The supposed moderate Republican will not be throwing support behind a new bill protecting those seeking abortions, saying it 'goes too far'
Collins is concerned that doctors who have particular religious beliefs will be forced to perform abortions against their personal convictions,Religious freedoms and protections are a sticky wicket in the United States, a
nation full of lapsed Catholics and agnostic protestants. Were this actually Collins’s reasoning behind not supporting the bill, perhaps there would be a nuanced philosophical debate to be had about what supersedes what. However, as
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