A Republican lawmaker in Missouri claims pregnancy by rape is a gift from God.
Speaking on proposed legislation that would grant fetuses constitutional rights, Rep. Tila Hubrecht called pregnancy that results from rape a gift from God, while arguing that abortion should be illegal, even in the case of rape and incest.
During debate on a ballot measure that would effectively make abortion illegal in the state of Missouri, Hubrecht said:
It is not up to us to say ‘no just because there was a rape, they cannot exist.’ Sometimes bad things happen — horrible things, but sometimes God can give us a silver lining through the birth of a child.
When God gives life, he does so because there’s a reason, no matter what. I’ve met and talked with the different people who have been conceived by rape. There is a reason for their life.
Missouri Rep. Calls Pregnancy By Rape God’s ‘Silver Lining’