Posted on 05/24/2014 7:09:37 AM PDT by John Semmens
A push for a special session to consider legislation that would address fetal pain and, thereby, place a limit on abortions was labeled a “waste of time” by West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (D).
“As I’ve said before, legislation that would elevate concern for a fetus’s pain above that of a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy is unconstitutional,” Tomblin reiterated. “The argument that the pain inflicted on the fetus is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s bar against cruel or unusual punishment is unpersuasive. The Eighth Amendment protects against cruel punishment. The fetus has committed no offense and is not being punished. Therefore, it is not entitled to this protection. Neither is the pain unusual. There have been over 50 million abortions performed since 1973′s Roe vs. Wade Court decision.”
“On a more practical level, the pain inflicted is momentary,” Tomblin added. “Whether the fetus is injected with poison, has its spinal cord severed, or its brain evacuated, death is relatively quick. In contrast, the pain inflicted by an unwanted birth can last decades for the mother and a lifetime for the child. It seems to me that those trying to avert a momentary pain at the cost of one of greater duration are the true proponents of unusual cruelty.”
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The aborted child suffers the pain of its temerity to exist.
I read what was in quotes and quickly looked to see “Semi-News/Semi-Satire” and was somewhat relieved.
The governor’s arguments are the most asinine I have ever heard or seen. Obviously the fetus is being punished for existing. How did a guy that stupid ever get that job? Oh, I forgot he was elected by Democrats.
This one is just not funny.
I always look forward to these satirical takes on the antics and absurdities of prominent politicians, usually on the Left.
He has a way of adroitly skewering the hypocrisy and intellectual absurdity of their positions that I admire.
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