SBA Pro-Life America often puts itself at the forefront of the fight against Democrats’ abortion extremism, but when it comes to Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s fight against the Pentagon’s plans for taxpayer-funded abortion, the group is uncharacteristically quiet.
Now that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has threatened to bring a resolution that would let the Senate process military promotions en bloc, Tuberville needs the support of pro-life groups more than ever.
“Patience is wearing thin with Senator Tuberville on both sides of the aisle,” Schumer said in floor remarks on Wednesday. “What happened with the Marine Commandant just showed many people how dangerous what Tuberville is doing is. And so I will call for a resolution on the floor to allow us to vote on all these people at once. And I’m very hopeful and optimistic about it.”
In a statement to The Federalist, SBA’s VP of Communications E.V. Osment was quick to condemn the Biden administration for “illegally injected abortion into our military against the will of the American people” and reaffirm that Schumer has the power to bypass Tuberville’s hold.
SBA, however, wouldn’t tell The Federalist if it plans to score the Schumer-led vote. Nor did the pro-life group explain why it hasn’t consistently backed Tuberville’s pro-life stand.
When Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced in February that the taxpayer-funded Pentagon would grant up to three weeks of paid time off and travel for U.S. military members and their family members to obtain abortions, Tuberville placed a hold on the Senate
