ViceZilla’s Views

In a story reported by Reuters, a Texas politician has proposed that pregnant women considering abortion be offered $500 not to end their pregnancies.

Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick, who also is a conservative radio talk show host, said on Friday the money might convince the women to go ahead and have babies, and then give them up for adoption.

He then goes on to qualify his proposal by stating “If this incentive would give pause and change the mind of 5 percent of those woman, that’s 3,000 lives. That’s almost as many people as we’ve lost in Iraq.”

I thought buying babies was illegal, but I guess not in Texas.

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