Posted on 02/09/2015 7:17:28 PM PST by Morgana
Democratic state Rep. Brandon Dillon represents the 75th House District, which includes part of the city of Grand Rapids. He is in his third and final term in the House.
Growing up, I always considered myself "pro-life." As someone who was raised in Grand Rapids, went to Catholic school for 13 years, and has been blessed with beautiful (and active!) twin 12-year-old boys of my own, it was just part of who I was and the community I came from. That's why, as an elected official at both the county and state level, I previously sought the endorsement of Right to Life of Michigan, and have met the group's criteria for endorsement.
That changed in 2012. I did not seek their endorsement then, and I have no plans to do it again.
As an elected official for the last eight years, I've spoken with dozens of constituents and advocates -- not least of which is my wife -- on this issue and heard arguments from both sides as well as heart-wrenching personal stories. As a member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the past four years, I have had the privilege of interacting with many strong, intelligent women who challenged me to reconsider my views on many issues, including access to safe and legal abortion.
During that time, the Legislature has considered a number of bills seeking to place government between a woman, her doctor and her family. One bill placed such onerous restrictions on women's health care centers that it was clear to me it was nothing more than an attempt to harm, rather than protect, women. Another bill, which thankfully failed, would have required any woman seeking an abortion to submit herself to a humiliating and invasive ultrasound.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
power corrupts.
Dares too much evolvin’ goin’ on out dare! - Senator Foghorn voice/off
Translation: I’m a demonrat and would like to move up in the party.
It’s their highest sacrament, just like the Aztecs.
He’ll have to argue his case at the Pearly Gates some day. Good luck with that.
Poor choice of words, there ... did he hear the heart-wrenching stories told by the babies who had their arms, legs, heads and hearts "wrenched" into little pieces?
Didn't think so.
'Cause they're DEAD.
Worthless piece of filth ...
I’ll buy that one too!
i wonder if he wishes he could have aborted his boys.
he sure is happy if other people decide to abort their kids.
yay choice!
it’s like trying to celebrate anal fissures or kidney failure.
Let me sum it up.
Kill the little defenseless bastards. Who do they think they are to deserve to live?
Wow. Just wow. This should permanently convince everyone that politicians don’t write their own copy. Good GRIEF! This guy has sold his soul to Planned Parenthood. (or rather, he’s finally admitting it publically).
He is actually apologizing for having once been Catholic.
Exactly. He’s just following in the footsteps of pro-life turned pro-abortion Democrats like Al Gore and Ted Kennedy.
Looks like he should be in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Remember the mad scientist? “Cooome baack heeere raaaaabiiit” Yea, that dude.
You know how humiliating an ultrasound is.
“He is actually apologizing for having once been Catholic.”
I read that. Now he says he went to Catholic school, he did not say he was Catholic or did I miss something? Lot of people attend Catholic school but are not Catholic. They attend because and honestly Catholic schools offer a better education than all others. Not a bad thing to have on one’s resume.
He wants to save women from the horrors of a “humiliating” and “intrusive” ultrasound.
Does he know what an ultrasound is? What is invasive about putting some gel on the woman's stomach and using a wand to take a picture of the living baby that is inside? Liberals object to ultrasounds because they are so afraid that the woman will choose not to abort her baby when she realizes that it is not just "an nonviable mass of tissue".
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