Holly Gatling of South Carolina Citizens for Life says the 2023 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, a private award created by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy originally described in his book of the same name, is going to Katrina Shealy (R), Margie Bright Matthews (D), Mia McLeod (I), Sandy Senn (R), and Penry Gustafson (R) — five senators who, in her opinion, are the opposite of courageous.
"Five women senators in South Carolina were given lavish coverage in The Washington Post when they stood against and voted against the heartbeat bill," Gatling recalls. "I think that's where they got the extreme exposure for their egregious pro-death vote in the South Carolina Senate."
Their three-day filibuster against the near-total abortion ban was successful for a time, but the bill was ultimately approved, and the court let it stand. It is now law.
"What can be more cowardly than killing children and advocating for the killing of children?" the pro-lifer wonders. "It's disgusting. It's despicable. It dishonors … the memory and the courage of President Kennedy. It's disgraceful."
The Republican "Sister Senators" are now getting heat from their own party, including censures and promises of primary challenges in 2024.
On the national stage, Democrats are having trouble hiding their support for unfettered abortion.
Recently, when former President Trump was a guest on NBC's "Meet the Press," he noted his role in appointing judges to the Supreme Court and the ultimate overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which sent authority on the issue back to the states.
"Now people, pro-lifers have the right to negotiate for the first time — they had no rights at all because the radical people on this are really, the Democrats, that say after five months, six months, seven months, eight months, nine months, and even after birth, you're allowed to terminate the baby," Trump stated.
Host Kristen Welker, however, interrupted to say, "Mr. President, Democrats are not saying that."
But last year, California passed AB 2223, which initially contained a clause allowing a parent to end a newborn's life within the first 28 days of his or her life. That language was amended to clarify that it applies to perinatal death "due to a pregnancy-related cause" before the measure passed. Still, it overrode all existing restrictions on abortion by granting total civil and criminal immunity to moms and anyone who assists them in obtaining their chosen pregnancy outcome.
Last month, NBC reporter Dasha Burns cited CDC data as proof that "there is no indication of Democrats pushing for" abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. And in similar fashion this week, Welker firmly repeated that Democrats do not support abortion up to birth.
Meanwhile, several Democratic senators — including John Fetterman, Bernie Sanders, and Ben Cardin — openly admit that they oppose any legal limits on abortion at any point in pregnancy, which is the position of the majority of Democratic voters. Also, fact checks provided by the National Review and the Media Research Center, citing state laws in Colorado, Maine, and New York, have proven that both Welker and Burns were not being truthful.
Ever since Democrats officially "purged" the "safe, legal, and rare" catchphrase from their party in 2019, abortion for any reason has been a part of the party's platform. Its inclusion in liberal legislation and constitutional amendments, whether passed or pending, is easily trackable.
"The lust for killing children knows no bounds," Holly Gatling concludes.
