GOP abortion politics and that pesky definition of 'rape'

[sheshe2]

Tough week for the House Republicans. Speaker John Boehner's high point must have been not clapping when President Barack Obama talked about job growth in the State of the Union.

After that, things went downhill fast. Anti-abortion groups converged on Washington on Thursday to protest the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. The plan was for the House to welcome them into town by passing a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks. Didn't work out.

But, really, it makes no sense either way. The question of when a fetus inside a woman's body becomes a human being is theological. If you truly believe that human life begins the moment a sperm fertilizes an egg, you can't admit any exceptions. The only real debate is whether you get to impose your religious beliefs on the entire country.

Not that anybody's trying to be that rational.

"I'm going to need your help to find a way out of this definitional problem with rape," Sen. Lindsey Graham told the anti-abortion marchers.

This was four days after Graham announced that he was considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination. It's very possible that the phrase "this definitional problem with rape" will last longer than his candidacy.

Hey Lindsey. Wake up. Rape is Rape.

Read More http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150127/ARCHIVES/501271013/-1/todayspaper