They were trying to eliminate the current abortion restrictions for all.
That was (almost) my intention! (I intended to leave some minimal federal restrictions in effect). But I found out multiple bills with similar restrictions were in place.
These are all the abortion related statutes currently in place:
https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Mideast_Public_Assistance_in_Abortion_Ban_Statutehttps://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/A.R._4:_2nd_Amendment_to_the_Mideast_Abortion_Statute_IIhttps://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/A.R._4:_Mideast_Abortion_Sex_Protection_ActAs it turns out repealing the Right to Life Act would have had next to no effect. I believe only the waiting time and ultrasound would have been changed.
I intend to "simply" all of these statutes
if CrabCake returns.
They think you can combine abortion policy with immigration issues. Wasn't a good idea.
I am partly guilty of this. I could have introduced separate bills for repealing one half of the Right to Life Act and amending the other half. But I chose to repeal the whole thing and start from scratch. At the end the bill was amended to separate abortion and immigration bills anyhow, which would have addressed this concern.
In fact, by voting against the bill YOU are the one combining abortion policy with immigration issues. This is the status quo thanks to the Right to Life Act.