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Pro-lifers defeat filibuster of bill banning the dismemberment of living unborn babies

Aug 5, 2020

By Dave Andrusko

Once again, pro-life persistence and never-give-up attitude has prevailed.

As NRL News Today previously reported, on July 21 Nebraska senators voted 30-8 to get state Sen. Suzanne Geist’s bill banning the dismemberment of living unborn babies out of the Judiciary Committee, where it had been deadlocked. But the bill still had one gigantic  obstacle: a pro-abortion filibuster.

Today, that obstacle was overcome after three hours of intense debate. 

Reporting for the Omaha World Herald, Martha Stoddard wrote

LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers shut down a filibuster and advanced a bill Wednesday to ban a type of second-trimester abortion in the state.

Legislative Bill 814, introduced by State Sen. Suzanne Geist of Lincoln, drew 34 votes on a filibuster-ending cloture motion. The motion needed 33 to succeed. Senators then gave the bill 34-9 first-round approval.

Currently 12 states prohibit this hideous form of abortion—Kansas,  Oklahoma, West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, North Dakota, and Indiana.

Pro-abortionists argued both that the measure is unconstitutional and would be costly to defend. The first is unknowable, the latter is true only because the Abortion Industry has deep pockets, and with assistance of organizations such as the ACLU, they can drag proceedings out for an extended period of time.

During the debate over pulling LB 814 out of the Judiciary Committee, Geist said, “I believe that discussion of human dignity belongs at the top of that list,” adding. “It’s more important to me than tax credits.” 

Today she added, “We are talking about eliminating a procedure that is barbaric.”

LB 814 was the top legislative priority of Nebraska Right to Life, NRLC’s state affiliate.

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