Posted on 07/20/2009 3:14:04 PM PDT by Pope Pius XII
Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt touched off a controversy last Thursday when he urged Congress not to fund abortions in D.C., pointing out that had such funding existed years ago it could have snuffed out the African-American luminaries of today before they were born. The children aborted in Washington, D.C., correlating to the city's community of poor on a whole, are disproportionately African-American.
During his remarks the Kansas congressman called for an up-or-down vote in the House of Representatives on the abortion funding in the Financial Services Appropriations bill. The bill had adopted a suggestion by President Obama to eliminate a ban on federal funds for abortions in the city.
"If you think of it in human terms, there is a financial incentive that would be put in place, paid for by tax dollars, that would encourage women who are single parents, living below the poverty level, to have the opportunity for a free abortion," said Tiahrt.
"If you take that scenario and apply it to many of the great minds we have today, who would we have been deprived of?" Rep. Tiahrt asked. "Our president grew up in those similar circumstances. If that financial incentive was in place, is it possible that his mother may have taken advantage of it?"
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Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.
1- he was asking a question, rhetorical as it may be....
2- what’s worse; something like this or barney frank calling scalia a homophobe??
What policies on abortion did Kenya have in 1961?
Thats my Representative!
I am so voting for him in his Senate race.
Instead, she was “punished with a baby.” Now we’re ALL being punished.
If this were made retroactive would he disappear?
Just weighing out the pros and cons of the proposal.
Dang, that makes it harder for me to keep my stance on abortion.
You get the time machine, I’ll get the money.
Something to ponder.
I’ve always loved the bumper sticker that says:
If you can read this be glad! Your mother didn’t have an abortion.
That’s what I was thinking.
Ping!
I really don't need to see seductive pro-abortion arguments on FR!
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As usual, the title tells a different story than the whole account.
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