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Marco Rubio supports selling the morning after pill over-the-counter
LifeSiteNews ^ | 10/6/15 | Lisa Bourne

Posted on 10/07/2015 12:23:43 PM PDT by wagglebee

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 6, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio supports selling the morning after pill over the counter.

The Florida senator, a Roman Catholic, said he supports making the abortifacient available without a prescription, perhaps based on a misunderstanding of when conception occurs.

“In the cases [of rape or incest], they’re terrible tragedies. They’re horrifying,” Sen. Rubio said in response to a candidate survey by the news editorial site theSkimm. “And luckily in the 21st century, we have treatments available early on after an incident that can prevent that fertilization from happening. And that’s why I support the morning after pill being available over the counter – and I certainly support them being made available immediately for rape victims.”

However, one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject – Dr. James Trussell – said that the morning after pill may work as an abortifacient and that, for the sake of full disclosure, women must be told by taking the pill they may be aborting their unborn children.

Pro-life advocates have long said that all forms of so-called “emergency contraception,” like many forms of hormonal birth control, often thin the uterine lining and result in elective abortion.

In the remarks, Rubio made clear that he believes the unborn child is a human being deserving of legal protection.

“I have said repeatedly that I understand how difficult it is, a young 15-year-old girl who finds herself pregnant and she’s scared and she has her whole future is ahead of her,” Sen. Rubio said. “And I don’t in any way diminish that and I do believe women have the right to choose what to do with their own bodies.”

“But in the case of a pregnancy there’s a second person involved and that’s an unborn human being,” he continued. “When confronted with two competing rights, the right to live and the right to choose, I’m forced to make a choice. And I’m gonna choose the side of life.”

Sen. Rubio said at the first presidential debate that he does not believe in exceptions for abortion due to rape or incest – but that he was willing to vote for such laws.

His position on emergency contraception echoed a statement Sen. Rubio made in August during in an interview with Meet the Press, in which he said he supports the general availability of the morning after pill. He said that he supports the fact that Plan B is currently sold “over the counter, and it’s available to people.”

The Catholic Church teaches that abortion is gravely immoral, and that  the morning after pill - since it can induce abortion -  falls under the same sin as abortion. One Vatican prelate called it a “direct attack” on the unborn.

Asked by theSkimm if he would endorse laws to block certain forms of contraception, he drew a clear distinction between his Catholic faith and the law.

“No. And I don’t want to ban any contraceptive efforts,” Rubio responded. “Obviously, my faith has a teaching that governs me in my personal life on these issues. But I think our laws on those issues are different.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; marcorubio; moralabsolutes; prolife
Rubio is just another "pro-life" Republican who wants to regulate abortion and make sure it's "safe and legal and rare."
1 posted on 10/07/2015 12:23:43 PM PDT by wagglebee
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2 posted on 10/07/2015 12:24:17 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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3 posted on 10/07/2015 12:24:48 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

This Bush protege is such a fake little man.


4 posted on 10/07/2015 12:24:57 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (NATO and ISIS sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G)
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To: wagglebee

Should do it. Plus bc pills. Show id when buying just like you do for sudafed. Take the war on women off the table if sell otc.


5 posted on 10/07/2015 12:28:22 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: wagglebee

Maybe he’s thinking it will help cover tracks...


6 posted on 10/07/2015 12:29:27 PM PDT by BlueNgold (May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
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To: wagglebee

He’s no conservative.


7 posted on 10/07/2015 12:32:25 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wagglebee

OTC...

Ouch.

Starting now, Rubio’s campaign is DOA. This was the last Morning After pill for it.


8 posted on 10/07/2015 12:33:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: wagglebee

Marco Rubio unmasking his democrat core one issue at a time.


9 posted on 10/07/2015 12:34:22 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: wagglebee

Can’t believe I once supported that smarmy little weasel.


10 posted on 10/07/2015 12:49:00 PM PDT by ohiobuckeye1997
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To: wagglebee

RCINO


11 posted on 10/07/2015 1:00:16 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup
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To: Kaslin
Here is your boy:

RINO Rubio is full of it Alert

And the lib revelations will just keep on coming from Rubio. Because beneath all the con bluster and pretense, socialist commie traitor is what he really is.

12 posted on 10/07/2015 1:14:09 PM PDT by Waryone
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To: wagglebee
he's all washed up


13 posted on 10/07/2015 6:56:23 PM PDT by Coleus (For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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