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September 18, 2024

Kamala Harris’ Claim That Late-Term Abortions Don’t Happen is Totally Refuted– www.lifenews.com
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Yet Vice President Kamala Harris said during the presidential debate that women aren’t getting late-term abortions.

“Nowhere in America is a woman carrying a pregnancy to term and asking for an abortion—that is not happening,” Harris said in her debate last Tuesday with former President Donald Trump hosted by ABC News.

Nine states and Washington, D.C. have no time limit on abortion. Five premature babies, likely the victims of partial-birth abortions, were recovered from a D.C. abortion center in 2022.

Former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said the fate of babies who survive failed abortions should be between the doctor and the mother, Advancing American Freedom pointed out in the memo.

“If a mother is in labor…the infant would be delivered,” Northam explained in a 2019 radio interview. “The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated, if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and mother.”

Democrat Chair Admits She Supports Abortions Up to Birth: “All the Way to the End”– www.lifenews.com
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The former chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party was caught on camera advocating that abortion take place “all the way to the end” of pregnancy in an undercover recording made at last month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The video was provided to The Daily Signal last week after Vice President Kamala Harris said during the presidential debate that women aren’t getting late-term abortions.

Late-term abortions refer to abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy, when the baby can survive outside the womb and feel pain.

“Nowhere in America is a woman carrying a pregnancy to term and asking for an abortion—that is not happening,” Harris said in her debate last Tuesday with former President Donald Trump hosted by ABC News.

 

Pro-Abortion Extremists Love Kamala Harris, Here’s Why– www.lifenews.com
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… So why did USA Today columnist USA Sara Pequeño write that “In the June presidential debate, President Joe Biden’s answer on the abortion issue made me feel hopeless”? Because his answer “failed to capture the gravity of the situation.”

Luckily for Pequeño, the Democratic power brokers forced Biden out, making it possible for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s presidential nominee. That, in turn, made it possible for her answer in the September debate to “make up for” Biden’s “incoherent’ response.

For Pequeño, Harris’s “answer is exactly what I was hoping to hear from the Democratic presidential nominee.”

“I pledge to you when Congress passes a bill to put back in place the protections of Roe v. Wade as president of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law“

Kamala Harris Lies About Woman Who Died From Abortion Pill, Falsely Claims Pro-Life Law Killed Her– www.lifenews.com
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It didn’t take long for Kamala Harris to exploit the death of a woman from the abortion pill for political gain.

As LifeNews reported today, Georgia resident Amber Nicole Thurman died after she took the abortion pill – that caused complications when it left parts of her twin unborn babies inside her…

Although Thurman died from complications of the abortion pill, Harris blamed Georgia pro-life law and falsely claimed it prevented doctors from caring for her.

“This young mother should be alive, raising her son, and pursuing her dream of attending nursing school,” Vice President Harris’ statement said. “This is exactly what we feared when Roe was struck down.”

State abortion bans, Harris said Tuesday, “are preventing doctors from providing basic medical care.”

“Women are bleeding out in parking lots, turned away from emergency rooms, losing their ability to ever have children again… and now women are dying,” Harris said.

“These are the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions,” Harris said. “There is so much at stake in this election, including restoring the freedoms that have been taken away from us.”

Abortion Pill Kills Woman, Left Remains of Her Unborn Babies Inside Her– www.lifenews.com
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Our prediction has come to pass. Yesterday, ProPublica published an article attributing the death of Amber Nicole Thurman to Georgia’s pro-life laws.

Thurman legally obtained abortion pills in North Carolina to end the lives of her unborn twins. Five days later, after returning to her native Georgia, she experienced a serious complication: some of her babies’ remains were still in the uterus, and she was developing an infection.

… when Thurman went to the emergency room on the night of August 18, 2022, “doctors started Thurman on antibiotics and an IV drip” and “[t]he OB-GYN noted the possibility of doing a D&C the next day.” D&C stands for dilation and curettage, the surgical procedure that would have removed the twins’ remains from the uterus.

But the next morning came and went with no surgery. Doctors gave more IV fluid, escalated antibiotics, administered a blood pressure medication, tested her for pneumonia and STDs, and kept talking about – but not actually performing – the D&C.

By the time she finally went into the operating room, doctors determined she needed a hysterectomy. They also noticed serious blood flow problems to the bowel, which may have been a side effect of the blood pressure medication.

Thurman died on the table.

