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Teh stupid just keeps on rolling out of his pie hole.
Gohmert: Force women to give birth to fetuses with no brain activity
By David Edwards
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:19 EDT
Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R) on Thursday told a woman that she wrong to have an abortion after it was discovered late during her pregnancy that her fetus had no brain function.
At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearing to push for a 20-week abortion ban, Christy Zink testified that the bill would have required her to carry to term and give birth to a baby whom the doctors concurred had no chance of a life and would have experienced near-constant pain.
Being there in a neonatal ICU, I did see that there was one child there that was missing parts including a spine, Gohmert said, recalling the birth of his daughter. And the parents ended up, when it was clear that there was no brain activity whatsoever, there was decisions that they had to make at that point.
Ms. Zink, having my great sympathy and empathy both, I still come back wondering, shouldnt we wait, like that couple did, and see if the child can survive before we decide to rip him apart? he asked. So, these are ethical issues, theyre moral issues, theyre difficult issues, and the parents should certainly be consulted.
djean111
(14,255 posts)How very fucking thoughtful of him.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)and is physically disqualified from ever knowing.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)After all, his mother gave birth to a brain-dead baby!