Published on September 25, 2024, 12:31 am

In a recent, unsanctioned Democrat-only gathering, House Democrats have cast blame on abortion restrictions and the notorious “Trump’s Project 2025” for incidents connected to pregnancy-related difficulties. This is in spite of the fact that every state law curtailing abortion includes an exception designed to safeguard the life of the mother.

“Every single woman who has died from Trump abortion bans should be alive today,” intoned Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a key member of the far-left “Squad”. She decried a lack of compassion, care, and justice in the response to these tragedies.

Orchestrated by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., an unofficial committee of House Democratic Steering and Policy convened what they termed a “hearing” about Project 2025. This project spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation involves creating conservative policy recommendations and developing a database of personnel for use by future conservative presidential administrations.

Jeffries’ colleague Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas criticized the Democrats’ focus on Project 2025 as an attempt to distract from their own lack of political agenda while vilifying those suggesting practical reforms that could bring positive changes.

Likewise, fellow Republican Rep. Ralph Norman from South Carolina agreed that Democrats were squandering valuable time on Project 2025 which he referred to as a “menu of policy options available to any administration”, rather than a sinister hidden plan.

Democrats accused Trump’s Project 2025 of aiming to spread his strict prohibitions on abortion at a national level, even though neither former president Donald Trump nor materials related to Project 2025 call for such extensive interference concerning matters related to abortion or contraception. Notably Trump has also repeatedly distanced himself from this project.

Despite this reality, several members including Reps Katherine Clark (D-Mass) and Hakeem Jeffries made substantial mischaracterizations about the implications and goals of Project 2025.

Most notably, Project 2025’s documentation related to miscarriage care has been misinterpreted. The project seeks to propose the Department of Health and Human Services maintain statistics on miscarriages and clearly establish that a miscarriage is not an abortion.

These proceedings showcased use of false stories such as the case of Amari Marsh from South Carolina who, despite claims otherwise, was not charged for suffering a miscarriage.

Democrats stubbornly maintained their stance even in light of rebuttals and clarifications. Rep. Ayanna Pressley labeled abortion as “routine medical care” and attributed a reduction in access to this service directly to Trump’s presidency.

However, no state laws criminalize women getting abortions. In fact, laws are in place to prevent the federal funding of abortions but support is provided for alternatives like adoption.

Despite clear evidence to contrary, House Democrats continued with their narrative painting Project 2025 as a scheme aiming to nationwide criminalization of abortion.

Kevin Roberts, the President of The Heritage Foundation dismissed the above mentioned gathering as “an unserious and illegitimate spectacle masquerading as an official proceeding”. He underlined how representing members have chosen distortion over engaging in a substantial policy debate.

Distortion aside, it’s vital that we bring into focus real news grounded in trusted information sources based on appropriate context and accurate portrayal – ideals which align strongly with Christian Worldviews.