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Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are Gods punishment to women who previously had abortions.
On Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at a press conference against state funding for Planned Parenthood. He blasted the organization for supporting a womens right to choose, saying that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children:
The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children, said Marshall, a Republican.
In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. Theres a special punishment Christians would suggest.
[link:http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/?mobile=nc|
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,061 posts)Wistful Vista
(136 posts)hayrow1
(198 posts)Quite an excuse he has for himself for his crushing disability.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)are unfortunately find themselves in a situation with children who are disabled? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM? I'm surprised women's groups and parents with disabled children haven't beat his ignorant ass to death...What kind of "ish" is this?
How many families have disabled children that have never had an abortion? How dare he condemn them for no reason? He should certainly not be in the position of representing people of his state. This is a new kind of stupid bigotry.
kenny blankenship
(15,689 posts)for allowing women with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome pregnancies who DON'T abort them.
Ladies - not to pick on the ladies but nobody else has ever sprouted a uterus so far - if you're going to drink yourself into month long blackouts, smoke cigarettes and huff paint thinner while pregnant and choose to have unprotected sex with the village idiot or wandering yetis GET AN ABORTION, OK?
Failure to do so could easily result in this
Or even this
Abort as soon as you're aware of the pregnancy. Don't delay by waiting until you're sober. The important thing is to get it fixed, asap. It will be better for you and cheaper for the rest of us. And much safer; for the Bible is clear: God punishes Man's willful stupidity by elevating the most virulently hateful and brainless among us to high office.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)BiggJawn
(23,051 posts)In addition to trying to board a plane w/a loaded handgun in his carry-on (pled down to a misdemeanor w/ probation, so he wouldn't lose his seat) he told a group of breast cancer survivors that they wouldn't have gotten cancer if they hadn't aborted their babies...
What? he said, why it's a SCIENTIFIC FACT that abortions cause breast cancer! The Family Research council said so!
Went down in flames to Brad Ellsworth in '06.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Disgusting.