TW for abortionMarco Rubio: Roe v. Wade Was ‘Egregiously Flawed Decision’“Sen. Marco Rub

TW for abortionMarco Rubio: Roe v. Wade Was ‘Egregiously Flawed Decision’“Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) laid out his strong anti-abortion views in a speech on Friday, calling the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade a “historically, egregiously flawed decision” that “has condoned the taking of innocent life on a massive scale.”“It is fundamentally impossible for America to reach her destiny as a nation founded on the equal rights of all if our government believes an entire segment of the human population doesn’t have a right to exist,“ the 2016 presidential candidate said at the National Right to Life Convention in New Orleans.The Supreme Court legalized abortion in the 1973 decision, ruling that states cannot prevent women from obtaining the procedure up until the fetus would be viable outside the womb, around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. In the years before abortion was legal, it was common for women to land in the hospital after seeking illegal, "back-alley” abortions or attempting to self-induce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade, 130,000 women obtained illegal or self-induced procedures, and 39 of them died.Republicans in Congress are currently trying to chip away at Roe v. Wade by banning abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Rubio and nearly every other Republican presidential candidate has endorsed the legislation. Ten states have enacted similar abortion limits, and anti-abortion advocates hope one of the laws eventually makes its way to the Supreme Court and overturns Roe.”Read the full piece and watch the video herePRESIDENT RUBIO?!?More Election 2016 posts on Profeminist -- source link

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