{"id":30710,"date":"2012-10-19T15:32:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T21:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/abortion-is-never-necessary-because-yknow-science.html"},"modified":"2012-10-22T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T17:01:35","slug":"abortion-is-never-necessary-because-yknow-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/abortion-is-never-necessary-because-yknow-science.html","title":{"rendered":"Abortion is never necessary because, y&#39;know, science?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or so says Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill), saying that anti-abortion laws don&#39;t need to include exceptions for the life or health of the mother because &quot;modern technology and science&quot; render such exceptions obsolete. &quot;Absolutely&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Um &#8230; <i>what?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Because, y&#39;know, pregnancy and birthing is always so easy, and nothing ever goes wrong with gestation, and even if it does then Dr. McCoy can wave his tricorder and have Scotty use the transporter to\u00a0move the fetus into a life support tube <i>easy-peasey<\/i> \u00a0because it&#39;s all about <i>science!<\/i> \u00a0And science is great when it comes to removing the need for abortion, but don&#39;t listen to it about climate change and evolution and other stuff. \u00a0Oh, and magical medical technology that avoids any need of abortion doesn&#39;t require\u00a0insurance, either, especially not Medicare, which is a good thing, because we have to cut it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(That last paragraph is not a real quote, but is the only thing within waving distance of a justification for this kind of doltery.)<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly\u00a0enough, with such progressive and insightful positions, Walsh is actually <i>behind<\/i> his opponent, Tammy Duckworth, in the polls. Maybe there&#39;s yet home for humanity.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.politico.com%2Fglobal%2F2012%2F03%2F120328_joewalsh_ap_328.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1012\/82620.html?hp=r3'>Rep. Joe Walsh: Abortion never saves mom&#39;s life &#8211; Kevin Robillard<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbortion bans don\u2019t need exceptions for the life of the mother because of \u201cmodern technology and science,\u201d Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) said Thursday. \u201cWith modern technology and science, you can\u2019t find on&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/M4DdNXsdRDT' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/M4DdNXsdRDT' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or so says Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill), saying that anti-abortion laws don&#39;t need to include exceptions for the life or health of the mother because &quot;modern technology and science&quot; render such exceptions obsolete. &quot;Absolutely&quot; Um &#8230; what? &quot;Because, y&#39;know, pregnancy and birthing is always so easy, and nothing ever goes wrong with gestation, and even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/abortion-is-never-necessary-because-yknow-science.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Abortion is never necessary because, y&#39;know, science?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","category-health-care"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51364,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/03\/scott-walker-deeply-understands-what-raped-women-think-about.html","url_meta":{"origin":30710,"position":0},"title":"Scott Walker deeply understands what raped women think about","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-Jun-15 10:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which is why there doesn't need to be a rape or incest exception to Wisconsin's coming anti-abortion bill because, hey, women really only worry about the cause of the pregnancy in the first few months, so if the no-exceptions line is drawn at 20 weeks, who's going to be concerned?Thank\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28534,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/11\/free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee.html","url_meta":{"origin":30710,"position":1},"title":"Free speech for me, but not for thee","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Jul-12 9:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Texas is all about the Personal Freedom, don't you know? 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