I honestly do not believe that the Senators that voted for this honestly desire to produce any change. I honestly believe that they feel comfortable voting this way knowing that ultimately the vote would fail, and then they believe that they can claim that they are sympathetic towards a block of people that they would like to have voting for them. Doing so probably won't hurt them, since the vote was done far enough in advance that the average person will not remember on election day. I also believe that both political parties are doing this more and more often. Rather than gaining my vote by actually acting towards change, lip service is given from time to time, and perhaps a meaningless vote held, in order to somehow encourage people to come out and vote for their party to give them a further political advantage to obtain the change. Yet, if they are ineffective, who would want to increase their influence? As examples, I believe that the attempts to advance amendments to the constitution for such issues as protecting the American flag and Marriage. I even believe that the issue of abortion is used in such a way. I also believe that the political upheaval we have recently witnessed in our country from the last election and the coming election is in part due to the fact that our leaders will not lead because of such behavior. The politicians would rather own an issue, rather than solve it. Here is a bit of information for anyone looking for my vote. If as a candidate you claim to support the pursuit of abolishing abortion and protecting the American Family, then do it. You will continue to get my support by doing so.