Pelosi Knows About Motherhood but Not Life
A CNSNews.com reporter asked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, “Is an unborn child 20 weeks into pregnancy a human being?” Pelosi responded, “[W]hat we’re talking about on the floor of the House is something that says politicians should determine what effects the health of a woman, her life, her health, and the rest. I don’t think it’s up to politicians to do that.” (Never mind that she spearheaded ObamaCare…) Asked again, she got angry and continued, “The life and the health of the mother is what is preeminent in when a decision is made about a woman’s reproductive health. It isn’t an ideological fight, it is a personal health issue. And as a mother of five, in six years, I have great standing on this issue, great understanding of it, more than my colleagues. In fact, one day many years ago … when I was a new member of Congress, as a Catholic and a mom of five, opposing some of the initiatives similar to what – in the same vein as – what we have today, one of the Republicans stood up and said: ‘Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows more about having babies than the pope.’ Yeah, yeah, that would be true. So, in any event, this is up to women, their conscience, their God, their doctor, their fate, their survival.” Pelosi and her fellow Democrats can’t answer the question of life because they know it belies the horrific nature of their abortion advocacy. That she would go so far as to use her Catholic faith to justify it is even more shameful. More…
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