Ted Cruz: S.1696 is Extreme Legislation

by JASmius

The pro-abortion law to end all pro-life laws - literally.



This bill takes Roe v. Wade to the next several levels in one fetusidal leap.  Roe allows abortion in the first two trimesters but also allows restrictions on the "procedure," and does not mandate that it be taxpayer-funded.  This bill, as Senator Cruz said, requires abortion without limit right up to the moment of birth and that it be "free".  It's so ludicrously extreme that it almost doesn't seem necessary to point out that it is also absurdly unconstitutional; nowhere in the founding document is any such power enumerated to the federal government.  Indeed, a child sacrifice bill so radical could never, with the probable exception of the 2009-2010 Donk SuperCongress, have been passed in the past forty one years since Roe itself, which is precisely why Roe was pursued in the first place.  S. 1696 is Roe on steroids with no (itself unconstitutional) "judicial review" fig leaf behind which to hide it.

It goes without saying that this legislation will be dead on arrival in the House.  Which begs the question of why Senate Democrats - every last one of which voted "aye" on S. 1696 - would go so far out of their way to publicly endorse their long-raging "War on Mothers AND Babies".  At least until you consider their recent bill to formally repeal the First Amendment under the pretext of overturning the SCOTUS's Citizens United decision.  Both stances are wildly unpopular with pretty much the entire political spectrum outside the Obamunist Left.  That would appear at first glance to answer the begged question - doing something, anything, to rouse their demoralized base to turn out in November - but are doomed legislative stunts likely to accomplish that to anywhere near the same degree that they'll further piss off all other voters, who, recall, are already enraged by ObamaCare, the various and sundry Obama scandals and lawlessness, America's decimated global standing, and the White House-orchestrated illegal alien invasion?

Base turnout is what they would claim as their motivation, but I have a different theory: I think Senate Democrats have given up.  I think they know they're going down in flames in November and are feeling liberated to do so with both middle fingers extended.  "Slamming the door on the way out" is a slightly more polite analogy.

It also may be telegraphing Barack Obama's first two post-midterm election executive decrees.  Hey, I didn't say mandatory abortion uber alles and the end of freedom of speech weren't going to be forced on us; just that they won't be imposed on us legally.