Just in case you thought that the South Dakota decision was respectful, religious, informed or even rational, here is a quote by Republican State Senator Bill Napoli on his consideration for an exception in the abortion ban;
A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I mean, that girl could be so messed up, physically and psychologically, that carrying that child could very well threaten her life. as said on the PBS Newshour to Fred de Sam Lazaro.
Yeah - who can't easily see that it is WWJS (What Would Jesus Say)? I know it happened a few weeks ago - but I am still not over it. Is this the insight, the mind, the heart of elected officials taking care of their constituents? It is lower than anything I imagined and haunting.
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