politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

‘A slap in the face’: Va. House GOP forced to reject own member’s anti-abortion bill

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‘A slap in the face’: Va. House GOP forced to reject own member’s anti-abortion bill

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politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

‘A slap in the face’: Va. House GOP forced to reject own member’s anti-abortion bill - WTOP News

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Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates forced their Republican colleagues to take an up-or-down vote Monday on a sweeping anti-abortion bill one lawmaker called “a slap in the face” to women who have been raped or suffer life-threatening complications from a pregnancy.

So for those not following VA politics, I’ll do up a bit of a TL;DR:

Pre-Nov-2023:

Governor: Republican
Legislature: 1 house was Dem, 1 house was Republican
Abortion was used to try to drum up support to make both legislative houses Republican in the Nov 2023 elections (among other things)

Nov 2023 elections happen.

Plan backfires. Dems get both legislative houses, but Gov seat is still Republican.

New Legislative session starts for 2024.

Republican filed a bill to remove funding for abortions
Dems were like “lol no”, wanted to bring a floor vote on the bill to get votes recorded on where everyone stands on it
Republicans tried to revoke and water down bill, Dems were like “lol no”
Dems forced the bill to floor vote
Almost every single Republican decided to vote “no” on bill, so it failed by 97 votes (out of 100).

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seems like maybe someone should review it before they turn it in. these people are making law and seem to do it with very little care.
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  That’s what the debating and voting is for, no?

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