Female athletes join fight against radical Nebraska abortion bill
“My teammates and I knew it was time to get off the bench and tell the truth about how 439 would harm Nebraska women and children.”
Several female athletes have joined forces with pro-life organizations to combat a radical abortion bill in Nebraska.
“With out-of-state activists lying about the radical Initiative 439, my teammates and I knew it was time to get off the bench and tell the truth about how 439 would harm Nebraska women and children,” explains UNL volleyball player Jordyn Bahl in a series of ads working to oppose the pro-abortion legislation. “Nebraskans should vote for 4 and no on 9 to protect Nebraska women and children.”
Bahl was joined by her teammate Rebekah Allick and softball players Malia Thomas, Hannah Camenzind, Lauren Camenzind, Jordyn Bahl, and Abbie Squier, LifeNews reports.
The athletes encouraged voters to instead vote for Initiative 434, which would sadly provide abortion exceptions but would make it illegal to abort unborn children in the second and third trimester.
Initiative 439, meanwhile, would amend the state constitution to codify abortion “rights” in the state.
“Initiative 439 is dangerous,” says Allick, who is Catholic. “439 forces taxpayer funding of abortion, places women’s care in the hands of non-physicians, and puts Nebraska women at risk.”
The initiative states:
All persons shall have a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient, without interference from the state or its political subdivisions. Fetal viability means the point in pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the patient’s treating health care practitioner, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus’ sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.
Pro-life arguments against the initiative in a state voter guide contend:
Initiative 439 subjects women and medical professionals to vague, unscientific standards, putting courts in the middle of the doctor-patient relationship. The initiative dangerously allows unlicensed individuals – instead of licensed physicians – to make medical judgements for a woman in a critical situation. The initiative creates a new constitutional right to abortion for “all persons,” not just women, leaving women and young girls vulnerable to abortions against their will by perpetrators of abuse. The initiative also eliminates parental notification protections, enabling abusers and allowing human traffickers to prey on victims by forcing abortions without parents or law enforcement being notified. It also forces Nebraska taxpayers to fund abortion. Vague and misleading language is dangerous and deceptive for women and children.
There are many critical issues on the ballot in November. We encourage you to always vote according to your conscience, and against any initiatives and leaders who refuse to defend the lives of unborn children!