Allow abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. It takes all the state level protections and abolishes them. Bottom, line it doesnt codify roe, mr. Chairman, becomes one of the most extreme laws anywhere in the world. Colorado, new jersey, new mexico, oregon, vermont are passing laws with absolutely no restrictions. The democratic bill is in the same ilk with taxpayer funding. Lets take a look and see how that would put us as a nation regarding the rest of the world. As you see behind me, 47 of 50 European Union nations limit abortion at 15 weeks or below. France is at 14 weeks. China, north korea, iran and a few other nations allow abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. Your bill would put us in that category. 14 week limitations, france, belgium, germany, spain. 12 weeks, denmark and norway. My proposal is having a National Minimum standard of 15 weeks for exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother, pregnancies. Why do we do this . By 15 weeks, and unborn child has te
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This is an hour. Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned
The center for American Progress action fund this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing. We will begin with our fantastic panel and we will be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in disinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. P. Has addressed these issues and we released a report called war by other means. Just on monday, c. A. P. P. Had an event for the release of our report, Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the district of colombia on their Election Security preparedness. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and has been subject to much less public discussion. The extent to which the russian government uses corrupti
We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that has so far been subject to much less public discussion, the extent to which the russian government uses corruption and Financial Leverage as instruments of influence abroad and now potentially in the United States. This is not an academic subject but one which has had real consequences for european neighbors and poses a threat to democratic governments wherever russian