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Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:00 PM Sep 2012

North Dakoda Senate Candidate voted to Criminalize Abortion in Case of Incest, and Rape

Huffington Post, and Buzzfeed.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/north-dakota-senate-candidate-voted-to-make-aborti


Posted Sep 3, 2012 5:26pm EDT

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 abortion.

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."

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North Dakoda Senate Candidate voted to Criminalize Abortion in Case of Incest, and Rape (Original Post) Stuart G Sep 2012 OP
wow, does it surprise us that the thugs had such a woman-hating bastard as one of the speakers? niyad Sep 2012 #1

niyad

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1. wow, does it surprise us that the thugs had such a woman-hating bastard as one of the speakers?
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:55 AM
Sep 2012

sadly, no. what is scary is just how open they have become about that hatred.

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