{"id":38462,"date":"2019-02-02T18:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T17:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=38462"},"modified":"2024-02-02T00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T23:04:26","slug":"a-governor-of-the-democratic-party-defends-infanticide-and-provokes-controversy-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2019\/02\/02\/a-governor-of-the-democratic-party-defends-infanticide-and-provokes-controversy-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A governor of the Democratic Party defends infanticide and provokes controversy in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abortion advocates are no longer content to allow the unborn child to be eliminated until the moment of delivery. This week, a politician from the Democratic Party has gone further.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2019\/01\/29\/the-monstrous-details-of-the-new-york-law-that-allows-abortion-up-to-birth\/\">The monstrous details of the New York law that allows abortion up to birth<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/07\/12\/a-pamphlet-of-an-abortion-lobby-abortion-kills-life-and-is-dangerous-for-the-mother\/\">A pamphlet of an abortion lobby: 'abortion kills life' and is 'dangerous' for the mother<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><big>The Democratic Party presents in Virginia a proposal to abort until the moment of birth<\/big><\/p>\n<p>This week was discussed in the General Assembly of the state of Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2491\">the bill 2491 (can be seen here)<\/a>, which sought to eliminate the legal impediments to abortion in the third trimester of pregnancy. The project was presented by Kathy Tran, a representative of the Democratic Party. In the presentation of the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/watch-virginia-democrat-squirms-defending-bill-allowing-abortion-as-woman-i\">a representative of the Republican Party, Todd Gilbert, asked Tran<\/a>: <em>\"How late in the third trimester could a physician perform an abortion?\"<\/em> Tran answered that <em>\"The third trimester goes all the way up to forty weeks.\"<\/em> <strong>Gilbert asked if that period would include the time when the woman <em>\"has physical signs that she is about to give birth?\"<\/em> The Democratic representative was clear: <em>\"My proposal would allow it, yes.\"<\/em><\/strong> That is to say, this project would allow aborting a baby at the same time that his mother is in labor. You can see here the video:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:15px 0 15px 0;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4YkGRtkUhQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><big>The author of the proposal presented the same day as another to save the ulcerated caterpillars<\/big><\/p>\n<p>The controversy over these statements worsened after it was known, as noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/31\/kathy-tran-caterpillars-same-day-abortion\/\">Daily Caller<\/a>, that on <a href=\"http:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2491\">the same day Kathy Tran registered that abortion bill <\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2495\">another bill to save ulcerated caterpillars.<\/a> That is, for this lady, the life of a simple worm is more valuable than the life of a child about to be born. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMattBevin\/status\/1090602961527541760\">Republican Matt Bevin, governor of Kentucky, framed Tran's statements in the \"culture of death.\"<\/a> Before the controversy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyKLTran\/status\/1090986962708779010\">Tran posted a video on Twitter<\/a> saying that his project only wanted to <em>\"help women make their own healthcare decisions.\"<\/em> The excuse has not convinced many people: the message has been shared 1,800 times and <strong>has received more than 19,000 responses, many of them critical and calling for her resignation.<\/strong> Tran's infamous proposal to abort until delivery <a href=\"http:\/\/bles.com\/america\/noticias-bloqueado-proyecto-ley-abortar-hasta-nacimiento.html\">was rejected yesterday by the assembly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><big>The governor of Virginia aggravates the controversy by directly defending infanticide<\/big><\/p>\n<p>However, the biggest controversy of the week did not star Kathy Tran, but another politician from her party. <strong>On Wednesday, Democrat Ralph Northam, governor of Virginia, attended a radio program in which he was asked about the controversy<\/strong> provoked by the aforementioned abortion project and Tran's statements. At one point in the interview, <strong>Northam gave an answer that provoked an even greater controversy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin:15px 0 15px 0;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"es\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VA gov on abortion this morning: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a mother is in labor...the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that\u2019s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians &amp; mother&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cc15pVLjIQ\">pic.twitter.com\/cc15pVLjIQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1090657473218920448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30 de enero de 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is what the Democratic governor said:<em> \"If a mother is in labor...the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. <strong>The infant would be resuscitated if that\u2019s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.<\/strong>\"<\/em> What he clearly suggested with this statement is that the child could be eliminated once born. <strong>That is no longer an abortion: it is infanticide.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/virginia-governor-defends-letting-infants-die\/\">Ben Sasse, a Republican senator from Nebraska, commented on Northam's words in a statement to National Review: \"This is morally repugnant.\"<\/a> He added: <em>\"In just a few years pro-abortion zealots went from \u2018safe, legal, and rare\u2019 to \u2018keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor debates infanticide.\u2019 I don\u2019t care what party you\u2019re from \u2014 <strong>if you can\u2019t say that it\u2019s wrong to leave babies to die after birth, get the hell out of public office.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><big>The governor tries to justify his defense of infanticide by saying that he only referred to disabled people<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Far from withdrawing his words, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xan_desanctis\/status\/1090710312041529348\">the Virginia governor's office issued a note saying it referred to babies with \"severe fetal abnormalities.\"<\/a> No matter how he puts it, <strong>what he proposes is still an infanticide.<\/strong> What message is Northam addressing to people with disabilities? That they do not deserve to live, and that they can be killed before or after they are born? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1090782184582000640\">On Thursday Northam posted a message on his Twitter account<\/a> stating the following: <em>\"I have devoted my life to caring for children and any insinuation otherwise is shameful and disgusting.\"<\/em> His message has been shared 2,000 times and <strong>he has received 28,000 replies, many of them with criticism.<\/strong> In the most shared, it is pointed out that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MulliganMully\/status\/1090828747568304129\">Northam received in donations almost 2 million dollars from the influential abortionist lobby Planned Parenthood.<\/a> According to LifeNews, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2019\/02\/01\/10-democrat-senators-refuse-to-condemn-governor-for-supporting-infanticide\/\">ten Democratic Party politicians have refused to condemn these infamous statements.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><big>Trump calls the governor's statements \"terrible\"<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Daily Caller, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/30\/exclusive-trump-rips-virginia-democrats-abortion-comments\">President Donald Trump has been surprised by the statements of the governor of Virginia and has called them \"terrible.\"<\/a> In addition, the president added: <em>\"<strong>Do you remember when I said Hillary Clinton was willing to rip the baby out of the womb? That\u2019s what it is<\/strong>, that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing, it\u2019s terrible.\"<\/em> Curiously, while in the United States this controversy is unleashed,<strong> the Spanish media have not reported on it.<\/strong> Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actuall.com\/vida\/el-senado-de-los-ee-uu-votara-para-proteger-la-vida-en-caso-de-aborto-fallido\/\">Actuall<\/a> has mentioned what happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abortion advocates are no longer content to allow the unborn child to be eliminated until the moment of delivery. 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