Posted on 08/26/2012 6:33:50 AM PDT by mlizzy
CHICAGO - The Biggert campaign wanted to make sure Illinois Review readers saw that the Congresswoman Judy Biggert (IL-13) took on her House colleague Todd Akin's (MO) controversial statements earlier this week by coming out strong at the National Sexual Assault Conference in favor of the Violence Against Women Act's reauthorization.
The Republican House majority passed a version of the Violence Against Women Act earlier this year that Biggert opposed. Biggert was one of two Republican women that voted against the GOP version of the VAWA because it did not specifically cover LGBT or illegal citizen abuse victims.
Ms. Biggerts' comments are referenced in the Daily Herald:
Biggert came out strong against Missouri Congressman Todd Akin’s recent “legitimate rape” comment in addressing attendees of the Chicago conference.The Illinois group's leader Polly Poskin congratulated Biggert's pro-abortion stance:
Biggert repeated her earlier position that Akin’s comments were “uninformed” and “offensive,” drawing applause from the attendees.
“We all know that oftentimes rape does lead to pregnancy,” Biggert said. “For this, and many other reasons, the service that you provide to victims of rape and sexual assault are critical, as is a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her own body. Frankly, I don’t believe Mr. Akin’s views are shared by any member of Congress. But I hope his comments can be used by the sexual assault community to reclaim and further your mission to increase public awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault and rape.”
"A women's right to make her own decisions about her own body," Mrs. Biggert said. In other words, a woman or a young girl's right to decide whether she will protect her body and destroy the body of the child she's carrying is protected by VAWA. In Illinois, minors unbelievably have the right to make such a decision without parental notification - and it's a position Mrs. Biggert strongly advocates, as she advocates in VAWA.
“We are talking about people who, short of murder, have had the most heinous experience one could imagine,” Poskin said. “You want every human being to know that we’ll do everything possible to keep you safe, to find your attacker and make sure you have the support you need to recover. Right now, it feels like we’re protecting the criminals by not reauthorizing the act.Except, Ms. Poskin, those comments are interesting. They do not raise the issue of who will protect the possible innocent life conceived, who will experience murder in the form of abortion simply because they were conceived in a criminal attack.
Only in cases of rape is a victim sentenced to death.
Seems almost islamic.
Where is the media? (/s)
Judy is cut from the same cloth as the Ill-Annoy Combine: A blend of whatever position is required to maintain a seat of power.
Classically Islam lets the child be born and nursed for a period.
how did he misspeak
Judy Biggert (My rep, unfortunately) is also a PRO-ABORT RINO. We're doing our best to unseat this worthless "representative" here, I've helped the last two CONSERVATIVE candidates against her in the Primaries. It may take a few more tries, but we're getting within striking distance of unseating her. It's only a matter of time.
He said he mispoke - several times.
*misspoke
He referred to "legitimate" rapes, and how a mothers body, because of the trauma, may reject the infant by itself - which is very often true.
Remember the Tawana Brawley rape allegations? This is what he meant by "legitimate." Sometimes women lie to cover their own actions. If abortions were only legal for rape and incest, some women would lie, because they already do. (And he's absolutely right.)
The republicans should have stuck with him rather than knee jerk and cut their own throats in the process. Al Frankin used rape as fodder for his jokes, yet neither the press nor republicans are bringing that up in their own defense. Frankin is actually campaigning with Oboma/Biden!
Where is the Frankin(D) rape jokes outrage????
It is sad when you have to fight both the Obama-Emanuel-Madigan machine AND the dysfunctional Ill-Annoy GOPe to get a conservative into the equation. Good luck. She is no longer my congresscritter (thanks to the Madigan redistrictiing fiat) but was for a LONG time.
Biggert: enemy within
legitimate rape... is that like rape-rape? Ask Whoopi!
Forget Akin. The above vote ALONE is enough to primary this RINO witch, and blacklist her from Republican politics.
...and doncha just love how this reporter terms illegal aliens as "illegal CITIZENS" (!)
LOL
For those who don't know Ill-Annoy politics, it is a tacit coalition between Cook County Democrats and Combine Republicans south of there in farm country.
Only in cases of rape is a victim sentenced to death. Seems almost islamic.Sad, but true..
If only Akin had left a woman pregnant with his child in car under six feet of water under a Chappaquiddick bridge.
If only Akin had left a woman pregnant with his child in car under six feet of water under a Chappaquiddick bridge.::crickets:: for sure..
I hadn’t realized how bad she is. We have Peter Roskam.
In regard to Kennedy that is...
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