Lindsey Graham On Abortion Ban: If Pregnant Mom 'Sings To Her Fetus' Then It Must Be A Person

[big_dog]

Last edited Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:39 PM - Edit history (1)

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) defended his proposed abortion ban this week, saying that if a pregnant mother sings to her fetus then it must be considered a person.

Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) reported on Tuesday that potential presidential candidates like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) had written letters in support of Graham’s bill that would ban abortion in the United States after 20 weeks of pregnancy. “If you’re telling parents to sing to the baby because they understand your voice, really should we be aborting a child at the stage of the pregnancy?” Graham asked the network.

“I don’t want anybody carrying the Republican banner that doesn’t get this. If you don’t get this, then you’re the extremist,” he added. In addition to Bush and Jindal, former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AK), Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) have all expressed support for the bill.

Critics, however, argue that even if Republicans take over the Senate and Graham is able to pass his bill, the Supreme Court will strike it down because a fetus is not viable until 22 weeks. “Bring it on. I want this debate,” Graham quipped. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/lindsey-graham-on-abortion-ban-if-pregnant-mom-sings-to-her-fetus-then-it-must-be-a-person/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Rand Paul supports this bill?

Libertarian when convenient . . . . .

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Can he seriously shut up?

I heard/read just about enough out of this man. He needs to eat a big old sandwich of shut the fuck up.

[yeoman6987]

11. He is up for reelection

A great way to shut him up is to vote him out. Where are the Democrats in South Carolina???? Vote!

[JustAnotherGen]

13. That's not gonna happen - I mean

MAYBE it could - but in the meantime I wish he would stop inflicting the rest of America with his stupidity.

[yeoman6987]

16. Well I certainly agree with part 2 of your post

And hope you are wrong in part 1. I know realistically he is going to win, but why South Carolina? Lol.

[JustAnotherGen]

23. I hope I'm wrong in part 1 too

But - ugh. I can't stand the weasel! I really really cannot stand this guy! He gives me the ickies!


ETA - And I always confuse him with Ralph Reed!

[alp227]

29. Graham slid from 48% to 42% in polling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina,_2014#Polling_3

[hlthe2b]

3. So all those who sing to themselves in the shower...

are really pregnant with invisible little people? Well, there you have it.

[JustAnotherGen]

14. I knew there wasn't something

right this morning . . . I better pee on a stick when I get home!

[Behind the Aegis]

18. BUt, I was so careful...

...oh wait...I couldn't possibly be...

BRB, gots a hankering for some ice cream...dill flavored!

[JustAnotherGen]

22. You bad!

[MadrasT]

4. I sing to my cat because I think it understands my voice.

"Recipient of singing" is not the definition of personhood.

He needs to sit down and STFU.

[TlalocW]

6. I did the same with my ferrets

Too bad I didn't know this. I would have registered them to vote.

TlalocW

[MANative]

12. And claimed them as dependents on your taxes! ;) n/t

[Orsino]

5. If it takes PAC money, it must be a senator.

Count on Graham for the most fatuous possible answer to any question.

[abelenkpe]

7. I know people who sing to their plants

are they people too?

I cannot believe a senator of the united states used that as an argument to defend a law that would deny women access to abortion. Women seeking an abortion after 20 weeks are not doing it because they just don't want their kid. At that stage it is because there is a problem with the developing fetus and /or risks to the health of the mother. Late term abortions are not easy to get and are always a tragic difficult situation that Lindsey Graham and every disgustingly judgmental ignorant fuck who thinks like him should butt out of. What has happened to this country that such woefully stupid people occupy such seats of power?

[hifiguy]

8. I always talked to my cats.

They patiently listened and occasionally responded with a meow or a purr.

That doesn't make cats people. Though it can be argued cats are a superior species even if there hasn't been a feline Beethoven or Spinoza.

[unblock]

9. i have the power to create life! all i have to do is sing, Sing, SING!!!

to life, to life, l'chaim!
l'chaim, l'chaim, to life!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. If I sang to children it would be considered abuse.

Like Leo Kottke, I have a voice that "sounds like geese farts on a muggy day". Except that Leo and geese can carry a tune better than I can.

[cali]

19. lol. I heard the late great Bill Morrissey say that about himself too

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Great song. Thanks, Cali.

And, I'm glad to see you back and ruffling feathers.

[pipi_k]

15. Oh geez...

next thing we know, a few million hair brushes around the country are going to rise up and demand their Human Rights...

[Behind the Aegis]

20. He didn't say that.

You're just splitting hairs!

[Behind the Aegis]

17. I sing to my dogs.

DOGS ARE PEOPLE TOO!

[11 Bravo]

24. My sisters used to dress their dolls. Does that make Barbie and Ken people?

[beam me up scottie]

25. Jon Stewart mocked Lindy's "WE ALL GONNA DIE" comment about ISIS last night.

Really put his doomsday prophecies in perspective.

I can't wait to hear what Jon and Stephen have to say about this comment.


Can't help but think that Graham hates us because we have lady parts and he doesn't.

[alp227]

30. Why would Lindsey Graham want "lady parts"? nt

[beam me up scottie]

31. Because religious misogynists like him resent the power of those who have wombs.

This latest desperate attempt to control ours is just more of the same.

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Hasn't he sponged off the taxpayers long enough?

And which is it Lindsey, fetus or person.

[Feral Child]

27. They won't quit until

Roe is overturned.

Anti-abortion is a hot-ticket item worth mega-bucks in tithes. Also, they absolutely intend to drive Women's Rights back into the Dark Ages, their misogyny is Bible-driven and so deeply seated in their culture that it's an ecstatic desire..


The first time I read The Handmaid's Tale, I was depressed for weeks. Yes, the infertile wives part was science fiction to drive the plot, but the over-all scheme is exactly how they envision the future.

I truly believe that balkanization of the US sometime within the next 100 years is a likely possibility.

[underpants]

28. My shower head must be a person too

Can I claim it as a dependent?