In their pantheon of transparently absurd excuses for their war on reproductive rights, the GOP somehow managed this week to come up with a whopper of new one — they just want America to be more like Europe.
With the midterms right around the corner — and sensing perhaps that their initiative for forcing children to bear their rapist's babies or grieving mothers to carry around their dead fetuses may not be so popular with voters after all— Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., this week floated a new approach. Unveiling the provocatively named "Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act" on Tuesday, the senator, perhaps while smoking Gauloises and listening to ABBA, called for a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks gestation. His justification? He claimed the plan "will put the United States abortion policy in line with other developed nations such as France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, and other European nations." Yes, because we all know how much Republicans love the way Europeans do things, with their free university systems and their restrictive gun laws and their socialized medicine.
