12-Year-Old Incest Victims Should Birth Dad's Child, Says Speaker Gunn (Mississippi)

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NEW: A 12-year-old child victim of rape and incest should be forced to carry and birth her father's child, Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says.

Even in such cases, he opposes abortion exceptions.

"Every life is valuable," Gunn said.

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12-Year-Old Incest Victims Should Birth Dad’s Child, Says Speaker Gunn
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says abortion should be illegal even for a 12-year-old rape and incest victim.
10:34 AM · Jun 29, 2022

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/25273/12-year-old-incest-victims-should-birth-dads-child-house-speaker-gunn-says


Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says abortion should be illegal even for a 12-year-old rape victim carrying her father or uncle’s child. He made the remark to reporters in the hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, allowing state abortion bans to take effect.

“What about the case of a 12-year-old girl who was molested by her father or uncle?” Associated Press reporter Emily Wagster Pettus asked the Republican speaker on the Mississippi House floor on Friday, June 24.

Gunn said he did not know “what the Legislature’s appetite” would be for ensuring child rape and incest victims could obtain abortions. The state’s 15-week abortion ban does not include rape exceptions, but a 2007 Roe v. Wade trigger law that could become effective soon would allow rape exceptions early in a pregnancy only if the rape was reported to law enforcement—which does not happen in most incest cases.

“No, (the law) does not include an exception for incest,” Gunn said. “I don’t know that that will be changed.”

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I hate these people in the Biblical sense.

[Turbineguy]

1. Whatever it takes

to stay the poorest State in the Union.

[secondwind]

2. I agree. The 12 yr old's life is very valuable.

What a pig …….

[Thtwudbeme]

3. These people are both cruel and stupid- a deadly combination

It's just so sad and maddening.

[onecaliberal]

4. I wish something a thousand times worse than being forced to birth your own sister

on these republicans.

[TwilightZone]

5. "Every life is valuable" -- except the 12-year-old girl's.

He doesn't give a shit what happens to her.

[SunSeeker]

12. Exactly. nt

[treestar]

17. +1

[Maeve]

18. True that. My first thought. She's just an incubator. Eom

[RKP5637]

6. An example of why Mississippi is so F'ed with politicians like this. n/t

[malaise]

7. Mad men doesn't describe these monsters

They can now select their choice for baby mother at any age.
They are depraved.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Would it make any difference to this repugnant troglodyte

If it was his 12 year old daughter who was raped by a male relative?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. No because he'd take her somewhere it's legal, obvs (nt)

[budkin]

9. These "god fearin" cretins are sick

Disgusting.

[Midnight Writer]

10. I hope this guy births a watermelon through his pecker.

[Ilsa]

24. We could always hope for kidney stones. nt

[Wicked Blue]

11. Except if that 12-year-old is a Republican legislator's daughter nt

[SunSeeker]

13. These laws don't apply to the rich, just the poor and middle class.

The rich have always been able to get safe abortions for their family and mistresses.

[kacekwl]

15. That's how he became a granddaddy.

Just my guess.

[Aristus]

16. Sounds like he knows an exception for incest will depopulate white Mississippi.

It's a little weird when they come right out and say it.

[dalton99a]

20. +1

[Nevilledog]

19. Dickhead on video

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Here's the moment when Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn told journalists that he believes even 12-year-old girls raped by their fathers and uncles should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term because "every life is valuable."
https://mississippifreepress.org/25273/12-year-old-incest-victims-should-birth-dads-child-house-speaker-gunn-says…


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11:10 AM · Jun 29, 2022

[milestogo]

21. The pregnancy could kill that young girl and the baby.

[Ilsa]

25. And in a state where maternal mortality rates are the worst. nt

[Lucinda]

22. ...

[TomWilm]

23. It is God's will...