"Present" does not mean "no" in this case, it means "you are game-playing, and I refuse to vote on a needless bill that is designed as a political stunt to label me and my fellow party members as either baby-killers or liars."

Too bad that message is missed in the anti-abortion pundit arena. Refusing to vote, despite what the pundits would have you believe, is not the same thing as endorsing infanticide.

I would write more, but it is laborious as I have an infection in my left hand preventing its use right now.

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Matthew P. Barnson