ProPublica allows that “[i]t is not clear from the records available why doctors waited to provide a D&C,” but quickly jumps to the implication that Georgia’s heartbeat law was to blame. The article focuses on alleged ambiguities in the medical emergency exception. But without any detectable fetal heartbeats, that exception didn’t even need to come into play.

Nebraska Supreme Court lets ‘intentionally deceptive’ pro-abortion measure stay on ballot – liveaction.org
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a pro-abortion ballot measure that would enshrine the “right” to abortion in the state’s constitution can go before voters this November.

At issue was the “Protect Our Rights” amendment, which stipulates that “all persons shall have a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient.” The Thomas More Society had filed a lawsuit against this ballot initiative, arguing that it used “remarkably misleading terms” and was “unconstitutionally riddled with separate subjects.”

In its ruling, the court determined that the amendment initiative “has a singleness of subject” and therefore does not violate the separate subjects rule.

“The fact that the drafters of the initiative have made certain choices regarding the specific limits, parameters, and definitions does not mean that each such provision is a separate subject,” Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman wrote for the court in its unanimous decision.

Tim Walz’s Position On IVF Shows How Extreme He Is– thefederalist.com
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Walz further stated that “the bar is pretty damn low … to treat people like human beings.” But considering that Walz is continually advocating for fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), we have to ask: Where’s the equal justice for those whose lives are diminished to experimental subjects or are simply disposed of through the IVF process? Isn’t the treatment of “extra” human embryonic lives as expendable an affront to the human rights Walz claims to champion?

For his part, former President Donald Trump has recently stated that his administration is “pro-family” and wants more babies to be born; therefore, he wants IVF provided for “free” to infertile couples, either through government subsidization or by mandating that insurance companies pay for it. He appears to remain unconcerned, or at best unaware, that IVF takes more life than it creates.

In either case, perhaps Walz and Trump are simply unaware that in a typical IVF cycle hopeful couples end up with 13 or more lab-created embryos to consider, both practically and morally. Often couples decide what to do with their excess children after they feel their families are “complete.” The sad reality of IVF, though, is that their families are never fully complete while they have frozen children out there waiting to be rescued by their parents. A man and woman with 13 embryos that considers their family “complete” after implanting one more child still have 12 other children who remain, as yet, only partially realized, on ice.

Pro-life campaign ads show aborted children to steer support away from Kamala Harris– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — In a series of riveting TV ads, Presidential candidate Randall Terry is taking aim at Democrats and the Catholics, Evangelicals, and Blacks who vote for them.  He and his fellow spokespersons mince no words.

Terry’s campaign has developed about two dozen TV ads custom-tailored to each state where Democrats are seeking to enshrine abortion as a legal right through November ballot initiatives.

Having judged past pro-life efforts since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade to be “anemic,” allowing catastrophic pro-life losses in Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, and Kentucky, the Terry campaign has incorporated images of aborted babies into its messaging in order to help religious voters understand that abortion is exactly what JPII called it: “Murder.”

“You cannot end a holocaust of this magnitude without showing the victims and calling it ‘Murder,’” Terry told LifeSiteNews.

“There are rules and tools in social warfare, and if those five rules and tools are not used, you lose: incendiary images, radical rhetoric, aggressive action, serious sacrifice, and verifiable victory,” Terry said as he explained the need to change the tactics employed in defeating inhuman Democrat policies and politicians.

Pro-Life Advocate Sues San Diego Over “Bubble Zone” Law That Bans Pro-Life Free Speech– www.lifenews.com
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A California man who has engaged in pro-life advocacy outside of abortion facilities for the past 15 years is suing San Diego for its newly-enacted “bubble zone” ordinance. Under the city law, speech is restricted within 100 feet of the entrance to an abortion facility, and even further restricted within an 8-foot bubble around persons within that zone. On behalf of pro-life advocate Roger Lopez, Thomas More Society attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against the city on September 5, 2024. The lawsuit argues that the speech-restricting ordinance violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of pro-life individuals to offer information on life-affirming alternatives, as well as the rights of the women entering an abortion facility to hear it.

The lawsuit alleges that San Diego amplifies favored pro-abortion speech and silences disfavored pro-life speech, despite the San Diego City Council’s past declaration that “it is vital to our democracy to allow free speech for all, even those with whom we vehemently agree.” The ordinance imposes a noise limitation within the 100-foot buffer that is softer than normal conversation and prohibits any act deemed to “harass or intimidate” in a vaguely defined manner. It also imposes a requirement to obtain express authorization before entering a passerby’s 8-foot bubble.

