GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Calls Rape Pregnancies A ‘Gift From God’

[Tx4obama]

NEW ALBANY, Indiana — At a debate this evening with his Democratic opponent Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock claimed that raped women should be forced to carry their rapist’s baby to term because their forced pregnancy is a “gift from God”:

I believe life begins at conception. The only exception I have for to have an abortion is in the case of the life of the mother. I struggled with myself for a long time but I came to realize life is that gift from God, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape. It is something that God intended to happen.

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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/23/1078181/gop-us-senate-candidate-calls-rape-pregnancies-a-gift-from-god/

[livetohike]

1. "...it is something God intended to happen." Someone please make this crap stop now

Did Romney endorse this guy? Please say yes.

[Tx4obama]

4. See comment #3 n/t

[Xipe Totec]

2. I hope he gets cancer; another gift from God

which is alive and he should carry to full term.

[Tx4obama]

3. Mitt Romney Cuts Ad For Richard Mourdock, Calls Him '51st Vote' To Repeal Obamacare (VIDEO)

Mitt Romney Cuts Ad For Richard Mourdock, Calls Him '51st Vote' To Repeal Obamacare (VIDEO)

INDIANAPOLIS — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is plugging Richard Mourdock for Indiana's open seat in the fight for control of the Senate.

In a new ad airing this week, Romney accuses Democratic candidate Joe Donnelly of voting too often with Democratic leaders in Washington. He also calls Mourdock the "51st vote" to repeal the federal health care law.

The spot comes as Mourdock struggles to win the support of moderate Republicans and independent voters in Indiana. Mourdock has underperformed Romney in Indiana by roughly 12 points in most polls taken since he defeated Sen. Richard Lugar in May.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/mitt-romney-richard-mourdock-ad_n_2005188.html

[livetohike]

7. Thanks!

Just in time to get women's issues back on the table.

[Tx4obama]

8. UPDATE: Romney camp tells TPM: “Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments....

Dropping Mourdock

Josh Marshall October 23, 2012, 10:17 PM 46

Romney camp tells TPM: “Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments, and they do not reflect his views”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/dropping_mourdock.php?ref=fpblg

[Heather MC]

5. So when my Older sister was Brutally raped at the age of 11 and became pregnant as a result of that

Rape, she should have been greatful to God for getting brutally raped, I mean there was no other Vagina available for this Pregnancy it had to be My 11 year sister that recieved this wonderful fucking gift? God was really up in Heaven thinking That little girl who just started her period, who is still playing with barbie dolls, who still believes in Santa Claus, that little girl needs the gift of life in her Vagina. Surely thou must have a rapest nearby for her to recieve this gift from me. Ah yes a Grown male neighbor, he shall bestow upon this little girl my gift. Of course the method of conseption matters not as long as in the end there is life in her uterus.

Fuck this Muthafucker. I hate these people I fucking hate them.

[LittleGirl]

6. Please make them stop.

Being from Indiana is embarrassing enough with people saying shit like this. What the Fuck is wrong with these men?

[iandhr]

9. I don't know what outrages me more.

The fact that someone believes that a rape pregnancy is gods plan or that it doesn't surprise me.

[lib87]

10. I Hope Indiana Voters Hear This Clip

And don't vote this POS scum sucker into the senate. Ugh.

[Tx4obama]

11. I hope it's all over the news everywhere tomorrow in Indiana. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Are all the crazies in the country running for office this time around?! *sigh*

[Tx4obama]

14. Apparently on the Republican side, YES!

Every time one of these 'War on Women' stories come out it just seems so 'unreal'.
It's like they WANT to lose their elections.

[Tx4obama]

15. And here's another attack on women ...

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251172640

[MisterGamut]

13. Actually, if you think about it...

what he said makes sense from a fundamentalist POV. Which is why I'm a proud atheist.