Think Progress has the article Republican Amendment Could Force Underage Trafficking Victims To Carry Their Pregnancies To Term.

Reproductive rights groups have also harshly criticized the abortion provision in the bill, accusing Republicans of playing politics with the vulnerable victims of human trafficking. They point out that victims often need access to abortion services because they have been subject to sexual violence, so a fund designed to help them shouldn’t cut off resources related to abortion.

This article has a link to a Huffington Post article, GOP Sneaks Anti-Abortion Language Into Bipartisan Human Trafficking Bill.

Even Democrats on the Judiciary Committee said they had no idea the abortion provision was in the bill. Some suggested they had been misled.

“There was a representation that the controversial provision was not included in this bill. It turns out that it was,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a Judiciary Committee member. “I don’t know how that happened or who was the author of it.”

“A list was sent to certain members saying, ‘Here are the changes from last year.’ This provision was not listed among them,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), also a Judiciary Committee member.

I don’t know why any Democrat still trusts a Republican colleague to tell the truth about a pending piece of Legislation,  “Oh, you don’t have to read the bill. I assure you that there is nothing in it that would make you want to oppose it.”

Talking Points Memo has the article Jon Stewart Slams GOP Blocking Sex-Trafficking Bill As ‘F**kery’ (VIDEO). I’ll share the video with you so Jon Stewart can explain it all.