Posted on 10/16/2014 6:15:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst said she would support a federal bill that gives legal personhood rights to fetuses from the moment of fertilization, effectively wiping out legal abortion in the United States.
Ernst voted for a fetal personhood amendment in the Iowa State legislature in 2013, and she told the Sioux City Journal editorial board on Wednesday that she also would support a federal personhood measure if she were elected to the U.S. Senate.
"I will continue to stand by that. I am a pro-life candidate, and this has been shaped by my religious beliefs through the years," she said. "So I support that."(continued)
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She knows WHO she ultimately answer to!
You go Joni! Lord, I hope and pray she wins! Let’s pray for a blizzard in Iowa on Nov. 4th. Low turn-out, rule of thumb, always favors Conservatives.
Go JONI !!! She will drive the female US Senator crones absolutely insane.
Makes Gardner look like a putz. Go Joni!
Go Joni Go!
This announcement runs the risk of scaring the precious Independents/Moderates to pieces. /s
The Mama Grizzly is strong in this one. (star wars metaphor)
People need to send Joni contributions. I made two modest gifts. She has become an excellent candidate and would make a fine us senator.
Bill (bruce) bailey (braley) is an asshole.
Yes, go Joni go! Castrate the evildoers (DemonRATs and mooselimbs) serving satan! Take America back! Woo hoo!
But during debate she mentioned exceptions for abortion and her unequivocal support for birth control and seemed to endorse in-vitro
I thought she is running against Brailey?
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