Wisconsin State Senate bumps pro-life and religious freedom bills

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Just yesterday, the State Senate indicated it would vote next Tuesday, November 12, on two important pieces of pro-life legislation.  One of the two bills (AB 216) also has a religious freedom component that is very important to Wisconsin churches and religious organizations.

• Assembly Bill 216 will protect Wisconsin taxpayers from having to pay for the abortions of state employees and will protect many religious institutions from being forced to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs.
• Assembly Bill 217 will prohibit the shameful practice of performing abortions based on the sex of the child. 

However, this afternoon we learned that it appears the Senate has changed its schedule, and these bills will not receive a vote this coming Tuesday.

It is critical that these bills be voted on next week.  The Senate will not be back on the floor until January 2014 and the session will be over shortly after that.

Both of these bills have already been approved by the State Assembly.  All that is needed is for the State Senate to approve them so they can go to Governor Walker for his signature.

Please don't delay!  Click here to email your State Senator TODAY and urge him/her to do everything possible to have AB 216 and AB 217 voted on by the Senate next week!

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Dad29: WI Democrat state senator promises "all of hell" if pro-life bills debated next week

via Dad29

Yup.  It's their way of doing things.

A Democratic state senator on Thursday promised "all out hell" if the Wisconsin Senate debates a pair of anti-abortion bills next week.

Sen. Jon Erpenbach, of Middleton, made the comment after the Senate Health Committee voted 3-2 along party lines on a pair of Republican-sponsored abortion bills that have already passed in the Assembly.
Erpenbach may well be acquainted with Hell, or at least some of its minions, so he may be running his mouth from personal knowledge.

...One bill would ban abortions that are solely based on whether the fetus is male or female, also known as sex selection. Democrats say the measure is unnecessary because few, if any, abortions are done for that reason.

The other bill, which drew the most ire from Democrats, would prohibit public workers' health insurance plans from covering abortions and exempt religious organizations from providing insurance coverage for contraceptives. The employee could get contraceptives if they are prescribed for a reason other than preventing a pregnancy...

Nor should the State dictate what "benefits" must be paid for by its subjects in all cases.

The first bill stops the State from forcing its taxpayers to pay for child murder.  If State employees want to murder their children, they can do it on their own dime.

The second bill is a matter of public policy, well within the bounds of legislative purview.  And of course, employees of private businesses have choices; they can always go somewhere else.

Speaking of 'going someplace else,' I hear that both the Clock Tower and Hell are still open.  Maybe Erpenbach should check in.

In Dante's time, abortion wasn't the epic societal failure that it is today, but I wonder where the abortionistas will end up if we go by levels.

Bartolomeo's Inferno