If your daughter is impregnated by a rapist, she should have the baby

[protect our future]

according to Sarah Palin.

C-SPAN has aired the tape of a debate in Alaska held prior to the governor's election. Sarah Palin and two others were asked questions.

Palin said that, if her daughter were to become pregnant as the result of a rape, she should "choose life."

Her own daughter???

When will the media air this clip? When will CNN and MSNBC show it? They obviously know it exists.

[seabeyond]

1. raped should have the baby and IF want to prosecute spend up to 1200.00 for test to prosecute

then if rapist gets out of jail, does he get paternal rights?

[jcla]

2. If the daughter is an adult I would support any decision she made.

Left to me... I wouldn't let her if she is underage. If you are underage your bones are still developing and a baby is a parasite that takes nutrition from the mother's body. Ending a pregnancy for any reason is a horrible decision for a woman... but from a rape there are too many complications. Emotional and physical. I would have my daughter tested for every disease going because there are now to many that aren't curable even before we did a pregnancy test.

[protect our future]

5. I keep thinking about the emotional scars

if a woman must bear a child of rape. Being raped is traumatic enough ... and then to go through nine months where you are not allowed to forget or even to begin the healing process ... well, it sickens me to think about it.

[EmilyAnne]

3. TALKING POINT!

Furthermore, she will have to pay for her own rape kit!

[ismnotwasm]

19. Then there is this

House Passes Grant for Processing Untested Rape Kits

"The House of Representatives passed the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 last week, which will help process a backlog of rape kits across the country. The Act provides funds for a grant program that started in 2004, with the objective to process the nearly 400,000 untested rape kits nationwide. In the United States, more than 200,000 rapes are reported to authorities each year. Thousands of victims agree to a rape kits, an invasive process that can take up to six hours. These individuals are often unaware that the critical evidence gathered is never tested.

http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11163

So even if you pay for it, when, exactly will it get tested?

[Kitty Herder]

26. That is so fucked up!

I don't even have words for it.

:grr: :grr: :mad: :mad:

Misogyny is still the order of the day in patriarchal Amerika.

[EmilyAnne]

33. Wow! It gets worse and worse.

[sandnsea]

35. I thought they were making progress on that

When the 2004 program was passed. This is so infuriating.

[bdamomma]

4. no.

[rateyes]

6. She would force by law a 13 yr. old girl raped by her father to

raise any child conceived by that rape in the home of her rapist.

[protect our future]

11. I hadn't thought of that one.

My stomach is going queasy at the thought. For real. How repulsive, this Palin woman.

[Zombie2]

7. Will the rapist get...

...custody rights?

Will they pay child support?

[ogneopasno]

16. In some states, they get visitation rights.

Vom.

[Zombie2]

24. Not if my goulfiend gets raped....

...they don't. :spank:

That's a crazy thought!

[Kitty Herder]

31. That is so wrong on so many levels.

In which states is that allowed?

[no_hypocrisy]

8. After your daughter pays for her own rape kit at the hospital.

[ogneopasno]

18. I saw that. Disgusting.

nt

[zulchzulu]

9. I made an "ad" on this subject...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_HvjYww00

[iamthebandfanman]

10. Sick. n/t

[Stop Cornyn]

12. "should"? I think you missed Palin's point -- your daughter MUST have the rapist's baby if Palin is

successful in passing her eminent-domain-over-your-uterus agenda.

[protect our future]

21. "Should" is the more appropriate word. Please listen to Palin's response on the tape.

[Beausoleil]

13. Why don't they just come out and say

If you are raped, here is your punishment:

You don't have choice, but the rapist does (he chooses who he wants to be the mother of his child).
You must carry rapist's child to full term, even if your own life is in danger.
You get to face your child's father at his rape trial and have your life put under a microscope.
Rapist may sue for custody or visitation rights, thereby sentencing you and your child to 18+ years of association with your rapist. If you lose custody, you may be liable for child support.

[Kitty Herder]

30. Plus, the rapist gets to be rewarded by having his genes passed on.

The ultimate evolutionary reward. A reward guaranteeing that a genetic proclivity for rape among certain human males will continue to be passed on to future generations.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Vile

This woman is evil.

[JBoy]

15. "Choose life". WTF is this "choose" word Palin is using?

She wants to deny any choice other than "life", which means no fucking choice. Or that she chooses for everyone.

Fuck you, religious freak!

[ogneopasno]

17. If Todd Palin raped his daughter and got her pregnant, Sarah Palin thinks she must give birth.

Ugly, but true.

[Kitty Herder]

29. uggh.... Shudder.

:puke: :grr: :mad:

I'm not married, by if I was, do you know what I would do if I found out that my husband had raped my daughter? I'd kill the bastard. Or at least chop his nuts off. And gladly face the prison time.

[Heather MC]

20. Depending her age I would let her make the choice, but I would ask her to consider the morning

after pill
The baby didn't commit the crime, but to be honest
If someone raped my daughter
I would be off somewhere chopping the man's dick off

[protect our future]

22. I wonder how long the morning-after pill will remain legal.

[protect our future]

23. What about the failure of the media to air Palin's clip?

If they refuse to show the clip and discuss it, then we have to make them show it. Or at least try to make them. I've been sending e-mails to CNN and MSNBC as a start. Anyone else?

[EndElectoral]

25. The MSM will not show anything that reveals something like this about Palin.

This issue probably cost Ridge a chance at the VP. He has exceptions for rape, incest, and the health of the mother for abortion. Too liberal for the RW zealots.

[protect our future]

37. I'm not so sure, so I'm gonna keep up the emails, phone calls, etc.

[anonymous171]

27. Also she will have to pay for her own rape kit.

Justice is expensive and the state can't afford to waste money on girls who were just asking for it anyways. :sarcasm:

[wvbygod]

28. It should be the choice of the victim

Palin said that, if her daughter were to become pregnant as the result of a rape, she should "choose life."

Did she really say "choose" or did she say or mean "must"?

[Matariki]

32. Not only *should* she - she *shouldn't* have any CHOICE in the matter.

kind of like 'double rape', if you ask me.

[GrizzlyMan]

34. It's too bad Gwen Ifill is a Repuke

Otherwise I would love to hear that question asked in the VP debate. As it is, Gwen will do her best to shill for Palin.

[Zavulon]

36. This issue alone would be enough for me to vote against the bitch...

...even if I agreed with everything else she said (which I don't). Forcing a rape victim to deliver her rapist's child is so fucking sick that I can't even put it into words. Even implying that she should...fucking sick.

Hey, Governor: go fuck yourself and deliver whatever pops out in nine months, you psycho bitch.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. If you can stomach it, read this article that was printed today in the Richmond paper.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7000359

I put the cartoon in for fun. :)