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In reply to the discussion: "Why I rejected Plan B after my disabled daughter was raped" [View all]Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)78. Maybe she even lied about the whole situation.
Did anyone check with the hospital to find out if this incident even occurred?
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"Why I rejected Plan B after my disabled daughter was raped" [View all]
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2012
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Does she plan to rip the rape kid out of her daughter's arms and put it up for adoption?
aquart
Feb 2012
#13
And to inflict the possibility of a rape child on a mentally disabled person at that! NUTS, they
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#4
Did you like the part in the book where they bred out homosexuality? n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2012
#46
I had forgotten about that part. I really wish she'd left that out. Enjoy the idea of
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#125
Are you saying aggression="guy-ness"?I saw it as breeding out aggression in both sexes.Crickets?
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#130
Yes. What women see as violence and aggression is often simply guy-ness.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2012
#136
When a man hears "boys will be boys" he hears a different message than a woman does.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2012
#145
It's funny how "biological determinism" is considered such bad science when anyone suggests,
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#99
the interview with her makes her sound even loonier, and nowhere does it actually give the
niyad
Feb 2012
#19
‘That kind of medication makes you have an abortion if you’re pregnant.’ Sigh. No. It prevents preg
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#28
according to the interview, the daughter's cognitive functioning is about that of an 8 year old.
niyad
Feb 2012
#30
She was going to "pass out" because a conference room was named after a champion of women's rights?
Matariki
Feb 2012
#25
My thoughts exactly. It's all about her, and HER holiness. I weep for the poor daughter.
anneboleyn
Feb 2012
#83
and thank you so much for pointing out her violation of her daughter's privacy in making this public
niyad
Feb 2012
#64
WHO IS THIS NUT??!! I mean, it's not like we don't have <<7 BILLION people on the planet>>
Ecumenist
Feb 2012
#38
This mom of a special needs child wants to know why that mom would want to inflict her daughter with
jillan
Feb 2012
#51
My friend who has a special needs child asked the same thing on my Facebook page.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2012
#55
Your daughter's just been raped, and you almost pass out because of the name of the conference room?
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#52
and yet, she plainly states that she would have had no problem killing the rapist. just a tad
niyad
Feb 2012
#66
according to her, this attack happened the first of last week. I am going to look at the news
niyad
Feb 2012
#69
I'm sure she's an intensely private person who couldn't drag her daughter through the media glare.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2012
#129
"Gloria Steinem Conference Room. that alone almost made me pass out." Oh give me a break!
Raine
Feb 2012
#67
"I'd just cut my foot off with a chainsaw- and they took me to the Richard Nixon emergency room!"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#75
You know, I grew up Catholic. I'm pro-choice but very much opposed to abortion.
Saving Hawaii
Feb 2012
#86
My "Dark-haired Daughter" -- does this seem odd? The whole thing just has the weirdest tone.
anneboleyn
Feb 2012
#88
that "dark-haired daughter" weirdness was the first thing I noticed. and, I don't recall any
niyad
Feb 2012
#93
I agree--especially when given the fact that author works for "think tank" obviously
librechik
Feb 2012
#127
Several things wrong with this blog post and the subsequent "interview"
justiceischeap
Feb 2012
#120