North Dakota Senate Candidate Voted To Make Abortion In Case Of Rape, Incest Carry Life Sentence
Akin II?
Rick Berg, North Dakota’s at-large congressman and a candidate for Senate, voted to criminalize abortion in the state as a Class AA felony, including in the case of rape or incest.
Berg, who is running against former Democratic Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp, voted with a minority of the state house in 2007 to make terminating a pregnancy illegal, in a bill that only made exception for when the life of the mother is endangered.
Berg was granted a coveted speaking slot at the Republican National Convention last week, just weeks after fellow Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin drew bipartisan outrage for outrageously claiming that pregnancies don’t occur in cases of “legitimate rape.”
Here’s a copy of the proposed legislation, provided by a Democratic source:
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RuffNReddy 9 months agoThis all harkens back to the idea that if one were forced to carry a child to term, they may or may not be in a position to keep this child. i.e. put it up for adoption or foster care. Or try to raise it under questionable circumstances (poverty, underage, drug addiction). Not to mention being “unwanted” in the first place and being reminded of this your entire life. (granted, this isn’t true for every unplanned birth…). Problem is, once these babies are in the foster system, it only exasperates the gap that separates the poor without resources and the upper class who call the shots. These “unwanted” babies are the wedge that broadens the divide. We all know how difficult and selective the adoption process is. Furthermore, this easily positions them as future military potential—- possibly raised without many resources (rural, inner-city), directionless (drop-outs, jobless), “unloved” and drawn to the camaraderie of military life and the hopeful post-tour payoff (college, benefits). These children are a prime commodity for the war mongering, male-centric mentality of the GOP and the shrinking interest in military service. Far fetched? I beg to differ.
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krisztinai 9 months agoDidn’t women in Liberia have a sex strike to end the civil war? We should have one with the goals of better access to and affordability of preventative medicine (e.g. mammograms) and reproductive health services (e.g. birth control).
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Harry Flashman 9 months ago
The Tea Bagger Taliban won’t be happy until their are camps and capital punishment for those who don’t accept their Dominionist religion. All totalitarian regimes begin with a few lunatics and these certainly qualify for that tag.
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thygeekgoddessb 9 months agoHe is NOT the North Dakota way. He pimps his agendas according to his own faith and personal beliefs. He admitted it proudly in a letter responding to a petition I signed against him. There is not enough YUCK in the world. He voted down a raising minimum wage when he didn’t even know what it WAS!
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Aileen St. Leger 9 months ago
Mandatory vasectomies for jerks like you Rick Berg…we must breed these kind out of the human race. Oh wait…I can’t force you to do something to your body against your will? Well guess what, leave mine alone then Rep. Berg.
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Richard Parker 9 months ago
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Um. Apparently forcing victims of rape and incest to carry their babies to term is “the North Dakota Way.”
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