While often described as an effort to "codify Roe," in fact the bill Speaker Nancy Pelosi is fighting for includes new powers for the federal government to stop state pro-life activity and to go after people of faith who do not want to participate in a culture of death. At her weekly news conference Thursday, Pelosi slapped down any negotiation over the push for more abortion. 

CNS News reports: "(A) reporter asked Speaker Pelosi, "Congresswoman Chu's bill has passed the House before, but it continues to fail in the Senate. Are there any discussions between House leadership and Senate leadership for some sort of negotiations?"

Pelosi replied, "What do you mean negotiations? What do you want to negotiate?"

The reporter followed-up, "Some senators have said that this bill, Senators Murkowski and Collins, for instance, have said that Congresswoman Chu's bill goes too far."

"We're not going to negotiate a woman's right to choose," said Pelosi. "Senator Murkowski [R-AK] and Senator Collins [R-ME] may have their view, but it is not a view that is one about a woman's having the right to decide. So, we're not negotiating that, no."

Murkowski said that her objections included the lack of Hyde Protections, which limit federal funding of abortion to cases of rape, incest, and when the mother's life are in danger, and because "it explicitly overrides the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for the first time. It also allows late-term abortions without any notable restrictions"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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