September 25, 2024
“Going after the filibuster in the U.S. Senate to force a radical abortion agenda shows that the Democratic Party’s claims to value ‘democracy’ are fake news, and they are getting desperate. Pure political greed is at play as Kamala Harris and her allies let the corporate abortion interests engaged in this race know that they have their back,” said Students for Life Action Vice President of Media & Policy Kristi Hamrick. “Once again, abortion allies have to resort to tricks and rule changes to get what they want – taxpayers on the hook for ending precious, innocent life in the womb.”
Should this bad idea get to the floor of the Senate, Students for Life Action will score against the change.
WASHINGTON D.C. (09-25-2024) – As desperate political operatives, from Vice President Kamala Harris to Sen. Chuck Schumer, discuss ending the filibuster as a “carve out” to the rules that have been at play, Students for Life Action (SFLAction) Vice President for Media & Policy Kristi Hamrick noted that the Democratic Party was “unwisely playing with political fire.”
In 2013, Senate Democrats did a carve-out to force-fill the bench with their picks to change the rules for Presidential nominees to the courts. Given that change in protocol in 2017, when the GOP was back in control of the majority, that exception was expanded to include Supreme Court judicial nominees – and then former President Donald Trump nominated three to the high court.
“Students for Life Action will score against a change in the filibuster traditions to force abortion forward,” said Hamrick. “But should the Democrats apply bullying tactics to change the process, we will encourage the GOP to use those tools for a pro-life agenda.”
The U.S. Senate’s chosen rules have established a 60-vote margin in calling for a cloture vote to end a filibuster, a discussion of a matter that until 1917 could not be ended unless the senator chose to stop. In 1975, the number set to end the debate was 60.
“For decades, U.S. Senators have benefited from a forum to build consensus and work together that was so valued, Kamala Harris herself, while a senator signed a letter in support of keeping it as it was,” noted Hamrick. “Her betrayal of her former position is so severe, Sen. Joe Manchin will not endorse her flagging run for the Presidency.”
SFLAction has long supported the filibuster. Consider this from 2021: Students for Life of West Virginia Appeals to Sen. Manchin to Continue Defending the Filibuster on Billboards Up Now
For more, read: Democrats Prepare to Change Senate Rules to Force Abortion Support into Federal Law
Learn more about SFLAction’s national ad campaign, now also on FOX News, here: THIS WEEK ON FOX: Harris & Walz Record of Support for INFANTICIDE Highlighted in New Students for Life Action Commercial Buy
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.
