Posted on 06/04/2015 4:45:24 PM PDT by Morgana
Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he's prepared to sign a 20-week abortion ban bill that has no exception for cases of rape or incest.
Asked Monday about the bill following a speech at a Boys & Girls Club event in Delavan, Walker said he would sign the measure banning the procedure after 20 weeks whether or not it had those exemptions.
The Republican governor and likely presidential candidate made his comments before a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday on the fast-moving bill before committees of both the Assembly and Senate.
Walker said in an open letter in March that he was willing to sign a 20-week abortion ban after repeatedly declining to spell out where he stood on the issue in last year's re-election campaign. But this is the first time he's addressed this specific bill and the issue of the decision not to include a rape and incest exemption.
Walker said that after 20 weeks of pregnancy he believed an unborn child or fetus could feel pain, saying that made it "rational and reasonable" to ban abortion at that point.
"It's an unborn child, that's why we feel strongly about it," Walker said.
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I love this man . . .
I it’s the only truly pro-life approach.
Like they say, you can’t be a little bit pregnant
So would I.
This is great if he means what he says, we know he says one thing and then again says another.
I mean how can you know he won’t reserve the right to change his mind, the arguments on abortion have been out there for a long time like illegal immigration, he could suddenly change his mind based on new information he didn’t have before.
I shouldn’t worry I suppose; perhaps on this issue, this time he said what he means... people change; so they say, look how not many years ago you could find some democrat politicians that were Pro-Life but you’d be very hard pressed to find even one who would say so now.
“...I am pro-life, but...”
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The baby didn’t rape her!
My husband and I has this discussion, and we agreed that if I or either of our daughters were ever raped, I would not have an abortion.
We would encourage our daughters not to have one, and get all needed counseling and emotional support.
We would, if we felt it necessary, put the innocent babies up for adoption.
God creates life, and we are not called to murder innocents.
LOL!
The woman in this position has four MONTHS to consider her options. If you are unable or unwilling to plan the pregnancy you are required to plan the termination.
Carry “it” to term, THEN dispose of “it” at the nearest hospital, police station, fire station, or other safe sanctuary already in place; no questions asked.
Ref “I am pro-life but I find this Illogical.
I don’t see how anyone could possibly want to force any woman that has been subjected to rape or a incestuous relationship/rape to have that baby. “
The biggest problem for the rape & incest exception to pro-life laws is it allows an abusive rapist (be it a pimp or sexually abusing family member)to cover up and continue their crimes by forcing the woman to have an abortion. If you look at the undercover work of Lila Rose, she clearly demonstrates how abortion clinics repeatedly ignore the warning flags of such cases. For example, Lila or one of her operatives frequently posed as a young teen (13-15) with a thirty year old boyfriend. None of the clinic staff batted an eye or suggested any authorities should be contacted when it was made clear the 30 year old was the father. The abortion industry is the greatest accessory to the sexual abuse of young girls in America.
Also, as far as logic goes for the baby: How could anyone argue that imposing the death penalty, without due process nor trial, on the most innocent victim of the crime is in anyway the answer to a terrible situation?
I don’t understand why a woman that had been raped would need more than twenty weeks to decide to abort.
Walker vows to sign anti-abortion bill.
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Some people say the bill is immoral—there is an implied admittance that somewhere before 20 weeks abortion is OK, when clearly we believe it is wrong.
Would like to see a good argument to see how legislation can “chip away” at the problem.
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