Posted on 07/28/2022 1:54:59 PM PDT by Morgana
A 12-year-old gave a speech at the West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday in opposition to new legislation outlawing abortion in the state.
She spoke as the House passed a bill to ban abortion in the state, where it's currently legal up to 20 weeks, allowing for limited exemptions for medical emergencies and complications but not for rape or incest.
'I play for varsity volleyball and I run track. My education is very important to me, and I plan on doing great things in life,' Buffalo Middle School student Addison Gardner told lawmakers during a special session.
'If a man decides that I’m an object, and does unspeakable, tragic things to me, am I, a child, supposed to carry and birth another child?'
She added: 'Am I to put my body through the physical trauma of pregnancy? Am I to suffer the mental implications, a child who had no say in what was being done with my body?' she added, according to The Independent.
'Some here say they are pro-life. What about my life? Does my life not matter to you?'
Gardner was one of about 90 people who spoke in the public hearing, sharing their personal stories about abortion or women's rights ahead of the chamber passing a law to ban it.
The session became heated, with security escorting out many female members speaking at the hearing.
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Until then, this is a RED HERRING!!!
Interesting...MAYBE if we hung rapists within 3 months of a charge and trial with guilty verdict things wouuld lilkely be very different
Funny, Addison, I’ve NEVER heard a 12 yr old talk this way, so who wrote your speech?
to the 12 yr old, what if man (or pretend man or woman), or a woman caused significant medical problems or mental problems by their bad actions. such as shot out your eye, bit off your ear, caused partial or full paralysis. Now I don’t want that to happen to you or anyone.
Life is not fair and sometimes bad people cause us harm by their evil and sinful actions. Many people endure the suffering and offer it up for the suffering and crucifixion that Jesus (totally innocent) offered up for our sins so that we may enter Heaven.
I am sorry that this happened to you. Please don’t make it worse by harming an innocent child. Don’t believe the lies of the devil and his evil supporters.
God gave us life and loves everyone even when we reject him by sin. We need to return God’s love by our love and enduring to our death so that we may join Him in Heaven.
Is this what someone should have done before you were born?
Life is a special gift from God produced by a Mother and Father. we should not causally take an innocent life and expect no repercussions.
To me taking a pill to kill an innocent life is the same as murder or abortion.
Accept God’s love for you as His adopted daughter and return the love.
And if you are raped you need 20 weeks to take “plan B” to prevent pregnancy?
Funny, thinking back over sixty years ago, I remember working in a hospital whilst deciding if I was smart enough to attend medical school. I wasn’t. However, even then back in those prehistoric times, there were rape & incest & mother’s life exceptions to most of this country’s abortion laws.
My question is:
Do the new laws not make these same exceptions?
Bad people love bad laws. Especially if they’re also lawyers or politicians.
a 12 year old should be on birth control just in case she gets raped?
Okay.
Oh, that is too old fashioned.
The new solution is to transgender your girl into a boy, and do it early.
Preventive sterilization.
Another total lie. Propaganda.
Ironic since abortion restrictions are stricter in the UK
Yo, hol up. Another?
Pure evil
This little brainwashed twerp should scream at Democrats to not be soft on crime, then she would not have to worry and neither would other littlegirls and boys. Tell Democrats to stop being the party of perverts and rapists!
Pretty sad when a 12 yr old wants to be a prostitute
In the article it mentions there’s no exception for rape or incest. However, that’s approximately 1% of all pregnancies. They can always travel to another state if they want to kill their unborn child so badly.
WTH?
you make a good point!!
Every state abortion has a life of the mother exception. I think most 10-12 year old girls would fit within that exception.
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