Zika Virus and abortion

Bucky · Feb 15, 2016

Microcephaly is a condition strongly linked to the Zika virus that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and brains that aren't fully developed, which can lead to developmental problems, including seizures, cognitive delays, motor problems and hearing loss.

Some countries where the Zika virus is spreading, including Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia, have recommended that women delay getting pregnant for up to two years. Those countries have some of the strictest abortion laws in the world, and it's difficult for poor women to get contraception. El Salvador, for instance, has no exceptions on its abortion ban and has even jailed women who have had miscarriages.

GOP Congressmen Oppose Abortion Rights For Women With Zika In Developing Countries

I believe the best quote is from Jeff Duncan, congressman from South Carolina:

"This push for more abortion access is heartbreaking, especially since there are different degrees of microcephaly,"

Many women do not have the luxury of simply choosing to wait" to get pregnant, but added that abortion access is not the answer, because many babies born with microcephaly "go on to lead very normal lives."

"Each child is made in the image of God and has inherent worth," he said.

OrphanSlug · Feb 15, 2016

Idiots, the lot of them. We are talking about physical, emotional, and financial complications that will last a lifetime... and they are talking about God.

prometeus · Feb 16, 2016

OrphanSlug said:
Idiots, the lot of them. We are talking about physical, emotional, and financial complications that will last a lifetime... and they are talking about God.

Exactly, perfectly said.

RAMOSS · Feb 16, 2016

Bucky said:
GOP Congressmen Oppose Abortion Rights For Women With Zika In Developing Countries

I believe the best quote is from Jeff Duncan, congressman from South Carolina:

Two things.

1) What other countries do with abortion rights is THEIR business, not ours.
2) Apparently, it is not the virus that is causing the issue, but the larvacide made by Monstaro That is what a number of doctors think at least. It is only in those places where the insecticide is being used that these birth defects are showing up, and there have been many other cases of pregnant women being infected by the virus and NOT giving birth defects.

Bodi · Feb 16, 2016

Bucky said:
GOP Congressmen Oppose Abortion Rights For Women With Zika In Developing Countries

I believe the best quote is from Jeff Duncan, congressman from South Carolina:

This quote of his is just silly... ""Each child is made in the image of God and has inherent worth," he said. "

Bucky · Feb 16, 2016

Bodhisattva said:
This quote of his is just silly... ""Each child is made in the image of God and has inherent worth," he said. "

I do not find that statement silly at all.

Bodi · Feb 17, 2016

Bucky said:
I do not find that statement silly at all.

Then why don't we all look the same?

Cardinal · Feb 19, 2016

Bodhisattva said:
Then why don't we all look the same?

This answer wins for being simultaneously simplistic and extremely cogent. But it's moot in any case. Anybody basing their beliefs on a god can just make up any old answer, like "God has many face" or whatever.

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