Hillary Clinton is upset that disabled babies can't be aborted in Idaho
Clinton has always been adamantly pro-abortion
Former Secretary of State and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently took to Twitter to lament an abortion ban in Idaho that caused a mother to travel out of state to abort her unborn baby.
“An Idaho mother faced two options: Continue a pregnancy likely to end in miscarriage or stillbirth, with risks to her own health, or travel out of state for an abortion,” Clinton, who has advocated for legal abortion up to birth, tweeted. “These stories are playing out all over the country.”
Live Action Network noted that Clinton was responding to a story from the Idaho Capital Sun about a law in the state that prevented a woman by the name of Jennifer Adkins from aborting her unborn baby after learning that the child “likely had Turner syndrome.”
The pro-life activist group notes that “It is unclear if Adkins underwent definitive testing, as early prenatal screening only provides the level of risk that a child has a certain health condition, not a positive or negative result.”
What is clear is that Adkins, out of fear of the possibility that either she or her daughter could suffer health complications, decided to abort. Yet Idaho law doesn’t allow for abortions on the basis of fetal diagnosis.
“It’s hard knowing that my body and the fetus are trying so hard to hang on,” Adkins said. “And we had to make a really hard decision. Do we try? But for what purpose? There’s no sense in bringing a child into this world that’s not going to survive anyway or have severe complications. And it’s not fair to any of us.”
Link: Hillary Clinton Laments That Disabled Babies Can’t Be Aborted in Idaho
A New Jersey state judge has temporarily blocked a school district policy which would have required schools to inform parents of a child’s professed LGBT identity.
The Hanover Township School Board’s policy would have gone into effect last week and would have required “teachers and staff to notify parents and administrators of any circumstance they become aware of that could impact a student's physical and mental health or social emotional wellbeing,” as News 12 New Jersey reported.
These circumstances included any information pertaining to sexual activity, sexuality, or “gender identity.”
The policy was challenged by LGBT groups and state Attorney General Matthew Platkin subsequently filed a civil rights complaint stating that the policy could lead to discrimination.
The Hanover Board of Education refuted these concerns, denying that the policy would "unlawfully discriminate against students on basis on basis of any protected status."
The policy has been blocked temporarily and will be revisited when both parties state their case on May 30, News 12 noted.
Link: NJ Judge Blocks Policy Requiring Schools to Inform Parents About Child’s LGBT Identity
Secretary of Education to President Joe Biden received swift backlash last week after stating that teachers know best for “their” kids in the midst of a heated national battle over parental rights and ideology in the classroom.
"Teachers know what is best for their kids because they are with them every day. We must trust teachers," Sec. Miguel Cardona wrote on Twitter on Friday, as The Blaze reported.
His predecessor Betsy DeVos, who served as Education Secretary under President Donald Trump, replied simply, “You misspelled parents.”
Parental rights will no doubt be a top issue in the upcoming 2024 presidential primaries, and contenders Nikki Haley and Sec. Tim Scott took the opportunity to highlight their support for parents.
Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, told Cardona she’d “fixed” his tweet, writing: “Parents know what is best for their kids because they raise them every day. We must trust parents.”
Scott, for his part, replied simply, “Whose kids?”
The Biden administration has championed plans to integrate radical LGBT ideology into public school curricula and policies, vocally and adamantly opposing moves from Republican counterparts to shield children from discussions on transgender ideology and defend the rights of parents to know what goes on between school staff and their children.
A number of parents have raised concerns about teachers and school staffers accommodating a child’s decision to identify as a member of the opposite sex without informing parents, something which some states even allow schools to do.