, will never result in the death of a human being:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination
Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information about an applicant, employee, or former employee
The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex…
The Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex…
Perhaps Congressman Dold had a different agenda in mind when he voted against banning sex selection for baby girls?

I'm no fan of jan, nor dold---but truth be told, their both right on this one

A.M. Kelly,
The Laffer Curve demonstrates that there is an optimum level of taxation in terms of maximizing revenue to the government; lower levels as well as higher ones yield less revenue. In terms of "fairness", this is a buzzword for Democrats that they never quantify. Some would say that a flat tax is fair. Others would say that a national sales tax is fair because the more you are able to spend, the more you pay in taxes. When you decide to enact steeply graduated income taxes, the government is essentially confiscating money from one segment of the population and giving to others who vote for candidates that promise more goodies. The Frenchman Alexis de Toqueville said that "America will cease to be great when her people realize that they can vote for themselves largesse from the treasury." I think we as citizens need to give more to charity. I once heard a high school teacher say that she intended to give more to the Lord's work than she paid in taxes to the federal government. I have sought to make that my goal. Thanks for your thoughtful comments.

I voted for Dold. He was SUPPOSED to be a conservative, no-nonsense, pro business, low tax legislator. He's happily given taxpayer money to "fair housing" non-profiteers, he's clearly not on the side of the unborn with this latest stunt. He is a MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT AND SHOULD BE VOTED OUT. Talk about a RINO...he fooled me once...but he won't twice. If he wants to be shakowsky's lap dog...he can do it on his own time.

Winnetka,
I vote for a RINO like Dold because he is the lesser of two evils. I also held my nose and voted for Kirk and John Porter before Dold. But I never contribute a dime to any candidate that is pro-abortion.

Would this bill have prevented the one that Obama pushed for when he was a Senator? In that one, if a baby was born during a botched abortion attempt, Obama was ok with the doctor smothering the newborn to death, since that was the intent of the patient.

Actually, Jan voted for the baby to be smothered too. Way to go Jan!

McCloud: Hasn't President Obama had enough lies told about him without you adding one more...Please...Do you really expect anyone to believe that a doctor could legally "smother" a breathing fetus that resulted from such a circumstance?...That would certainly fit the legal definition of murder and it is highly illegal. What the question arose from was anti-abortionists' attempts to mandate an active "rescure" of a fetus resulting from that situation. Along with many others, then-state senator Obama voted against that mandate, which results in the fetus simply being left alone....I think everyone realizes this is to be a very sensitive issue, but doctors and nurses who are uncomfortable with abortion are permitted to opt out of performing or assisting with them without that decision affecting their employment.

McCloud: Total bullsh*t, but I'm sure the right wing dummies believe it.

Well that clarifies everything, is an in- active rescure some fancy way of placing this sensitive issues into a more pleasant place?

Sandra Take a deep breath. One does not side with people who solve social problems by killing. That is why we are called civilized. Barbarians kill for the pleasure of killing and to solve their problems.
Our country was founded as a nation that is comitted to caring for those who cannot care for themselves.There is no one more helpless than an unborn baby.

You are the one who is trying to differentiate the two, not me. May God have mercy on your soul.

We care, you just are not intelligient enough to overcome your bias.

A.M. Kelly, So what was done to the Indians is an excuse for today's killing of the innocent unborn?

I'm surprised Bush isn't to blame for this.

Actually, Obama sponsored a bill for this, so there is empiracal evidence showing his lack of respect for life.

Your pretentiousness embarasses me. I feel sorry for the small thinkers who understand everything from creation, life, metaphysics, and stimulus bills.

I forgot you have studies that prove you are smarter than me. They are probably written by the same guys who told Obama the private sector is doing great.

One last point, you know Mr Kelly you may be right. Strangeling the baby may be more humane than turning your back on the baby gasping for air and fighting for life. Maybe you are smarter than me.

Perhaps your caustic and careless outlook on human life led me to think that you are not a woman.

McCloud:...Gee, in addition to lying about Obama, you now want to lie about ME?

Do not even TRY to put words in my mouth, especially since YOU are the one who seems obsessed with "strangling a baby"...I never SAID it was "humane", I said it was MURDER...You the one who tried to pass it off as "legal".
Sorry, bro..I refuse to have a battle of wits with unarmed opponents and I do NOT deal with repeated LIARS.

Sweetheart, "not rigidly anti-abortion", whatever helps you sleep at night.

I am siding with Bonnie Quirke because, based on the above comments, A.M. Kelly is a misguided bully.

I have kept silent too long about A.M. Kelly's delusional thinking regarding liberals being more intelligent than conservatives. I am board-certified in two medical specialties. I have served as chair of the board of trustees of a college and a university. I have known countless intellectuals from both Republican and Democratic camps. Virtually all of them are civil in their discourse about politics, theology, and other subjects. Studies show that about 20 percent of the population are liberals. Because liberals control the media and the entertainment industry, much of the uneducated populace is easily swayed to vote Democratic. If no people believed in the idea of a free lunch, the Democratic party would virtually die. The message of the Democratic candidate is: "Vote for me, I will give you free goodies, and it will really cost you virtually nothing because we will tax the rich more." This fulfills the prophecy of the French writer Alexis de Tocqueviile: "America will cease to be great when her people realize that they can vote for themselves largesse from the treasury."

Good luck with holding together your support for a President who sponsored a bill to force a doctor to turn his back on a baby grasping for air and fighting for life. For a President who said passing the massive stimulus bill would bring unemployment down to 5.6% by 2012 when the manipulated index remains at 8.2%. For a President who has added more dent to our national debt than all other Presidents combined. Saved the auto industry? That must be the new hope your guy has been smarmy about. Fact is, the taxpayers are on the hook for 40 billion, but the Obama propaganda folks are not counting that in the earnings ratios. Bottom line is you grasp at straws and support a guy who is a failure on economics and in favor of killing babies and you know it.

And Jan Schakowsky is right there with this failure in the white house along with Duckworth.. Vote em all out!

Especially now when so many people need a safety net? Perhaps we all need a safety need from Obama, Reid, Pelosi and Shumer. After 4 years the clear evidence with each GDP and job index realease, Obama is a failure, and people need jobs not safety nets. The anemic economy has not improved under your dear leader, time for change to give all of us hope.

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All I know is that when it came down to killing the unborn or saving a women from cancer, Komen got kicked to the curb.