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struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:12 PM Apr 2019

NC GOP Representative witnessed infanticide but did not notify police?

Murdering babies, and other persons, is illegal in NC. But Pat McElraft, a Republican state representative from Carteret County, says “I can attest to the fact that infanticide has happened here in NC.” However, instead of contacting police, it seems McElraft prefers to conceal the felony and instead seeks to take political advantage of allegedly witnessing such acts

‘Born alive’ abortion bill approved in NC legislature. Will Roy Cooper veto?
BY WILL DORAN
APRIL 16, 2019 08:14 PM
UPDATED APRIL 16, 2019 08:42 PM

... “I can attest to the fact that infanticide has happened here in NC,” said Rep. Pat McElraft, a Republican from Carteret County. “I’ve been witness to the result of those late-term abortions.”

McElraft said that several decades ago, early in her career, she worked in Jacksonville and ran across a local doctor who was known for performing abortions. She didn’t name the doctor. She said she saw preserved bodies of babies stored at his office, and that she believes some of them had survived an abortion procedure only to be drowned in saline.

“Nurses told stories of babies who were born alive and were taken by the doctor and turned face down in the saline,” McElraft said.

Killing a baby, or anyone else, is already illegal in North Carolina ...
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NC GOP Representative witnessed infanticide but did not notify police? (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2019 OP
Riiiiiiight. Jar of dead babies stored in saline, kept in his office, like a mad scientist's trophy mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #1
Her voters probably believe her, sadly. Ilsa Apr 2019 #2
Since I expect plenty of other people will explore the struggle4progress Apr 2019 #3
She's full of shit. She never saw such a thing. MineralMan Apr 2019 #4
Well, that seems like an unkind thing to say! I might rather take her at face value struggle4progress Apr 2019 #6
The police would just tell you to avoid the lifesitenews.com website. MineralMan Apr 2019 #7
This came from local newspaper, as my link shows struggle4progress Apr 2019 #10
Wasn't that the plot of American Horror Story? nolabear Apr 2019 #5
Uh, no. Don't believe that story for a second. sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #8
Nope. Never happened. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #9
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Riiiiiiight. Jar of dead babies stored in saline, kept in his office, like a mad scientist's trophy
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:20 PM
Apr 2019

he kept around because he's such a grisly, sick individual from a 1960's horror movie ...

Uh-huh. I totally believe you, Pat.

struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
3. Since I expect plenty of other people will explore the
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:42 PM
Apr 2019

"She's completely outta her ever-lovin stark-raving bonkers gourd" versus "Bless her over-imaginative pointy little heart" versus "We all have our suspicions whenever we see her lips move" axis, I thought maybe we might find it worthwhile to peek at the "misprision of felony" and "accessory after the fact" angle

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
4. She's full of shit. She never saw such a thing.
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:43 PM
Apr 2019

It's all bluster and lies.

See, it's OK to lie about that kind of thing, even if you are a good Christian legislator, apparently.

struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
6. Well, that seems like an unkind thing to say! I might rather take her at face value
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:48 PM
Apr 2019

and ask why she never took her evidence to the police.

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
7. The police would just tell you to avoid the lifesitenews.com website.
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:49 PM
Apr 2019

Sites like that are where such stories come from.

struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
10. This came from local newspaper, as my link shows
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 09:38 PM
Apr 2019

But, of course, the real question is not what the police would say to me: the question is, How could Her Highness explain to the rest of us why she didn't go to the police, if she thought she had evidence that this were true

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
5. Wasn't that the plot of American Horror Story?
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:46 PM
Apr 2019

I’m not kidding. First season. Abortionist keeping bodies in saline.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
9. Nope. Never happened.
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 01:57 PM
Apr 2019

Plus, of course, aren't there potential legal ramifications of not reporting murder?

On the other hand, I wonder where she stands on premeditated murder aka capital punishment.

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