Posted on 06/12/2012 12:51:47 AM PDT by Lornik
Rep. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, a candidate for U.S. Senate, defended sex-selective abortions and criticized Senate Republicans for opposing abortions instigated because the fetus is a girl.
"To many cultures, particularly the Asian culture, this presented the prospect of a doctor grilling an Asian woman for example," Hirono, a Japanese immigrant, said at the Netroots Nation convention. Hirono made clear that she did not oppose sex-selective abortions. "How can we criminalize a decision that should be up to the woman and her doctor?" she asked.
Hirono also maintained that "there really is a war on women in Congress." Although President Obama also opposed the ban on sex-selective abortions, Hirono's position is farther to the left than Obama's.
(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiifreepress.com ...
How dare those nasty Republicans stop us from selectively murdering female babies?
If it’s human, killing it is murder. Doesn’t matter if it’s male, female, born, or still gestating.
Unless that human is trying to kill you, there can be no justification for ending it’s life.
Barbaric.
I doubt that liberals are capable of seeing the irony, but I was going to make a comment similar to yours.
Not discernible in my post.
“Sexist Hirono” history bump since this witch is in the news
You really can’t get more sexist and prejudiced than killing a babe because of its gender...
She defended Daniel Inouye, that says it all about her hypocrisy.
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