C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
Republican Lawmaker: A Fetus Is The Largest Organ In A Body
Alabama State Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin is in favor of proposed harsh abortion laws in Alabama, and explains why.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R-Pelham, would require physicians at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at local hospitals; require clinics to follow ambulatory clinic building codes and make it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for a nurse, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant to dispense abortion-inducing medications.
McClurkin and other supporters of the bill, known as HB 57, argue that the nature of abortion should require strict regulations, and claim that abortion clinics have a higher rate of regulatory violations than any other providers.
When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body, McClurkin said in an interview Thursday. Thats a big thing. Thats a big surgery. You dont have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.
However inaccurate and ignorant, the state representative is entitled to believe an embryo/fetus is a child.
She is not entitled, however, to force that subjective, personal opinion on the citizens of her state.