Indiana’s Rep. Turner says women will lie about rape to get abortion

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The presence of Jesus and religion in this country is becoming more intrusive each day as Indiana steps back into the dark ages with legislation that will make it harder for women in need to obtain abortions.  Their highly restrictive bill would also deny insurance coverage for this medical procedure.

Finally, to add insult to injury the bill’s sponsor, Eric Turner proclaimed on the floor of the house that women will even lie about being raped just so they can get an abortion.  What nonsense and what a insult to rape victims and all women.

The fact is America, at least what’s left of the rational thinking part, needs to step up and take notice of what these crazy Christians are doing to the nation.  They are forcing their ridiculous beliefs on the unwilling and unwitting.  Where will this end?

Here is the story in summary from the IndyStar:

Legislation that would make the state’s abortion laws among the most restrictive in the nation overwhelmingly cleared the Indiana House on Wednesday.

Lawmakers voted 72-23 in favor of House Bill 1210, which would shorten the window during which abortions are legal and require that women seeking abortions be told that the procedure carries a risk of breast cancer.

“It is our responsibility to protect the unborn,” said the bill’s author, Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero. “I hope with this legislation, women will be able to make a more informed decision about their pregnancy, and I hope ultimately we’ll have fewer abortions in this state.”

The bill’s passage, Turner said, “will make Indiana one of the most pro-life states in America.”

The fact that a similar measure has passed the state Senate makes it likely that some version of the legislation will reach Gov. Mitch Daniels’ desk. At that time, the governor will review the bill’s final language, said spokeswoman Jane Jankowski. He can decide to sign it, allow it to pass into law without his signature or veto it.

While speaking on the bill Wednesday, Turner, the author, apologized for saying during debate Tuesday that a woman might falsely claim she had been raped in order to obtain health coverage for an abortion. Turner made the comment while trying to persuade House members to vote down a Democratic amendment that would have allowed certain insurance plans to cover abortion in the case of rape or incest. Representatives voted down the amendment.

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Robert E. Lee
12 years ago

Remind me to stay the hell out of Indiana. This list of states to stay away from is getting longer and longer.

dp1053
12 years ago

The religious whackadoodles and their allies in the Republican party are trying to make this country a theocracy just as surely as the Taliban are trying to make Afghanistan. We shake our heads at the backward methods of the Saudis with stonings and beheadings, but mark these words, if not stopped, this country is going down a different lane of the same road. Anyone that thinks it can’t happen here, isn’t paying attention.

Reply to  dp1053
12 years ago

Absolutely right DP, this is the beginnings of some severe stuff if it isn’t checked, now.

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