Never Let Those Who Voted for This Bill Call Themselves "Pro-Life" Again

Today, the Senate voted to go forward with Obamacare repeal, even as protesters shouting “Don’t Kill Us!” packed the senate gallery. All the Democrats and two female GOP Senators opposed the bill.

A lot of people who voted for today’s healthcare repeal bill to proceed claim to be pro-life.

They are not pro-life.

You cannot be pro-life and vote to proceed to take away healthcare from children with disabilities.

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You cannot be pro-life and vote to proceed to take away healthcare from expecting mothers and families.

You can’t look kids in wheelchairs in the face—and basically tell them, “screw you” and also claim to be pro-life.

And don’t tell me it was just a procedural vote, when non-partisan groups like the American Heart Association and the American Lunch Association as well as the AAP and the March of Dimes begged these politicians to vote no today.

https://twitter.com/AHAIllinois/status/889851490579480577

So no, let’s never let those elected officials use that pro-life term again without calling them on it, loudly.

The “pro-life” party is voting to rip healthcare from moms, children, cancer patients, rape survivors… the list goes on. #KillTheBill pic.twitter.com/BYPplpMKF7

— Reproductive Freedom for All (@reproforall) July 25, 2017

Sarah M. Seltzer

Sarah Seltzer, former editor for Kveller, is a writer and editor in New York City. She is a journalist covering culture, activism and gender, most recently as Deputy Editor at culture website Flavorwire.com. Her print and online work has appeared in publications including Poets & Writers, The Forward, Lilith, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, The New York Times, Salon, The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, Jezebel, The Hairpin, Refinery29, The Toast, Rolling Stone, and many more. She is a graduate of Harvard University, where she edited The Crimson’s weekend magazine, as well as the MFA in writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first baby, Mikey, is growing up way too fast and she can objectively report that he is very cute. You can follow her at @sarahmseltzer and reach her at sarah@kveller.com.