Missouri doctors take sides on ballot question to legalize abortion  – KMOV

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is Fighting Fraud Behind Pro-Abortion Amendment 4– www.lifenews.com
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Deputy Secretary of State for Legal Affairs and Election Integrity Brad McVay has asked law enforcement to investigate claims of “illegal petition forms” and “voter fraud” related to the pro-abortion amendment 4.

Pro-life voters in Palm Beach County claim their signatures were forged on the original petition for Amendment 4 to be placed on the November ballot. The amendment was proposed by the pro-abortion group Floridians Protecting Freedom.

For the then-proposed amendment to get on the November 5 ballot, Floridians Protecting Freedom needed over 891,523 signatures on the initial petition.

Amendment 4 would create provisions in Florida’s state constitution so that:

No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.

Democrats target GOP over reproductive rights as election nears  – The Washington Post

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are Population Control Radicals Who Love Abortion – lifenews.com

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A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable to make abortion—the death of unborn children—the centerpiece of a presidential campaign.

But that’s exactly what the Harris-Walz campaign is doing.

It’s not just that they have abandoned former President Bill Clinton’s “safe, legal, and rare” formulation and embraced the “right” to kill an unborn baby for any reason, at any time, up to and including the moment of birth—and even after birth, should the baby survive the abortion.

That, sadly, is now the position taken by all leading Democrats.

But Harris-Walz have gone ever further. They have elevated this “right” above all others, including those listed in the Bill of Rights.

Abortion is, according to Vice President Kamala Harris, “a woman’s most fundamental right,” meaning that in her view it trumps freedom of speech, freedom of religion, or even freedom of conscience.

Do Dems Believe Men Get A Choice Whether Their Children Live?– thefederalist.com
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Kamala Harris touted herself as a champion for abortion in Tuesday’s debate, framing this life-and-death issue as a basic freedom. She told viewers she would “be a president that will protect our fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do.”

This theme of abortion as “freedom” has run throughout her campaign, placing so-called abortion rights above the right to life and moving far beyond the former Democrat position of abortion being “safe, legal, and rare.” Tim Walz stands firmly with Harris, famously declaring: “We respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make, even if we wouldn’t make the same choices for ourselves, because we know there’s a golden rule, mind your own damn business.”

But Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg raised an interesting question: What does “reproductive freedom” mean for men? Speaking at a “White Dudes for Harris” event, Buttigieg encouraged men to support Harris because he said abortion benefits them. He argued that “men are also more free in a country where we have a president who stands up for things like access to abortion care.”

Abortion rights questions are on ballots in 9 states. Will they tilt elections? – ABC News

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Ballot measures on abortion access could attract voters to polls in November who otherwise might sit out the election — and even a small number of additional voters could make a difference in close races for offices from the state legislature to president.

Scholars and ballot measure experts are divided on the impact ballot measures have previously had on candidate elections. But in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, which ended the nationwide right to abortion, these measures are seen as ones that could sway results if any can.

“2024 is a test in this post-Dobbs world of how this issue being on the ballot will impact candidates,” said Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, executive director of The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which helps progressive groups with the details of pursuing and campaigning for ballot measures. “It is really dependent on whether candidates are willing to run on those issues.”

Voters in nine states are considering measures to add the right to abortion to their state constitutions in the highest profile of many ballot measures.

Voters in swing states want federal abortion law: Poll – Washington Examiner

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Voters in swing states want federal abortion law: Poll  Washington Examiner

Voters in swing states for the 2024 election do not want to leave abortion policy up to the states, according to a new poll from the University of Maryland, as abortion is set to be a pivotal consideration in the first presidential race since the Supreme Court overturnedRoe v. Wade in 2022.

Significant majorities, regardless of party identification, in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin said they preferred some sort of federal law codifying abortion rights, an issue that has sharply divided Republicans and Democrats in the lead-up to November.

Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), have made states’ rights on the issue of abortion the new standard of the Republican Party, following the move to delete long-standing anti-abortion language from the GOP platform this summer.

Abortion Could Be Banned Nationwide If Trump Resurrects This Zombie Law– www.scientificamerican.com
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When the Comstock Act was written, germ theory was still contested science, blood types and vitamins were medical mysteries, and the most common cause of death in the U.S. was tuberculosis, then known as consumption. And yet a movement has been gaining steam to use the 1873 law to ban a vital type of medical care nationwide: abortion. Experts say this strategy may well succeed if former president Donald Trump is elected to a second term in November.

