A nine year old girl is now forced to have her father’s baby? That’s what we are talking about. Incest. Rape. Carrying and delivering your own half-sibling. There are plenty of girls under ten who are sexuallly assaulted by a family member, including dad. www.cbsnews.com/...
Republican Senator Clyde Chambliss argued that the ban was still fair to victims of rape and incest because those women would still be allowed to get an abortion "until she knows she's pregnant," a statement that garnered a mixture of groans and cackles from the chamber's gallery.
Having worked as a health educator for middle school girls, this is a ludicrous argument. Most young girls have no conception of what pregnancy looks or feels like. And they certainly aren’t able to pop in Walmart and pick up a quick pee test to see if their older brother or uncle has not only raped them, but impregnated them as well.
I don’t always agree with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but she nailed it this time. It’s horrifying.
We must protect our children from harm. This is a fight we must take on.
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