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catbyte

(34,338 posts)
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 10:10 PM Aug 2016

Rubio: No abortions for Zika-infected women

By MARC CAPUTO 08/06/16 03:54 PM EDT

Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he doesn’t believe a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus should have the right to an abortion — even if she had reason to believe the child would be born with severe microcephaly.
"I understand a lot of people disagree with my view – but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws. And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it’s a difficult question and a hard one," Rubio told POLITICO.
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"But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life."
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So, is this asshole going to help raise those severely handicapped children?


http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/08/rubio-no-abortions-for-zika-infected-women-104555

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Rubio: No abortions for Zika-infected women (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2016 OP
Yeah these reich to life folks disappear the second the baby is born 47of74 Aug 2016 #1
Delusions of grandeur ... GeorgeGist Aug 2016 #2
A-holes like him are actually only pro-birth, not pro-life. n/t miyazaki Aug 2016 #3
Rubio is just a sick piece of shit. Its part of the "life at any cost" mentality... Humanist_Activist Aug 2016 #4
Only if that life has not yet been born. After birth he doesn't give a damn. nt tblue37 Aug 2016 #17
Thank you Marc, let us know when you conceive and contract Zika baby. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #5
What does Trump say? greymattermom Aug 2016 #6
Even trump would not say that. Off to take a shower now. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #8
Shut up, Marco. DawgHouse Aug 2016 #7
Pass the fucking funding bill to help your state you human piece of trash. onecaliberal Aug 2016 #9
What a sick fuck. BlueStater Aug 2016 #10
Wow... You know what this means? Hugin Aug 2016 #11
Little Marco has an opinion about something that he will never have to deal with. Loki Aug 2016 #12
You don't get to weigh in on this, Marco. LuckyLib Aug 2016 #13
Fortunately, no women are going to consult that wanker for their medical care Warpy Aug 2016 #14
Fuck you, Rube Stinky The Clown Aug 2016 #15
A majority of people think even late term abortions should be permissible with Zika, tblue37 Aug 2016 #16
Then throw all of the resulting children into Romanian style orphanages. Crunchy Frog Aug 2016 #18
children are NOT CHEAP. is he paying? pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #19
 

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)
4. Rubio is just a sick piece of shit. Its part of the "life at any cost" mentality...
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 10:27 PM
Aug 2016

as long as it has a heartbeat, we must try to keep it alive as long as is practical. Fuck, we don't even treat our pets this cruelly, yet we treat ourselves this way? What is wrong with him and other anti-choice fuckheads?

Hugin

(33,058 posts)
11. Wow... You know what this means?
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 10:51 PM
Aug 2016

We're going to have to go much deeper to find that bar. MUCH DEEPER!



If this clown reject gets re-elected, well... I just don't know what to think about the kinds of people who would do such a thing.

Warpy

(111,164 posts)
14. Fortunately, no women are going to consult that wanker for their medical care
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 10:56 PM
Aug 2016

Questions like that are hard for Rubio because he's got little insight and no empathy.

Please, Florida, defeat him.

tblue37

(65,227 posts)
16. A majority of people think even late term abortions should be permissible with Zika,
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 10:59 PM
Aug 2016

because there is no way to test for the microcephaly during the earlier stages of pregnancy.

"Most Americans favor late-term abortion if Zika harms fetus, STAT-Harvard poll finds"
https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/05/stat-harvard-poll-zika-abortion/

Americans’ strong aversion to late-term abortions drops precipitously if a developing fetus would likely be born with severe damage from the Zika virus, a new STAT-Harvard poll found.

It showed that 59 percent of respondents thought women should have the right to end a pregnancy after 24 weeks of gestation if testing showed there was a serious possibility the fetus had microcephaly caused by the mother’s Zika infection.

But most states have laws that restrict abortions either after a certain point in pregnancy — 22 set the cutoff by the 24th week — or when the fetus is viable outside the womb (also about the 24th week), according to the Guttmacher Institute.

SNIP

That type of damage can take several weeks to become apparent in prenatal testing. By the time some women learn what Zika has done to the fetuses they are carrying, their access to legal abortion could be blocked in most states.

SNIP


Even 48% of Republicans favor late-term abortions if the fetus has been seriously affected by Zika.

Crunchy Frog

(26,578 posts)
18. Then throw all of the resulting children into Romanian style orphanages.
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 11:19 PM
Aug 2016

Is what I'm guessing his policy would be.

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