Not even the healthy pale-skinned newborns you imagine would be “welcomed” by “so many families”. Nor are women’s bodies civic resources, like coal mines or arable lands, where the state can rule on best use for the community.
Good for Tim Kaine for resisting Pence’s bland, anodyne, evil statement. Per Real Clear Politics:
TIM KAINE: Elaine, this is a fundamental question. Hillary and I are both from religious backgrounds. Her Methodist church experience was very informative for her as a public servant. But we both feel you should live fully and with enthusiasm for your faith. But, let’s talk about abortion and choice. We support Roe v. Wade. We support the constitutional right of American women to consult their own conscience and make their own decision about pregnancy. That is something we trust American women to do. And we don’t think that women should be punished, as Donald Trump [said], for making the decision to have an abortion. Governor Pence wants to repeal Roe v. Wade. He says he wants to put it on the trash heap of history. Before Roe v. Wade, states could punish women if they made the choice to abort a pregnancy.
I think you should live your moral values, but the last thing governments should do is to have laws that would punish women who make reproductive choices. That is the fundamental difference between the Clinton-Kaine ticket and the Trump-Pence ticket.
PENCE: It is really not. Donald Trump and I would never support legislation that would punish women who made the heartbreaking choice.
KAINE: Then, why did he say that?
PENCE: Look, he is not a polished politician like you and Hillary Clinton…
"Your misery is necessary for my happiness" is monstrous on a personal level. As official state policy? It's a FUCKING WAR CRIME. 6/?
— Allison Hantschel (@Athenae) October 5, 2016
Mike Pence Needs to Shut up About Infertility https://t.co/TfjE6mTIBG via @athenae
— Allison Hantschel (@Athenae) October 5, 2016
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