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Rick Berg, North Dakota GOP Senate Candidate: No Abortion Access For Rape Victims
Rick Berg, North Dakota GOP Senate Candidate: No Abortion Access For Rape Victims
WASHINGTON -- North Dakota Senate candidate Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.) is a staunch opponent of abortion access, believing it should be banned except when the life of the mother is at risk. But when asked in an interview Wednesday whether a woman who sought an illegal abortion should be jailed or fined, Berg declined to get into specifics and said the punishment should be figured out through the "legislative process."
Berg sat down with KVRR in Fargo, N.D., Wednesday, where news director Jim Shaw asked the congressman whether there any circumstances under which he would allow an abortion.
"My position has been pretty clear," Berg replied. "I'm pro-life, I'm concerned about the unborn and people who can't take care of themselves. So I'm pro-life. I would make an exception for the life of the mother."
When asked whether he would make an exception for rape victims, Berg said he would not, but refused to be specific on the penalty for women seeking an abortion if it was illegal: ...
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/rick-berg-women-abortion_n_1962135.html
I am sick and tired of all of these Republican MEN spouting off about what they think women should and should not be allowed to do with our own bodies.
It is way past time to elect more WOMEN to Congress!
We women are 50% of the U.S. population and we are not being represented sufficiently on women's issues.
As of 2012, only 17 of the 100 U.S.Senators are women (17%)
As of 2012, only 76 of the 435 U.S. House Representatives are women (16.6%)
We need a national uprising and kick all the Republicans OUT-of-Office and elect Democrats and WOMEN
And another thing that pisses me off about the Republicans: If the Republicans were actually concerned about lowering the abortion rates in The USA then they would not be so very opposed to providing women with low-cost birth control. Contraception and sex education equals less abortions.
I know I am preaching to the choir, but I had to vent
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