Mike Pence can hardly contain his excitement over the fact that the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v Wade.
SCOTUS is considering a Mississippi law that seeks to ban abortions after just 15 weeks of pregnancy, including those caused by rape or incest. The state wants Roe v Wade overturned, thus eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.
If the court agrees, states would be free to set their own standards on abortion, including banning it entirely. 22 states have already begun planning for this. 12 have already passed trigger laws, which would automatically outlaw abortion the moment Roe is overturned. A final ruling is expected in June.
The ex-VP has been tweeting nonstop about all this for days, spouting his extreme anti-choice beliefs, peddling misinformation about the “unborn”, and, of course, attacking Democrats.
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“The left believes children are a burden,” Pence wrote yesterday. “We believe children are a gift from God. The left believes the institution of family is outdated and unnecessary. We believe that family is the bedrock of civilization.”
The left believes children are a burden. We believe children are a gift from God.
The left believes the institution of family is outdated and unnecessary. We believe that family is the bedrock of civilization.
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) November 30, 2021
Keep in mind, this is a guy who the HRC declared “the worst Vice President for LGBTQ people in modern history.”
Despite crowing about the importance of protecting children and promoting family values, Pence opposes same-sex marriage and supports laws that allow adoption agencies to deny queer couples based on “religious exemptions.”
In 2012, he refused to say whether he believed gay people should be allowed to raise children, and he doesn’t think LGBTQ people, including LGBTQ youths, should be included in any hate crime legislation.
Here’s how people have been responding to Pence’s tweet attacking the left for being anti-family…
Please stop with the left versus right nonsense and remember we are all created in the image of God. Sow love, not hate. Stop this division. Blessed are the peacemakers…Matthew 5:9.
— Callie Mitchell (@callielouella) November 30, 2021
Stop propagating hate speech.
— Dr. Nancy Toby (@nancytoby) November 30, 2021
The right believes they have a right to legally force everyone to abide by their religion. We believe in the freedom of every individual to live by their own belief system and control their own bodies.
— Virginia Anne Pittman (@TransLiberalDem) December 1, 2021
When you have to tell people what others believe, you’ve lost.
— Ryan G (@ryagiu) November 30, 2021
Obviously, what with all the money they’re putting into paid family leave, day care, food stamps, etc…
Oh, wait…— Ryan Cornelius (@corneliusryan0) November 30, 2021
I believe all of that about family and I am a Republican .. however a woman has a right to choose for what ever her reasons are. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t value family
— Robin m (@robinff490) November 30, 2021
Families are both a blessing and a choice. Period. Stop trying to make that decision for people.
— Not Your Mom (@NotYourMom88) December 1, 2021
Monogamous marriage is a relatively new concept. How can it be the bedrock for civilization?
— Valor (@ktvalor) November 30, 2021
The left, the center, and the right, love their children.
The left, the center, and the right, believe the institution of family is sacred.
Everything else you’ve said is wrong.
— Tim Thomas 🌶️ (@timdthomas) November 30, 2021
I’ve never met a democrat that feels this way.
— Anthony Dylan Keys (@Dylan_Keys525) November 30, 2021
Please tell us more of what others believe. You’re just so credible. 🤣
— wjl🇨🇦 (@wjlca) December 1, 2021
No, just your family
— Tad (@itsActuallyTed) November 30, 2021
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GrizzleyMichael
Well if the women have to keep the rape baby, then the men have to have to get clipped too
Mr. Stadnick
How would he react if one of his daughters or his wife was raped and impregnated? Would he raise that child?
Fname Optional Lname
Curious if he would raise a gay child but I’m sure he would find some reason why the gay child wouldn’t constitute as “family”. Not sure why people deal with him directly anyway, Mother is the one who makes his decisions for him.
Cam
He would do what all right wing Republicans do. take her to some place where abortion is legal and not tell anyone.
Openminded
As a Republican myself, I have heard way too many times, arguments about how low income women intentionally pump out babies for the welfare benefits and that something needs to be done to stop this alleged practice. I have never understood why so many Conservatives will say this on one hand and then on the other, declare that NO baby should be aborted. If one really believes babies are welfare tickets for money, then they should be tickled every time a pregnancy is terminated. IMO, it’s obviously the woman’s choice. We don’t allow men to step in and dictate that any woman who loses her breast(s) to cancer treatment must undergo reconstructive surgery yet we want to step in and dictate what they do with their uterus/womb. My personal extent of interfering in a woman’s pregnancy would be to have better education to prepare the woman for the possible post abortion mental trauma. Abortion affects most women long after the actual procedure is over and can be a large influencer on future drug and alcohol addictions just to mute the feelings.
Cam
Translation: The right wing troll account blathers for a few sentences in the beginning to give cover to it’s anti-abortion screed at the end.
Please site any proof about this supposed long term mental trauma. And you may want to compare it to the trauma of being forced to carry a rapists baby or drop out of school at 15 to care for an unwanted child.
Ronbo
Thank you for trying to build a bridge. The person who tries to blow up bridges is rarely the good guy. Cam?
Cam
@Ronbo
Sweetie, this screeme was already exposed a few days ago as another of your right wing troll names. That plus the fact that you ALWAYS come in to not just defend your other screenames but obsessively attack me is another giveaway.
Your troll game, as always, is sad and weak.
DarkZephyr
Victims of rape need to be heard and respected and I would never presume to tell a victim of rape what to do with her body, but c’mon Queerty. “Rape Baby”? Don’t you think that is kind of sick? Like its the unborn baby’s fault how they were conceived? Not all of these pregnancies get terminated and the individuals born from this are still human beings worthy of being treated with human f*cking dignity. We can respect women’s bodies without resorting to utterly demonizing and dehumanizing the fetus for Christ’s sake.
Fahd
Given the overwhelming majority of Americans (polls indicate circa 75%) are in favor of preserving the protections of Roe v. Wade – in other words, the availability of legal abortion; this is more of a dangerous minority trying to impose its will — sort of the whole Trump administration all over again. Btw, if Trump having had three Supreme Court appointees isn’t definitive on the God is Dead question, what is?
Also, I’m surprised Pence isn’t keeping a lower profile. There must be a good chance that when he least expects it, (a) Trump supporter(s) is (are) going to avenge Pence’s perceived betrayal on January 6th.
Ronbo
Given these numbers, it’s reasonable to conclude that there is potential for blowback if the Supremes enforce their fascist ideology.
Rather than be victimized by their actions, encourage your voting family and friends to react in the voting booth. Republican politicians would have no where to hide on the issue and it could save the Democrats in the mid-term elections.
Then, we’d have another battle within the party – with the “moderates” and “centrists” who avoid revealing that they are just Republicans who just can’t get elected by Republican voters.
By electing these DINOs, we may win the battle; but, lose the war. They will never support the passage of actual undiluted Democratic policy… after all, they are, at their core, still Republicans.
Cam
@Ronbo
Except for the fact that pretty much all of the anti-abortion Dems are gone from Congress. But it’s cute you think trolling for Dem division under this screename is any less obvious that when you’re under your @Hank31 screename.
As always, your troll game is boring and tired.
Toofie
Pence is full of nonsense. They view children as a burden. Once the baby is born, they don’t care.
blackhook
Is there anything more strange than Princess Pence? Didn’t think so… Sad!
Cam
Republican politicians are just the same as the billionaires who fight against climate change legislation. They assume they’ll be ok. So Pence figures if one of his grandkids got pregnant, they’d just send her to Canada for the abortion.
Cato
Hey Mikey, you know what’s 100% effective in preventing abortion and unwanted pregnancies?
Gay sex.