'Forcible Rape?' Republicans Take Puzzling Language Out of Abortion Bill

For all you pro-lifers out there - are you willing to pay to feed, cloth, shelter, educate and provide medical care to all of the pregnant women and unwanted children? I've heard many pro-life conservatives complain about having their tax dollars go to provide sustenance for those with low or no income; and, while opposed to terminating an unwanted pregnancy, they are willing to allow children to be born into situations where they will experience poverty, be neglected and are likely to suffer from physical and mental abuse; and they are willing to pay to take care of the pregnant women. Frankly, I think it is more cruel and immoral to allow a birth into a situation where there are insufficient resources to provide for the necessary care and to force a woman to carry a fetus to full term, than it is to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. And, rather than address the cost to society that unwanted pregnancies and births impose and make rational decisions regarding the welfare of those involved and the welfare of citizens in general, our elected officials are willing to forgo the use of taxpayer dollars to terminate unwanted pregnancies and to impose the resulting burden upon all of us - with or without our consent...

So where is the job creation and balanced budget the Tea Party Reps promised to work on?

An abortion is a medical procedure between the woman (and husband, if married) and her doctor. No government, church, or other waco has any right to stick their nose in.

""""forcible""rape is redundant; all rapes are forced.

The GOP really needs to start tackling the problems that currently exist, abortion, is not one of them. The GOP is wasting our money trying to hack down laws that have been enforced for years, rather then dealing with today's issues, such as, jobs/unemployment,economy, something they promised would be top priority.Yet,they still havent addressed or offered ideas on how to improve any of those things. And then, their favorite past time, to hack down healthcare laws that millions of Americans really need, we are finally on a path to somewhere and now they are wasting time addressing two issues, abortion and healthcare repeal. What year are they living in? They have NO clue as to what the people want or need,nor do they care.

Infant death caused by lack of health care is a longer, more painful, and infinitely more cruel form of abortion.

Abortion is intrisicly evil. Let's see how many progressives vote against this bill.

i think that if they want to rule out abortions paid for by taxpayer funds they also need to rule out sexual enhancement drugs like viagra.

Talk about hypersensitivity! Do we really live in a society that gets "Puzzled" so easily? I'm no genius, but when I read the term "Forcible Rape" it sounded pretty self explanatory the same as just saying rape. In no way did my stupid little brain did I think, "OMG! I didn't realize that not all rape was forced, I have now been instructed by the evil Republicans that you can have rape that is consensually peaceful and in no way forced mentally or physically". I guess I'm not some mindless progressive American who takes everything so literal that I cannot for one second think out side of the box to come up with a reasonable and common sense driven conclusion about what the term "Forcible Rape" meant. What a ridiculous and un-news worthy article. Those in congress who think that such a debate was the best use of time and tax payer dollars should be ashamed of themselves.

"Forcible rape" has long been a common legal term. Here's an example: "Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded."

Sorry, no GOP machinations at work. Move along, nothing to see here..............