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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-12 12:21 PM
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Rep. Steve King: I’ve Never Heard Of A Girl Getting Pregnant From Statutory Rape Or Incest
And the stupidity just keeps on coming...

"Rep. Steve King, one of the most staunchly conservative members of the House, was one of the few Republicans who did not strongly condemn Rep. Todd Akin Monday for his remarks regarding pregnancy and rape. King also signaled why — he might agree with parts of Akin’s assertion.

King told an Iowa reporter he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest.

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REPORTER: You support the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act that would provide federal funding for abortions to a person that has been forcefully raped. But what if someone isn’t forcibly raped and for example, a 12-year-old who gets pregnant? Should she have to bring this baby to term?

KING: Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way and I’d be open to hearing discussion about that subject matter. Generally speaking it’s this: that there millions of abortions in this country every year. Millions of them are paid for at least in part by taxpayers. I think it’s immoral for us to compel conscientious objecting taxpayers to fund abortion through the federal government, or any other government for that matter. So that’s my stand. And if there are exceptions there, then bring me those exceptions let’s talk about it. In the meantime it’s wrong for us to compel pro-life people to pay taxes to fund abortion.

More: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php?ref=fpb

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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-12 12:26 AM
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1. Remember, too, this is a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT with which they are messing.
Discriminator laws would not be proposed or passed by states or the federal government around any other other Constitutional right or health issue without massive protests, even from media.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Women

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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-12 08:38 AM
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2. Mr King, there are million of conscientious objecting taxpayers
that object to wars. But that does not stop the government from killing hundreds of thousands of people, many of them innocent civilians during war.

Republicanism = hypocrisy
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