At least 78 GOP candidates would force women to bear rapists’ babies

[G_j]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/78-gop-candidates-force-rapists-babies/

At least 78 GOP candidates would force women to bear rapists’ babies

By Daniel Tencer
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 -- 7:51 pm

A partial list of Republican candidates running for US Congress in this year's mid-term elections shows that at least 78 of them have professed to oppose abortion in all cases, including where rape or incest are involved.

The Republican National Coalition For Life, a political action committee formed by anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly, sends out questionnaires every election season to Republican candidates asking them to lay out their positions on abortion.

A list of responses from this year's candidates indicate that 78 Senate and House candidates answered that they are "pro-life without discrimination," meaning they don't agree with any exceptions to a ban on abortion.

The list was flagged earlier this week by Charles Johnson at the Little Green Footballs blog. Johnson counted 112 candidates who hold that view of abortion, but a Raw Story count of the listed candidates found 78 who have won their primary and indicated they would make no exceptions to allow abortion.

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[joeybee12]

1. You know, for Repukes, that number seems kinda low...KNR

[BlueJazz]

2. Damn. I may never, ever, ever understand the thinking process of these people.

They truly should have their own Country and we should have ours.
..and No..I don't want to Bond, Mesh, conjoin, merge or any other thing with these bags of strange water.

[krispos42]

12. It's ideologically consistent.

If you believe abortion is murder, and don't have any issue with the concept of the government declaring sovereignty over a woman's uterus, then it is consistent to make no exceptions for rape or incest. Self-defense of the mother, perhaps, but that's it.


I always thought the congresscritters that said "except in cases of rape and incest" were being morally void for political gain, trying to walk some amoral middle ground to pander to the uncomfortable.


Just for clarity, I'm pro-choice, FWIW, and I think their position is wrong and a violation of constitutional and human rights.

[democrank]

3. I`m at a loss for words

[flamingdem]

4. Boxer has cranked up the Anti-Fiorina ads that call her out for this nt

[OverBurn]

5. The GOP is f*cking insane

[Odin2005]

6. That is FUCKED UP!!!

:grr:

[safeinOhio]

7. They'd be the first

to send a daughter or wife out of the country for a short vacation. Just like the rich have always done.

[Solly Mack]

8. Sick fucks.

[lonestarnot]

9. Grand old perverts, you thought they were something else?

:shrug:

[southmost]

10. they're certainly not being coy about it anymore

they're all regressive asshats!

[krispos42]

11. They believe strongly in letting rapists choose the mother of their children. n/t

[G_j]

13. ouch! I guess they are for choice after all.. nt

[ensho]

14. at least we have a list of their names and we can keep the light shining

on them showing the world their CRUEL insanity

[StarlightGold]

15. I give up

Just totally give up trying to understand or influence these people. There's no turning back for someone who has no problem with forcing a woman (or girl) to suffer the trauma of a nightmare pregnancy and birth. Dear God, just keep people like this away from my kids.