Dem Co-Sponsor Of 'Forcible Rape' Law Not Talking

[RandySF]

Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), a chair of the House pro-life caucus, isn't answering questions today about the controversial abortion law -- or its potential deleterious effects on rape or incest victims -- that he's cosponsored along with many big names in the Republican majority.

H.R. 3, known as the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," is essentially a rewrite of existing anti-abortion language in the federal code. It would make permanent some well-known provisions like the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding of abortion in all cases (as it's written now, the Hyde Amendment expires at the end of every fiscal year and has to be reauthorized as part of the Health and Human Services funding bill) and eliminate employer and individual tax deductions for private insurance plans that cover abortion.

But the bill does more than just make permanent the prohibition on the government paying for abortions or make it harder for people to use insurance to pay for abortions. As Mother Jones' Nick Baumann reported today, it also redefines what the government considers rape.


http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/dem-co-sponsor-of-forcible-rape-law-not-talking.php?ref=fpi

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Lipinski is a DINO.

Thank heavens I don't live in his district.

[The Magistrate]

3. A Long-Standing Embarassment To Our State, Ma'am, This Wretch Is

[Freethinker65]

7. I live in his district...

I wrote to him last week about this and have yet to get a reply. He is really good at not communicating. I remember him using the same tactic during the Bart Stupak compromise.

[seabeyond]

2. i want to ask why i must be beaten up or possibly killed to "prove" i was raped. nt

[niyad]

6. remember the old saying, "the only good rape victim is a dead one"??

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. kick.

[Danger Mouse]

5. Disgusting. He's a disgrace to the Democratic party. He should just get it over with...

and become a Republican, because that's what he fucking is. Misogynist shit pile.