Abortions are extremely safe—far safer than pregnancy, studies show. “Abortion is a very safe procedure,” says Glenmarie Matthews, a gynecologist at RWJBarnabas Health in New Jersey. It is also vital medical care for much of the population. “We are trying to isolate abortion care from women’s health care, but it’s all intertwined into one thing,” she says. It’s also politically popular—the clear majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal under most circumstances.

Trump wouldn’t say whether he’d veto a national ban even as abortion remains a top election issue – Las Vegas Sun
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Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say during this week’s debate if he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected again — a question that has lingered as the Republican nominee has shifted his stances on the crucial election issue.

In Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump said he would not sign a federal abortion ban, insisting that a ban would not pass Congress anyway. But he refused twice to say if he would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, a Republican from Ohio, said in an interview with NBC News last month that the former president would veto a ban.

In response to moderators prompting him about Vance’s statement, Trump said: “I didn’t discuss it with JD, in all fairness. And I don’t mind if he has a certain view, but I don’t think he was speaking for me.”

Trump creates rift in anti-abortion movement (Video)  – Social News XYZ

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Former President Donald Trump has created a rift in the anti-abortion movement, with some seeing him as a champion and others perceiving him as a traitor to the cause. NOTUS reporter Oriana Gonzlez joins to discuss.

Do Dems Believe Men Get A Choice Whether Their Children Live?– thefederalist.com
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Kamala Harris touted herself as a champion for abortion in Tuesday’s debate, framing this life-and-death issue as a basic freedom. She told viewers she would “be a president that will protect our fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do.”

This theme of abortion as “freedom” has run throughout her campaign, placing so-called abortion rights above the right to life and moving far beyond the former Democrat position of abortion being “safe, legal, and rare.” Tim Walz stands firmly with Harris, famously declaring: “We respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make, even if we wouldn’t make the same choices for ourselves, because we know there’s a golden rule, mind your own damn business.”

But Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg raised an interesting question: What does “reproductive freedom” mean for men? Speaking at a “White Dudes for Harris” event, Buttigieg encouraged men to support Harris because he said abortion benefits them. He argued that “men are also more free in a country where we have a president who stands up for things like access to abortion care.”

The Bizarre Alliance Between the Trans Agenda and Abortion– www.lifenews.com
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When discussing the transgender craze and abortion, less is often more. But the alliance between the trans movement and the pro-abortion movement has become so aggressive that we can’t avoid talking about it (as much as we might like to).

At first glance, the issues of abortion and LGBTQ appear unrelated. Same-sex relationships are sterile and can’t result in pregnancy. But the homosexual movement has actively inserted itself into the abortion debate because both the trans and pro-abortion movements are built on a shared philosophy: sexual license that accepts no sexual limitations from church, state, or culture.

Abortion advocates and LGBTQ advocates alike generally believe that sex should be free for any reason, with anyone, and with zero consequences. And they demand that this philosophy be accepted by everyone.

The two movements are locked arm-in-arm, not only in principle but financially. This is why you see so many “Pride” flags at pro-abortion events and abortion rights signs at “Pride” parades.

Enter the transgender movement.

Florida might join blue states in enshrining nearly limitless abortion as a right. Here’s a look at the fight ahead. – theblaze.com

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Voters in Florida will decide on Nov. 5 whether to scrap hard-won legal protections for the unborn and effectively legalize late-term abortion through a constitutional amendment to the Sunshine State’s Declaration of Rights.

Pro-life advocates have shared critical insights with Blaze News regarding the political significance of Florida’s Amendment 4; its implications for the unborn and their advocates both in Florida and out of state; and what it reveals about the pro-abortion movement’s strategy going forward.

New York Democrats panic abortion amendment isn’t silver bullet they were counting on – washingtonexaminer.com

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New York Democrats counting on an abortion ballot measure boosting turnout for their party have been increasingly worried it has become a problem for swing-seat candidates.

Conservatives have effectively blasted the amendment for including provisions on “gender identity” and “gender expression” that connect with a nationwide attack on Democrats involving nonbiological females playing in women’s sports.

While abortion and broad LGBT rights have outright support in the state, provisions about “gender identity,” “pregnancy outcomes,” and the rights relating to age are turning off some supporters. Internal polling shows that messaging about mixed-gender sports, in particular, has moved voters in battleground House districts, according to Politico.

