Hey ladies, listen up. Republican lawmakers prefer you to already know that obtaining raped is awful and they feel truly inadequate concerning it—but, if you happen to grab pregnant from that horrific experience, fear not, due to the fact that having your rapist’s infant is completely a “silver lining.” Um, WHAT?
On Tuesday, Missouri lawmakers were debating a legislative measure called House Joint Resolution 98, which would certainly offer unborn fetuses the exact same constitutional rights as American Citizens. Of course, this measure would certainly additionally always outlaw abortion in all of cases, including cases involving rape—which some lawmakers argued was an excellent thing.
“It is not up to us to point out ‘no, simply due to the fact that there was a rape, they cannot exist,” argued Republican Claim Rep. Tila Hubrecht throughout the debate. (“They” refers to unborn fetuses.) “Occasionally inadequate points happen—and they’re horrible things, yet Occasionally God can easily offer us a silver lining through the birth of a child.”
Did you catch that? Sure, rape is bad, yet a rape baby—that’s a silver lining.
Hubrecht additionally pointed out that she knows individuals born from rape, so clearly she’s an expert. “Once God provides life, he does so due to the fact that there’s a reason, regardless of what,” she said. “I’ve met and talked along with the various individuals that have actually been conceived by rape. There is a demand for their life.”
Listen, Hubrecht has actually every ideal to believe Exactly what she does—and if, God forbid, she ever became pregnant from rape, she would certainly absolutely have actually the ideal to maintain the baby. yet not every rape survivor shares her views, and not every rape survivor desires to carry the kid of her rapist. Shouldn’t they additionally have actually a ideal to their beliefs?
Apparently not in Missouri. The Estate voted 112-36 to arrive the legislation, which now simply calls for last approval from the Estate prior to it can easily relocate on to the Missouri Claim Senate.
If passed, this legislation “puts Missouri in the placement to be the the majority of pro-life Claim in the country,” boasted Republican Claim Rep. Jay Barnes complying with the vote. Yes, he’s bragging concerning denying abortion rights to women of rape, incest, and molestation, too as women that might die as a outcome of the pregnancy.
Is this exactly how we make America great?
