GOP: Female body has natural defense against pregnancy in case of legitimate rape

If you keep on "blaming" my position due to religious morality, you'll never understand my position. My position preceded my involvement with organized religion unless you could sitting in a Fifth Grade Sunday school class in my sharp red blazer and not being able to remember the books of The Pentateuch.

My position is Humanitarian.

 

That the GOP opposes exceptions to an abortion ban is not a secret. Akin caused a scandal by suggesting some rapes weren't really rapes (which offends republicans and democrats), not simply because he opposes a rape exception (which offends only democrats).

 

It is not a topic that should be discussed in respect to legislation. The government has no business being in other peoples' vaginas.

The only reason this is a political topic is because of religious fanatics.

It is a medical issue between people, their families and their doctors.

Period.

You are entitled to your beliefs, however you are not entitled to force others to live their lives according to your beliefs through legislation.

 

How is the hell does that is ANYWAY relate to the subject at issue? It doesn't.... you present an article about another country, another culture, one with NO restrictions at ANYTIME on abortions.

 

Huh? A majority of American's support a rape exception.

 

It may not be a secret, but it's the first time the party has formally endorsed it in their platform.

The problem is that Akin spoke out loud what the GOP really thinks about the issue.


Led by Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) and featuring other Tea Party stars like Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), the committee approved a draft of the platform McDonnell said “will reflect the heart and soul of the Republican Party” and one committee member called “the most conservative platform in modern history.”


Some other highlights


NO ABORTION IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST. The proposal for a “human life amendment” passed without a hitch — and without any exceptions for rape or incest. The committee didn’t stop there; they also adopted language that would ban drugs that end pregnancy after conception, which could potentially include Plan B, the “morning after pill.”

SALUTE TO MANDATORY ULTRASOUNDS. The GOP officially praises states’ “informed consent” laws that force women to undergo unnecessary procedures, require waiting periods and endure other measures meant to discourage them from getting an abortion. One such law receiving a “salute” was crafted by committee head McDonnell, who passed a notorious mandatory ultrasound requirement after he signed an unsuccessful bill to require an even more invasive transvaginal probe ultrasound during an abortion consultation.

NO LEGAL RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX COUPLES. The committee embraced extreme anti-gay language, even rejecting a proposal to endorse civil unions for gay couples after vehement objections from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Romney adviser Jim Bopp, who called it a “counterfeit marriage.” The rejection of civil unions, along with the refusal to include a line affirming the legal equality of same-sex couples prompted the organization GOProud to declare, “Those who have engaged in this public platform fight have provided distraction from important issues and damaged Mitt Romney’s campaign.”

REPLICATE ARIZONA-STYLE IMMIGRATION LAWS. Kris Kobach, who wrote the now mostly invalidated immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama, pushed for language calling for a border fence, a national E-Verify system to make it harder for undocumented workers to find employment, the end of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants and an end to sanctuary cities. The committee overwhelmingly approved the proposals, as well as a line chastising the Department of Justice to halt the lawsuits against draconian immigration laws in Arizona, Alabama, South Carolina and Utah: “State efforts to reduce illegal immigration must be encouraged, not attacked.”

AUDIT THE FED. The pet project of Sen. Ron Paul (R-TX) to audit the Federal Reserve has now been embraced as an official Republican goal. For the first time, the platform calls for an annual audit of the Federal Reserve.

NO WOMEN IN COMBAT. The platform condemns “social experimentation” in the military, which covers everything from the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to allowing officers to wear their uniforms in gay pride events to letting women serve on the front lines.

NO STATEHOOD, MORE GUNS FOR WASHINGTON DC. FRC’s Perkins, who recently blamed President Obama and the Southern Poverty Law Center for the shooting at FRC’s Washington headquarters, requested and received a section specifically urging the DC Council to expand gun rights. The same section also opposes DC statehood, which would allow the District to govern itself and put an end to Congressional attempts to impose abortion bans on DC.

NO NEW TAXES, EXCEPT FOR WAR. The platform calls for a Constitutional amendment requiring a super-majority to approve any tax increase, “with exceptions for only war and national emergencies.” It would also deliberately hobble future Congresses through a cap limiting all government spending to historical average percentage of GDP — “so that future Congresses cannot balance the budget by raising taxes.”

 

This whole thing has been blown out of proportion. This is not dissimilar to the Jeremiah Wright controversy. Partisan crowds from either side love nothing better than taking controversial statement completely out of its contexts and pounding it like there is no tomorrow.

 

Except Jeremiah Wright wasn't running for office.......

 

There is nothing sillier than old white men trying to tell all women what to do with their bodies.... :grin:

 

Which people?

Mother? Of course. Doctor? Of course. Father? __________ Child? __________

 

I thought this was your post-gig routine.

 

In giddy world

= child

 

It used to be. I'm "spoken for" now..... :grin:

 

Oh, I am so sorry... ... I figure if it was okay to talk about the ludicrousness of a complete ban on abortion then it might be eye-opening to look at the other extreme and see what that results. You'd rather stifle the information, I guess.

 

Fixed it for you, Giddy....

 

Maybe I misinterpreted the national discourse here -- are you telling me that the national condemnation of Akin and his abandonment by the Republican Party wasn't because he was suggesting that some rapes weren't really rape?

 

I can tell you that it does not involve you.

 

No, feel free to make a thread about abortion in Canada, just not this one.

 

Of course it was, but they way you worded your statement, it seems as if you are stating that the abolition of abortions for rape and incest is not controversial.

 

Your murder wouldn't involve me, or be my business, but that doesn't mean I consider it acceptable.