Idaho Rejects Rape Exception In Abortion Bill Because ‘The Hand Of The Almighty’ Was At Work

“Is not the child of that rape or incest also a victim?” asked Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton. “It didn’t ask to be here. It was here under violent circumstances perhaps, but that was through no fault of its own.”[…]

The Idaho bill’s House sponsor, state Rep. Brent Crane, R-Nampa, told legislators that the “hand of the Almighty” was at work. “His ways are higher than our ways,” Crane said. “He has the ability to take difficult, tragic, horrific circumstances and then turn them into wonderful examples.”

I can’t even.

  1. catcosy reblogged this from quidditchisnotjustagame and added:
    WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, HUH? FUCKING CHRISTIAN BIGOT BASTARDS. I AIN’T GOT NO BEEF WITH...
  2. itsbeartime reblogged this from ratsandcandy666
  3. m0usie reblogged this from idostuff and added:
    Guh. I can’t even begin to describe how angry this all makes me.
  4. chasik-tk reblogged this from ratsandcandy666
  5. ratsandcandy666 reblogged this from ihaveaheadache and added:
    OH MY FUCKING GOD! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? How does a priveleged white man who would never find himself in this...
  6. kingmedicine reblogged this from idostuff and added:
    You can thank the Rehnquist Court for this bullshit, and dickheads like Scalia and Kennedy and Roberts for continuing...
  7. coloredsoup reblogged this from idostuff and added:
    ^^ exactly what I was thinking Stormy.
  8. idostuff reblogged this from mmurrs and added:
    where on earth did separation of church and state go?
  9. theamazingreader reblogged this from dryheaving and added:
    oh look, more people being idiots.
  10. dryheaving reblogged this from ihaveaheadache and added:
    what in the actual motherfucking hell is wrong with people
  11. ihaveaheadache reblogged this from girlsarestrong and added:
    I need to step away from the internet for a while.
  12. samstars reblogged this from rosietint and added:
    What happened to the separation of the church and the state?
  13. exhibitnumber1 reblogged this from rosietint
  14. quidditchisnotjustagame reblogged this from girlsarestrong and added:
    Ugh ugh ugh this is pure evil
  15. mmurrs reblogged this from girlsarestrong and added:
    Okay, next time these shit-for-brains conservatives want to invoke religion, I want them to fucking go and ask God what...
  16. girlsarestrong reblogged this from rosietint and added:
    There are no words for how evil this is.
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