Posted on 01/29/2015 8:33:34 PM PST by Morgana
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Niles-area Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan said in an interview Wednesday that his announcement that he now supports abortion rights was motivated by dealing with his wife's pregnancy last year, not politics.
The thinking behind a column he authored in Tuesday's Akron Beacon Journal to announce his abortion switch "crystallized over the course of our own kid being born and going through that process," said Ryan, whose son, Brady, was born in June.
The column explained that Ryan considered himself to be "pro-life" after being raised Catholic, but 14 years in political office gave him "a deeper understanding of the complexities and emotions that accompany the difficult decision that women and families make" when deciding whether to end a pregnancy.
"We are very fortunate -- we had a healthy baby and pregnancy -- but it became very apparent to me in this process that Uncle Sam should not be in the room with us regardless of how the tests came back with the health of the baby," Ryan told the Northeast Ohio Media Group in an interview. "If something did happen, it should be our decision to make, and the government should not be in that room."
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We have our confirmation.
Vile hypocrite. He can never be trusted.
Maybe he's saying his wife was raped and they had to choose whether to keep it or not.
If not, I can't imagine why he would cite having a healthy, wanted child being happily married would convince him that abortion should be an option.
Yeah...get both God and the government out....that should work well for you dingbat....by the way, don’t give the kid a vote....who knows where he/she stands??
He may be able to keep Uncle Sam out but not the Author of Life who hates this evil.
Another Democratic “Catholic”. What fellowship has light with darkness?
“but it became very apparent to me in this process that Uncle Sam should not be in the room with us”
Oh Tim, Tim, Tim. It is not Uncle Sam you need to be concerned about. There is someone else in that room with a little more “higher” power you need to be worried about.
Allow me to expand on your Post. LOL
So, if the Baby came out looking like Al Sharpton, he could kill it without worrying about the government being in the room?
No, not politics. Money.
It’s both politics and money. He’s being primed to run for Senator in 2016 and the Dems no doubt informed him he’d have “problems” if he didn’t sack his “parochial” pro-life stance (and especially with fundraising from ultraleft groups where infanticide is a high holy sacrament). He sold his soul for power.
Does not matter the reason he’s a sell out.
Suuuuuure
“The thinking behind a column he authored in Tuesday’s Akron Beacon Journal to announce his abortion switch “crystallized over the course of our own kid being born and going through that process,” said Ryan, whose son, Brady, was born in June. “
Convoluted b.s.
I don’t see how anyone has a child and from that experience it changes their mind to be pro-choice.
I honestly don’t. If he was just honest about it I’d at least give him points for honesty.
Yet another “Catholic” politician whose faith means absolutely nothing to them. Thank you Ted Kennedy, Mario Cuomo, Nancy Pelosi, etc., etc., etc. Christ, come quickly!
Greetings fieldmarshaldj:
Same thing with Dickless Durbin. Formerly a pro-life, conservative Roman Catholic Democrat of little means; today, a money grubbing, anti-constitution, eugenics and total police state loving, dirty money made millionaire democRat. There has to be a special place in hell for such scum.
Cheers,
OLA
First rate argument for term limits.
Sounds like he and the missus were planning to kill their own kid if there was anything wrong with him. True Democrat on display.
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