Sen. Marco Rubio has broken with his party and spoken out against their obstruction on funding for the Zika virus. That didn't stop him from being every bit as reprehensible as the rest of them when it comes to the issue of abortion.
Rubio: No abortions for Zika-infected women:
Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he doesn’t believe a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus should have the right to an abortion — even if she had reason to believe the child would be born with severe microcephaly.
"I understand a lot of people disagree with my view – but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws. And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it’s a difficult question and a hard one," Rubio told POLITICO.
"But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life."
Abortion and Zika became politically intertwined in June when Congress failed to pass a Zika-relief bill, in part due to a dispute over Planned Parenthood. Zika has started to spread quickly through Florida, which now has 422 cases -- more than any other state in the nation -- and it has alarmed families and health experts because the virus has been linked to severe microcephaly in infants born to some infected pregnant women.
Yes, let's cut funding for an organization that provides health care for poor women in response to a public health crisis, and then, as the article noted, try to blame Democrats for failing to vote for their poison pills.
I think George Carlin summed up these so-called "pro-life" Republicans perfectly. (Warning, not safe for work.) Boy do I wish he was still around today.
