Herman Cain: 'Abortion Should Not Be Legal'

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Huffington Post

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sought to clarify his position on abortion Friday afternoon in an appearance on Fox News.

"Abortion should not be legal, that is clear. But if that family made a decision to break the law, that's that family's decision, that's all I'm trying to say," he said. . .

. . . Cain was asked on Fox News whether it would be problematic for his campaign. "Well I'm sorry if it's going to be problematic. Let me just state again, I am pro-life from conception, no exceptions," Cain replied. "I was trying to separate two situations here, and if they won't allow me to separate those two situations, they won't allow me to separate those two situations. That's unfortunate. I don't know how much more I can say that if I am pro-life from conception no exceptions, I will not fund any abortions by the government, I will sign any legislation to defund Planned Parenthood and all of the other variations of this whole pro-life issue."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/herman-cain-999-plan-abortion_n_1024562.html

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The Koch machine must have told him to say whatever it takes to gain favor with the Iowa caucus types, most of which would probably execute women making their legal choice. Disgusting.

[Demeter]

1. A Man and his Dog(ma)

Neither sense, compassion, nor any ability to acquire any.

[sakabatou]

2. "Fuck a woman's right to her own body!"

:grr:

[abelenkpe]

3. K&R nt

[slackmaster]

4. Six clicks from Hitler.

Herman Cain
Cain and Abel
Fratricide
Genocide
Holocaust
Nazis
Hitler

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

24. Just 3.

Herman
Goering
Hitler
and Kevin Bacon

[opihimoimoi]

5. The Flim Flam Man of snake oil daze

[ehrnst]

6. Not up to him. (nt)

[Gregorian]

7. There are no INTELLIGENT reasons why abortion shouldn't be legal.

Just because someone is living in an alternate universe, or several centuries removed, or a totalitarian dictatorship doesn't mean it justifies confining everyone else to their beliefs.

I don't want to live in Saudi Arabia. I want to live in an intelligent, modern, civil society.

So blow me, asshole. That's my Rude Pundit imitation.

[newspeak]

27. in college, as one male student said to me

"it's not my body, I should have no right to determine one's decision and if men had babies, they'd have legalized abortion a long time ago."

Let's see--who outlawed abortion? There was hitler, ceusceus of romania and the emperor of japan. Now, do we believe they did it because they believed in the sanctity of life?

And, as my environmental professor stated back in the eighties, if they take away choice, they'll soon be after delegalizing any form of birth control.

[CrispyQ]

8. Hey Herman, wanna buy a vowel?

I am so sick of self righteous asshole men making judgments about a situation they will never know anything about. :grr: :grr: :grr:

[defendandprotect]

9. Cain/RW GOP is pro-fetal life at all costs, even death of pregnant female ....

and even at the cost of murdering doctors and clinic workers -- !!


What farce!

[Badsam]

10. That's it Herm, keep'em distracted. Dick head!!!!!!!

[BigDemVoter]

11. Let him yap on at full speed

The MAJORITY of Americans are pro-choice; it's that simple.

[Swede Atlanta]

12. Flip-flopper

First he says he thinks abortion should be legal but that he is personally opposed to it. Now he says it should be illegal. What a crock of shit he is. His 9-9-9 plan is a total failure. I hope he can find a janitorial job at Wally World.

[bluestateguy]

13. "if that family made a decision to break the law, that's that family's decision"

So be it. Then I am sure he will respect a jury making the decision to nullify any charges brought by prosecutors who charge them with having an illegal abortion.

[valerief]

14. For Cain, it should be retroactive! nt

[mwooldri]

15. mwooldri: 'Herman Cain Should Not Be Legal'.

If he is for smaller government then he should keep his nose out of "the abortion issue". He can't have it both ways.

[DreamSmoker]

16. Just Another GOP Lap Dog

He could not even get nominated any other way by the Repukes...
Just have to please the Religious Right..

[fascisthunter]

17. Sieg Heil!

[alp227]

18. does it violate the terms here to say "you should've been aborted?" n/t

[BlueIris]

19. So he likes the idea of women dying in the back alleys again, I guess.

Good to know.

[area51]

20. Typical republinazi.

If he's that upset that fetuses are dying, why doesn't he get upset about people being denied health care are dying? Fsck his hypocrisy.

[jmowreader]

21. If he's a Repuke, he has to think this way

It's part of the party line: No abortion for any reason whatsoever even if the pregnancy is about to kill the mother.

IIRC these guys are so extreme that if the fetus dies inside the mother, an operation to remove the dead fetus is called an abortion and can't be done.

So yeah, if Cain gets elected and gets his entire program through, taxes will be cut to the point where the only things the United States can support are the military and a million-man (not million-person, million-MAN) vagina police to make sure every ejaculation goes to term. The only thing I haven't heard from these assholes, and I'm sure it's coming, is "childbearing is a patriotic duty." (I expect to hear it because Romanian thug Nicolae Ceaucescu's Decree 770 was announced to the people with that exact sentence, and since the Repukes seem to love them some Ceaucescu...)

[SoapBox]

22. Hey "Herb"...get your snout out of women's privates.

[StarsInHerHair]

23. pro fetus, hate the woman & child, typical hypocrites

No it is not a typo, you read the title correctly, “Miscarriage = Jail Time.” That is what this Georgia General Assembly Bill (HB1) is trying to impose on people. Apparently the plan is to knock women down when they are already in pain.

This bill is proposing that the Official Code of Georgia Annotated be amended to say that prenatal murder is unlawful. Although this bill is obviously aimed at those who choose to have abortions (which is a whole other topic for discussing another day), the wording in this bill is absolutely astonishing. According to the bill, “prenatal murder” means the intentional removal of a fetus from a woman with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus; provided, however, that if a physician makes a medically justified effort to save the lives of both the mother and the fetus and the fetus does not survive, such action shall not be prenatal murder. Such term does not include a naturally occurring expulsion of a fetus known medically as a ‘spontaneous abortion’ and popularly as a ‘miscarriage’ so long as there is no human involvement whatsoever in the causation of such event.”
http://daytodaywoman.com/2011/02/24/miscarriage-jail-time/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/01/06/83951/-VA-Legislative-Sentry:-Have-a-Miscarriage,-Go-to-JAIL
Thu Jan 06, 2005 at 04:44 PM PST
VA Legislative Sentry: Have a Miscarriage, Go to JAIL?

[tawadi]

25. So much for government not meddling in our lives

:eyes:

[yardwork]

26. If rich white men got pregnant, we would not be having this conversation.

I usually avoid mentioning male privilege, because it's easy to make broadbrush generalizations that are unfair to the many individuals who are male, but in the case of abortion, it's always been very clear to me. If the men who run the U.S. got pregnant, this would not be an issue. Abortions would be free, private, and undiscussed.

That is all.

[left on green only]

28. Cain is sounding more and more like a clear thinker every time

he opens his mouth.......even if it is just to pull his foot out of it.:sarcasm:

[sarcasmo]

29. The Koch brothers know how to pander to the base.

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[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

31. Thanks for the definition, StasyMiller, but we all know what it means

But it should remain safe and legal for the woman who makes the decision to have one.

[onecent]

32. No law OR MAN is ever gonna tell me what I can do or cannot do

with my uterus. PERIOD.

I'm too old now to have babies but I make sure all my grandaughters and daughters realize it is our right to do what we desire with our own bodies.

I definitely don't support abortions for "birth control"..but I definitely believe in MY CONTROL OVER WHAT I CAN CHOOSE OR DO ESPECIALLY WITH MY BODY!!!!!!!!!