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Rape, Pregnancy and the New GOP

Far too many GOP legislators and candidates have reached the fringe of the right and we cannot allow their personal beliefs to have power over women's bodies and choices.

It needs to be discussed. Many would like to push it under the rug or pretend it isn’t anything more than a distraction. But the absolute, unwavering, uncompromising, fundamental beliefs embraced by our legislators, President and Vice President are something to be strongly considered. This week, candidate for U.S. Senate, Richard Mourdock, stepped into a big steamy pile of his own words. Mourdock stated that a pregnancy caused by rape was God’s intention and a gift. Well, by that reasoning, should we no longer support the treatment of sexually transmitted disease contracted through rape? Maybe we should start naming the heavenly bestowed STDs as well. I can hear it now, “Have you seen my little chlamydia? Her name is Emma and she is a gift…

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JustinH

9:40 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012

@ Heather A. In cases of rape the girl should have the option available to end the rape induced pregnancy, but all other cases have no basis to abort. You spew this word around "barbaric". You want to see the real true side of barbaric? Can you handle it? Or are you just so hyped up to make sure you have that choice to legally kill a child, who has done nothing wrong, but being inside someone …   more ›

Marco Rubio Weighs In on GOP Candidate's Controversial Rape Comments

In Waukesha, Florida senator says Indiana U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock made an "unfortunate" choice of words and was right to apologize to any who interpreted him to say that "God intended" for rape to happen.

OUTSIDE MILWAUKEE -- U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Thursday called the remarks about rape made by Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock "unfortunate" and said Mourdock made the right move by apologizing. Mourdock generated a firestorm of controversy after he said the following in a televised debate on Tuesday: “Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that God intended to happen." He apologized Wednesday to those who he believes misinterpreted his comments, but Mourdock, who is the state treasurer in Indiana, did not back down from what he said – meaning, in essense, that no rape is ever God's will, but conception resulting from rape was. Speaking to reporters after a rally in Waukesha that drew about 800 …

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The Anti-Alinsky

1:35 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012

You forgot one Bert "intelligent Liberal arguments"   more ›