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phylny

(8,377 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:31 PM Jan 2012

This jackass from Virginia makes me sad to live in this beautiful state.

Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s 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 women’s 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. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”

[link:http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/?mobile=nc|

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This jackass from Virginia makes me sad to live in this beautiful state. (Original Post) phylny Jan 2012 OP
what an idiot. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #1
I think Sarah Palin would choose to differ with him. no_hypocrisy Jan 2012 #2
No words are adequate to respond to a sick sonofabitch like this one. Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #3
Wonder how many abortions his mother had before he was conceived? hayrow1 Jan 2012 #4
WTF??!! OMG! What about people who have NEVER HAD ABORTIONS and Ecumenist Jan 2012 #5
Agreed dballance Jan 2012 #7
Legislators like that are God's vengeance upon the rest of us kenny blankenship Jan 2012 #6
Wandering yetis!!! Ecumenist Jan 2012 #8
We had a guy in Indiana, John Hostettler was his name... BiggJawn Jan 2012 #9
So extremely offensive. Quantess Jan 2012 #10
 

hayrow1

(198 posts)
4. Wonder how many abortions his mother had before he was conceived?
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:36 PM
Jan 2012

Quite an excuse he has for himself for his crushing disability.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
5. WTF??!! OMG! What about people who have NEVER HAD ABORTIONS and
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:37 PM
Jan 2012

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?

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
7. Agreed
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:06 PM
Jan 2012

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)
6. Legislators like that are God's vengeance upon the rest of us
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:45 PM
Jan 2012

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.

BiggJawn

(23,051 posts)
9. We had a guy in Indiana, John Hostettler was his name...
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:47 PM
Jan 2012

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.

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