Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Life begins at rape

The sexual politics of Governor Sarah Palin, as detailed by an Alaskan writer.

I've long said that pro-lifers would have a much more valid argument if they spoke up more against rape and incest and did all they could to help stop such crimes against women, but Sarah Palin hasn't even come that far.

She believes the state shouldn't pay for a victim's rape kit, "a set of items used by medical personnel for gathering and preserving physical evidence following a sexual assault."

Palin not only believes rape victims should be forced by the state to carry a pregnancy to term if it is the result of that rape, she believes victims should have to pay to collect forensic evidence to help arrest and convict the rapist.

This kind of thing gives away the real agenda of some pro-lifers: make women second class citizens who have no rights.