.MaddowBlog: Ohio Republican says pregnancy after rape is an 'opportunity for that woman, no matter how young or old she is.'
During her seven years on Capitol Hill, Ohio’s Jean Schmidt earned a reputation as one of the more controversial Republicans in Congress. In 2005, after the congresswoman lashed out at a Democratic war hero as a “coward,” The New York Times publishedlost in a GOP primary
, ending her congressional career. Last year, however, the Ohioan launched a comeback bid of sorts, and was elected to the state legislature for a second stint. And she’s now reminding everyone about some of the qualities that made her controversial in the first place. The Cincinnati EnquirerOhio Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt sparked outrage during a hearing on an abortion bill when she said a hypothetical teenager traumatized by rape would have the “opportunity” to help that child become a “productive human being.”. The state bill includes no exceptions for rape or incest.
During a legislative hearing yesterday, a Democratic state legislator described a hypothetical scenario in which a 13-year-old girl became pregnant after being raped. “This bill would require this 13-year-old to carry this felon’s fetus to term regardless of any emotional or psychological damage or trauma that may be inflicted upon this 13-year-old girl to deliver this felon’s fetus. Is that right?” state Rep. Rich Brown asked Schmidt.
The Republican replied, “Rape is a difficult issue and it emotionally scars the individual, all or in part, for the rest of their life, just as child abuse does. But if a baby is created, it is a human life. And whether that mother ends that pregnancy or not, the scars will not go away, period.
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