By GOV. MATT BEVIN
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - At least now we have clarity on the
issue. Now that the hard left has dropped the pretense of “safe, legal
and rare” or “a collection of cells is not a fetus,” we can better see
beneath their masks. With the passage of a barbaric new law in New York,
we now see that the true agenda of pro-abortion advocates across this
nation is the mass murder of innocent babies, even after they have been
born and are crying for their mothers.
That’s a difficult line to read, much less to allow to sink in to
one’s consciousness. Tragically…monstrously, it is an accurate
reflection of the liberal position in New York and Virginia, and is
sadly true for some liberals in Kentucky as well.
I am grateful that the vast majority of my
fellow Kentuckians will not stand for this in our Commonwealth. We will
not allow the most innocent among us to be treated in this horrific
manner. That is why, led by our administration, we have passed some of
the most effective pro-life measures in America today. I applaud the
General Assembly for the overwhelming bipartisan support of these
measures. On average, these bills passed with over 80 percent support of
representatives and senators from both parties.
In Kentucky we have laws to:
· Ban abortions after 20 weeks (when babies can feel pain).
· Require an ultrasound before abortion so the mother at least has the option to see her baby.
· Protect babies from being dismembered in the womb.
My legal team has been working tirelessly to
defend many of these laws in court. Defending Kentucky law should be the
responsibility of the attorney general, who Kentucky voters elected for
that purpose. But Andy Beshear not only has refused to defend these
laws, and thus defend babies, he recently wrote a letter that can only
be described as desperate.
In a futile attempt to intimidate
our legislators from passing additional protections in this session,
Beshear decried proposed bills for 2019 as unconstitutional. Beshear has
now made a habit of being to the left of Planned Parenthood on
abortion. He previously (and erroneously) wrote that our 20-week
abortion ban would be unconstitutional, even though Planned Parenthood
has never challenged that law in court.
Speaking of court challenges, the effectiveness
of our pro-life laws and of my administration’s legal team was made
evident in recent weeks when Planned Parenthood and other hard left,
pro-abortion groups announced their intent to pool their ample economic
and legal resources to fight against Kentucky babies. Those groups are
bringing $90 million into our state, along with additional armies of
liberal lawyers to try to tear down Kentucky laws protecting life.
As we ponder the heinous nature of the New York
law and the bill that was shamelessly proposed in Virginia, Kentuckians
must realize that pro-abortion radicals are even suing for the right to
dismember a third trimester baby.
They are suing for the
right to commit barbaric acts and our attorney general is standing with
them…not us. Our administration is even forced to defend a 20-year-old
law in court that merely requires an emergency room transfer agreement
to ensure the safety of the mother and baby in the event of a botched
abortion.
Not long ago, I was mocked by a handful of
liberals in the media and entertainment industry when I cautioned about
the “culture of death” that now pervades video games, much of our
“entertainment” and a startling amount of our music. Can those same
critics honestly make light of those cautions in the midst of the
grotesque celebrations in New York as they legalized infanticide?
Recently, liberal politicians and entertainers
were lauded as courageous during the Women’s March for defending a
“woman’s right to choose.” Applauding infanticide and playing word games
by calling murder a “choice” as one panders to hard-left supporters is
anything but courageous. On the contrary, standing up for life, with the
current state of our culture and against the countless millions of
lobbying dollars from leftists, is a display of true courage. I am
grateful to all those men and women who take that valiant stand every
day.
As long as I am Kentucky’s governor, I too will
take that courageous stand. As long as the Bevin administration exists,
we will fight with all of our intellect, our talent, and our heart to
defend the innocent. We will fight for life.
Matt Bevin is governor of Kentucky.
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