Republican congressmen have saved a safety-valve for pro-life protesters who are frequently targeted by liberal courts with large-scale court-imposed fines. Typically, pro-lifers are forced to declare bankruptcy in order to avoid prohibitive penalties for exercising their right of free speech outside abortuaries.
A bill working its way through the House and Senate was supposed to be about bankruptcy generally — but Senate Democrats deliberately inserted language to ban pro-lifers from using bankruptcy to avoid paying ludicrous fines. “[The bill was] condemning peaceful innocent people who have a conscience to protest just to try to save the life of an unborn to a life of financial ruin,” said Rep. Joseph Pitts, Pennsylvania Republican.
CNN reports that the bill easily passed yesterday, 244-116, with the abortion language removed. However, Democrats claimed it was a charade, says CNN, “because the Senate would never accept the bill without the abortion provisions.”
(This update courtesy of LifeSite News.)