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AMERICAblog: Palin opposes 'morning after pill,' which brings us back to rape kits

  • gwpriester · 1 year ago
    Not in favor of contraception when it comes to her daughter. Also, evangelicals believe that birth control is the same as abortion.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    All evidence points to Sarah Palin hating victims of rape.
  • Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago
    you can give a pro-lifer fits by asking them to specify the criminal penalties they would impose for "murdering" an embryo.
  • existenz · 1 year ago
    If I was a hard core pro-lifer like Dobson, I would be disturbed by her waffling on this issue. She basically says women should "choose" life, and she says nobody should be put in jail for getting an abortion. Except for the part where she says she is "pro-life", that makes her sound as pro-choice as many Democrats.

    Of course, we know and the right wingers know that she is against Roe and would like to see abortion illegal. But she sure does a good job of muddying up her own beliefs. Couric should have asked her if she thinks doctors who perform abortions should be put in jail.
  • DeppFan · 1 year ago
    It is one of the sickest things about these wingnuts. A raped woman should complete the pregnancy that was the result of the attack on her??? Just drop her whole life for it. And when people on the street strike up a conversation, as they sometimes do with pregnant women, maybe she should let them know, "Yeah, I was raped, and McCain/Pain want me to have the baby."
    What century am I in?
  • michaelt · 1 year ago
    Biden can destroy her at any moment with this.
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    C;mon now.. I'm still on the thread below about her not knowing what newspapers/magazines she reads. I'm still liking that one... Y'all are movin to fast for the kid, especially with this wicked thunderstorm we're having in DC right now.. Wow! unusual this time of year here.
  • Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago
    pro-lifers make a hash of their own principles (sanctity of life) when they make an exception for rape. palin's is the ONLY principled pro-life view. if you're not willing to impose prison time on women who take a morning-after pill following a rape, you can't claim to be pro-life.
  • lilybart · 1 year ago
    Yes, and I want them to threaten IVF clinics where embryos are made and destroyed every day. I was there. Everyone there desparate for a child of their own with the person they love. NO WAY they want to touch that one, but if they overturn Roe, you will have to go abroad for IVF.
  • John Aravosis · 1 year ago
    Oh God, we're working on like 3 new stories right now, the news is out of control.
  • dad · 1 year ago
    enjoy :)
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    Supreme Court response? or lack of?
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    Bring em on John! We're waiting!!!!

    They are like appetizers for the debate!!
  • dad · 1 year ago
    if you can watch one more video watch this
  • dad · 1 year ago
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    Fox News is sooooooo last administration. lol
  • Chris From Maine · 1 year ago
    palin radiates evil. She is a vicious evil woman, so she will fit right in with the neo-con crowd.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    I don't think she is evil or vicious; she is just out of her league. I think she would do just fine on the church board.
  • lilybart · 1 year ago
    She IS evil. She lies repeatedly, the same lies that have been thoughouly debunked, she accused Obama of infantice tonight. Liars for Jesus are evil.
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    Y'know... Years ago, my niece had a baby at 14 years old... It was very difficult for her to make the decision to give her daughter up for adoption.. She thought about abortion, but decided to go ahead and have the baby.. A good couple adopted her, and gave her a good life... We all supported her decision, and were behind her 100 percent, and would have been even if she'd decided to keep the baby. She appreciated the fact that she had a choice, even though it was a very difficult dilemma. That was almost 30 years ago, and she never got pregnant again after that.... But the fact that she had a choice meant a great deal to her and to all her family members. People with views like Palin have really get under my skin, in more ways than one.
  • Cpeterka · 1 year ago
    Got a Dark Magic Marker?

    Change the neighborhood

    GET THE 'L' OUT OF THERE

    MCCAIN
    PA IN

    Just Get The "L" out of there.
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    Point being... If my niece had had access to the morning after pill, she would never have had to make that heart wretching decision.
  • mungobuh · 1 year ago
    She may get flack from pro-lifers for saying that she's "all for contraception" when asked about the morning-after pill. Several pro-life people, including my mother, believe that contraceptions such as the morning-after pill are NO DIFFERENT from abortion.

    Palin also claims that she's for measures that are "legal, safe and should be taken." Shouldn't we then surmise that she'd be willing to keep these measures available as long as they are "legal, safe and should be taken"? Somehow I doubt this.

    I for one think it is important to lessen the numbers of abortions in this country, but I'm not a pro-lifer either. "Safe and Rare" has been my motto on the issue...but if we don't implement education and awareness of safe sex as extra alternatives to Palin's Abstinence-Only mindset, we're going to be stuck with more unwanted pregnancy. *Steps off Soapbox*
  • dad · 1 year ago
    so this is the second best person republicans have to offer.
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    O/T..
    Hey dudes and chicks... good documentary on pbs tonight at 9pm EDT about how healthcare (or lac thereof) affects the 46 million uninsured. Tune in while you're blogging... I'm going to (but will still be reading and making snide comments on A-0BLOG!)
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    A lot of americans STILL., to this day, don't know the difference between the morning after pill and RU-486, which is the abortion pill popular in europe, which the woman gets pregnant.. Two totally different drugs, but so much of our population is soooo ignorant.. It just boggles the brain.. How do we educate those folks? I'm stumped...
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    OOP!.. i mean't 'which the woman takes AFter she gets pregnant'....
  • KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago
    Every sperm is sacred.
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U0kJHQpvgB8

    Sing along:

    DAD:
    There are Jews in the world.
    There are Buddhists.
    There are Hindus and Mormons, and then
    There are those that follow Mohammed, but
    I've never been one of them.

