Pro-life Virginia Sen. values rights of fetus over those of ‘host,’ which ‘some refer to as mothers’

[Skidmore]

I've stayed out of the so-called gender wars, but this joker seems to distill issues down to the purist form. Women are hosts. Vessels. Receptacles. The more things change the more they stay the same. For some, it would seem that for the past half century we've been running in place. I am so disgusted by this.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/24/pro-life-virginia-sen-values-rights-of-fetus-over-those-of-host-which-some-refer-to-as-mothers/

Pro-life Virginia Sen. values rights of fetus over those of ‘host,’ which ‘some refer to as mothers’
By Scott Kaufman
Monday, February 24, 2014 14:55 EST


Virginia state Senator Steve Martin (R) declared that mothers are merely a “child’s host” on Facebook.

Martin was responding to a Valentine’s Day card sent out by the Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition advocating that “[a]ll women deserve access to their full range of reproductive health options — including preventing unintentional pregnancies, raising healthy children, and choosing safe, legal abortion,” Sen. Martin wrote on his Facebook wall.

“I don’t expect to be in the room or will I do anything to prevent you from obtaining a contraceptive,” Sen. Martin wrote. “However, once a child does exist in your womb, I’m not going to assume a right to kill it just because the child’s host (some refer to them as mothers) doesn’t want it.”

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[riversedge]

1. Sen. Martin is also the state chairmen of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a

And add gas to the Fire!


.....Sen. Martin is also the state chairmen of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative organization whose main purpose is to re-brand industry backed opposition to legislation as the product of grass-roots efforts.

[tanyev]

2. Jeez, not even a sacred vessel or an ambulatory chalice?

[Skidmore]

4. Nope.

Not even that amount of respect. He clearly is intentionally discounting women and dehumanizing us.

[Liberal_Dog]

3. Host???

Holy shit!!

[dorkzilla]

5. Check out his Facebook post

Seems he's got a lot of support from his "fans".

These are really sick people.

https://www.facebook.com/steve.martin.33633/posts/10202397875062315?stream_ref=10

[Skidmore]

6. And poor Paulette, who dared to question, was called a

"sweet, misguided child."

[eShirl]

7. If the mother is a host, doesn't that make the fetus a parasite?

He should think about what he is saying.

[Skidmore]

8. What does that make the father?

A predator?

This man had not done much to elevate the discussion. He has definitely made the battleground clear.

[passiveporcupine]

10. perfect

[awoke_in_2003]

9. They aren't even trying...

to hide their contempt for women anymore.

[wocaonimabi]

11. So if the woman is a host then a parasite is inside her and the host can CHOOSE what to do about the

parasite.

[elehhhhna]

12. "I" this "I" that what an asshole