W. Virginia Republican: Rape Is Bad, But It Can Make 'Beautiful' Kids
LatestDear God, it’s like they’re actively trying to get us to insult them: yet another Republican politician has argued against allowing rape survivors to get abortions, because while rape is “obviously awful,” the children it can potentially produce are beautiful. Yep. Nothing lovelier than a forced pregnancy.
The West Virginia House has begun the process of approving a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks in the state; Like other version of the same bill, West Virginia’s proposed law has been dubbed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. It’s based on the bunk science that fetuses are capable of feeling pain after 20 weeks, and that pain should trump the desire someone might feel to not carry an unwanted pregnancy to term.