Abortion and Nutjobs

 Pregnancy From Rape Is 'An Opportunity' For Women, Says Republican Trying To Ban Abortion annoyed me from its very headline. This just upped my annoyance:

“Rape is a difficult issue and it emotionally scars the individual, all or in part, for the rest of their life ― just as child abuse does. But if a baby is created, it is a human life and whether that mother ends that pregnancy or not the scars will not go away, period,” said Schmidt.

“It is a shame that it happens, but there’s an opportunity for that woman – no matter how young or old she is ― to make a determination about what she’s going to do to help that life be a productive human being. … That child can grow up and be something magnificent, a wonderful family person, cure cancer, etc.,” she continued. “This is not about keeping abortion alive, this is about keeping the mother alive, and just because you have emotional scars doesn’t give you the right to take a life.”

Uh huh, all the warm empathy of your typical zealot. In other places she would be for stoning women not wearing a veil or for killing a Hindu woman for marrying Moslem or for Russia invading Ukraine.

I had a great aunt who voted a straight Republican ticket. She was adamantly pro-choice. Maybe even angrily so. The Republicans would have no place for her today.

sch 4/29/22