    I'm a Roman Catholic,
    And have been since before I was born,
    And the one thing they say about Catholics is:
    They'll take you as soon as you're warm.

    You don't have to be a six-footer.
    You don't have to have a great brain.
    You don't have to have any clothes on. You're
    A Catholic the moment Dad came,

    Because

    Every sperm is sacred.
    Every sperm is great.
    If a sperm is wasted,
    God gets quite irate.

    CHILDREN:
    Every sperm is sacred.
    Every sperm is great.
    If a sperm is wasted,
    God gets quite irate.

    GIRL:
    Let the heathen spill theirs
    On the dusty ground.
    God shall make them pay for
    Each sperm that can't be found.

    CHILDREN:
    Every sperm is wanted.
    Every sperm is good.
    Every sperm is needed
    In your neighbourhood.

    MUM:
    Hindu, Taoist, Mormon,
    Spill theirs just anywhere,
    But God loves those who treat their
    Semen with more care.

    MEN:
    Every sperm is sacred.
    Every sperm is great.
    WOMEN:
    If a sperm is wasted,...
    CHILDREN:
    ...God get quite irate.

    PRIEST:
    Every sperm is sacred.
    BRIDE and GROOM:
    Every sperm is good.
    NANNIES:
    Every sperm is needed...
    CARDINALS:
    ...In your neighbourhood!

    CHILDREN:
    Every sperm is useful.
    Every sperm is fine.
    FUNERAL CORTEGE:
    God needs everybody's.
    MOURNER #1:
    Mine!
    MOURNER #2:
    And mine!
    CORPSE:
    And mine!

    NUN:
    Let the Pagan spill theirs
    O'er mountain, hill, and plain.
    HOLY STATUES:
    God shall strike them down for
    Each sperm that's spilt in vain.

    EVERYONE:
    Every sperm is sacred.
    Every sperm is good.
    Every sperm is needed
    In your neighbourhood.

    Every sperm is sacred.
    Every sperm is great.
    If a sperm is wasted,
    God gets quite iraaaaaate!
  • Wesinoregon · 1 year ago
    HEY MISSY PALIN... For YOUR information being gay is not "A CHOICE" So either get it right or shut the hell up.
  • JamesR · 1 year ago
    God. It is not apparent she really is in command of any knowledge regarding physical human reproduction. With all the kids she may (or may not) have had. And / or she is deliberately obfuscating, not going into the debate about whether it's conception or implantation that begins "life." Some contraception prevents implantation besides the 'morning after pill.' She must have been told not to go into it by her handlers...

    But what the FUCK is up with all the "personally" crapola??? This isn't a tea party. She is interviewing for a PUBLIC position. So she "personally" wouldn't have an abortion. Great. Nor will I. Of course I am a male, but "personally" I suppose I would not make that choice. WTF? She said it so many times it's sick. Sorry - don't care if she wants or doesn't want one - as PRESIDENT would she prevent others from being able to make that choice? The honest answer is "yes." The Palin answer is "personally I would not have one." ???

    Another narcissist president even LESS qualified than Bush, I didn't think it was possible to threaten the American People with, but good 'ol "hero" McCain found one.
  • ndtovent · 1 year ago
    yeah, well she has 4 other kids besides bristol, and a couple of em are girls.. Let's see what they do when they get a little older... with all that home schoolin, they should all become nuns ;-)
  • donotmakemecomedownthere · 1 year ago
    If a feotus is a person ~ahem~ then Sarah Palin is already a GRANDMOTHER right now. Hockey Gramma.
    .
    [What should Bristol name her child? Gorge-Rush Johnston? Or Levi Jr.?]
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Bridge
  • Indigo · 1 year ago
    ADD and PTSD on the same ticket. What evil genius put that together? It's like an in-joke on America by the ghost of William F. Buckley, Jr.
  • lilybart · 1 year ago
    So, she is fine with the pill, but not the emergency contraception, which is basically the pill in a larger all-at-once dose. In fact in a pinch, I was told I could take a large number of regular pills, but I didn't have those either.
  • moreleesafer · 1 year ago
    yep. that is all it is a big dose of the same hormones.
  • IAmATVJunkie · 1 year ago
    Excuse me, but I already mentioned this in a comment on this site three weeks ago.

    I know, I'm a petulant little ... oh, never mind.
  • jmcon007 · 1 year ago
    We need to be careful and watch during the upcoming Biden/Palin debate that Sarah doesn't have something looking like a cord running up the back of the red jacket she'll probably be wearing. God, the poor girl is so clueless. I almost want to cheer for her during the debate. It's inevitable she's going to have to step down and Horndog McCain is going to have to admit to a senior moment gone bad.
  • Yoyogibear · 1 year ago
    She's trying to give something to everyone - even pro-choice women.

    As usual, she's all over the place.
  • FunMe · 1 year ago
    I was a little bored tonight so I went to the "dark side" .... redstate

    This post I REALLY really liked!

    :To watch Couric interview Palin was painful. Not for the reasons everyone is complaining about, but the bi*chy look on Couric's face throughout. She always is smiling when she interviews liberals. You could just see the disgust in her face. I used to like Couric. She's sold her soul. Can't stand the woman."

    LIVING IT AND LOVING IT!
  • breaktheterror · 1 year ago
    Um, yeah, on top of the fact that Sarah has a problem with Plan B for the wrong reasons, it bothered me that Couric doesn't seem to understand what Plan B does either.

    The misinformation out there is insane.

    http://breaktheterror.wordpress.com