SCOTUS Rules Biden-Harris Admin Can Block Funds to Oklahoma for Refusing to Refer Women for Abortions – townhall.com

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The United States Supreme Court blocked the reinstatement of millions of dollars in federal funding for family planning services in Oklahoma because the state refuses to refer pregnant women to get abortions.

The Biden-Harris Administration stripped funding from the pro-life state after family planning services refused to provide a hotline number for patients to call and receive information on abortion.

Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary, Xavier Becerra, were sued by the state, which was seeking a reinstatement of over $4.5 million in family-planning grants. However, on Tuesday, the SCOTUS ruled in favor of the Biden-Harris Administration.

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch indicated they would have granted the state’s request.

The federal grant program was established in 1970 under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. However, in 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration revised the act, stating that family planning services must provide information to pregnant women about their options to receive “neutral, factual information and non-directive counseling,” including abortion.

Democratic group launches battleground ads hitting Trump on abortion  – AOL

Congressional Democrats push resolution that says hospitals must provide emergency abortions  – Beaumont Enterprise

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights –  The Associated Press

Poll: Nevada voters want expanded birth control access, oppose abortion criminalization  – The Nevada Independent

SLU poll: Missouri voters likely to support abortion rights ballot measure  – WDAF FOX4 Kansas City

Supreme Court sides with Biden in fight over abortion referrals in Oklahoma  – WTVA

After being exposed for supporting DEI policies within its company, and financially supporting far-left organizations, Harley Davidson has issued a statement claiming to have disavowed themselves of DEI policies. They’ve also claimed they will re-evaluate the organizations they support and seek to be more representative of the community they serve.

The company claimed, “… we have not operated a DEI function since April 2024, and we do not have a DEI function today. We do not have hiring quotas and we no longer have supplier diversity spend goals… “We remain committed to listening to all members of our community.”

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Harley-Davidson said Monday that it’s ending diversity and other progressive initiatives at the company. Harley-Davidson is the latest major American brand to backtrack from DEI policies it had supported in recent years.

Harley-Davidson faced pressure online from Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist who has successfully taken on DEI policies at several American companies.

“We are saddened by the negativity on social media over the last few weeks, designed to divide the Harley-Davidson community,” the company wrote in a statement posted on X.

The company added that “we have not operated a DEI function since April 2024, and we do not have a DEI function today. We do not have hiring quotas and we no longer have supplier diversity spend goals.”

But the company said it would review all sponsorships and outside organizations the company affiliates with, and the company will establish a central clearinghouse for approvals of those relationships. It also suggested it would drop some sponsorships, including LGBTQ+ Pride festivals, saying the brand going forward would focus exclusively on growing the sport of motorcycling. Harley-Davidson, based in Milwaukee, had previously been a longtime corporate member of the Wisconsin LBGT Chamber of Commerce.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has injected itself into a topic that one conservative commissioner is warning could set a precedent that leads businesses to effectively begin discriminating against white people for fear of being fined by the FEC for “discriminatory” pricing.

While the conservative commissioner, Melissa Holyoak, agreed that a business overpricing a community based on race was a violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, she warned that the reason for ruling against the impending company is what will set a dangerous precedent.

She claimed “[N]o matter how well-intended, broad standards of liability under disparate impact theories can backfire — particularly ones that seek to regulate the entire American economy — creating risks of unlawful race-based practices. The solution to our Nation’s racial problems cannot come from policies grounded in affirmative action or some other conception of equity. Racialism simply cannot be undone by different or more racialism.”

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Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just issued a new decision that could force businesses across the country to comply with the Democrats’ radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda.

One Republican commissioner is warning that the rule could “inject” DEI practices in companies that offer price-varied goods and services nationwide….

However, Holyoak said that the majority also tacked on a “superfluous” violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.

This move could have a “pernicious” effect on American businesses in the future, Holyoak warns.

“[N]o matter how well-intended, broad standards of liability under disparate impact theories can backfire — particularly ones that seek to regulate the entire American economy — creating risks of unlawful race-based practices,” Holyoak said.

“The solution to our Nation’s racial problems cannot come from policies grounded in affirmative action or some other conception of equity,” she added.

“Racialism simply cannot be undone by different or more racialism.”

She was citing the recent Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

That case outlawed race-based considerations in higher-ed admissions policies.

Holyoak explained that “absent Congressional authorization, the Commission should not attempt to broaden the FTC’s unfairness consumer protection authority into a comprehensive civil rights authority — a new standard of liability that may have unintended and pernicious consequences.”