At least seven pro-life-oriented senators will be taking office in January. Marilyn Musgrave of Susan B. Anthony List expects that list to increase with the December 6 runoff in Louisiana between Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy and Democratic incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu.
"And then when you think of legislatively now that there will be a pro-life majority in the United States Senate, we are very hopeful there will be a vote on our 20-weeks' ban – our Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act – in the Senate," she tells OneNewsNow.That measure had passed previously in the House, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) refused to allow a vote in the Senate – so the measure died. Even with passage, President Obama is likely to veto the bill.
"But the good news," Musgrave says, "is that the people in this country in overwhelming majorities are with us on banning late-term abortions. They're with us on no taxpayer funding of abortions. [Those are] promises made – and we need to see these newly elected people deliver on those."
The SBA List spokeswoman says another message from the election is that being pro-life can be a winning issue in elections for Democrats even if their party supports abortion.
By Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
