if you re for abortion, against abortion, if you re for it, in what instances would you allow for it? i m pro life and i ll answer the next question. i don t believe in the exceptions of rape or incest. i believe that the only can i get a little applause for forcing the rape victim to bear the child of the rapist? can i get a little applause for that, please? the dividing line between main stream politics and fringe politics moves really fast now on the american political right. before the 2010 midterm elections, it was anathema, even anti-abortion, conservative republican party politics, it was anathema to say even if a woman became pregnant because she was raped, the government should force that victim to terry to term the pregnancy that was the result of the rape. even for the down the line, hard core antiabortion, right to life politicians, exceptions in anti-abortion laws for women who were raped or were the victims
pregnancy that was the result of the rape. even for the down the line, hard core antiabortion, right to life politicians, exceptions in anti-abortion laws for women who were rapes or the victims of incest were not a controversial thing. for a party in turmoil trying to build itself back up after being reduced to essentially a rump position by two consecutive devastating elections at the end of the bush/cheney years, one of the things that bubbled to the surface was a newly radical anti-abortion position. that included the government cracking down on rape victims and incest victims, in a way that nobody ever thought would become main stream. in the 2010 u.s. senate races, it was not just ken buck from colorado who you saw there a moment ago, but also christine o donnell from delaware, also shar sharron angle from nevada. she said the government forcing the girl to carry the pregnancy to term would be like turning lemons into lemonade. it was also joe miller from
i m prolife, and i ll answer the next question. i don t believe in the exceptions of rape or incest. i believe that the only can i get a little applause for forcing the rape victim to bear the child of the rapist? can i get a little applause for that, please? the dividing line between main stream politics and fringe politics moves really fast now on the american political right. before the 2010 midterm elections, it was anathema, even anti-abortion, conservative republican party politics, it was anathema to say even if a woman became pregnant because she was raped, the government should force that victim to terry to term the pregnancy that was the result of the rape. even for the down the line, hard core antiabortion, right to life politicians, exceptions in anti-abortion laws for women who were raped or were the victims of increst were not a