Handicapped children are punishments for previous abortions, says Repug.

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7. Tell that to the mothers in Iraq who have been giving birth to severely deformed babies, the

reasons so say are unclear but some people do have their suspicions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/30/faulluja-birth-defects-iraq
Research links rise in Falluja birth defects and cancers to US assault

• Defects in newborns 11 times higher than normal
• 'War contaminants' from 2004 attack could be cause

We should note that the photo depicts the dropping of white phosphorous on Fallujah and not depleted uranium shells or other similar ordnance.



The latest Falluja study surveyed 55 families with seriously deformed newborns between May and August. It was conducted by Dr Samira Abdul Ghani, a paediatrician at Falluja general hospital. In May, 15% of the 547 babies born had serious birth defects. In the same period, 11% of babies were born at less than 30 weeks and 14% of foetuses spontaneously aborted.

The researchers believe that the figures understate what they describe as an epidemic of abnormalities, because a large number of babies in Falluja are born at home with parents reluctant to seek help from authorities.

One case documented in the report is of a mother and her daughter who after the 2004 battles both gave birth to babies with severe malformations. The second wife of one of the fathers also had a severely deformed baby in 2009.

"It is important to understand that under normal conditions, the chances of such occurrences is virtually zero," said Savabieasfahani.