On Abortion Barbie

This afternoon, amidst the discussion that Wendy Davis doesn't "know what happened" about Kermit Gosnell, Erick Erickson of RedState made the following tweet:

It is a bit embarrassing that Abortion Barbie doesn't even have her facts straight on Kermit Gosnell considering abortion is her issue.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 6, 2013

This set off the predictable Twitter kerfuffle.

Then Joan Walsh of Salon chimed in:

Erick Erickson is the insecure frat-boy id of the Republican Party. Oh, sure, party leaders wring their hands about their problem with women voters, but deep down, we’re all “Abortion Barbie” to a whole lot of them. Only Erickson is creepy enough to say so.

Followed by ThinkProgress:

Conservative commentator Erick Erickson referred to Texas Sen. Wendy Davis (D) as an “Abortion Barbie” in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, sparking outrage over the sexist implications of linking the female lawmaker with the famous Mattel product.

According to MediaMatters:

Erickson has a history of inflammatory comments, including directing liberals to a coat hanger sales site after a restrictive Texas abortion bill passed, later responding to criticism by offering his "Sincere Apologies to the Kid Killing caucus." Erickson defended Republican Missouri Rep. Todd Akin after he claimed it was "really rare" for victims of "legitimate rape" to become pregnant and called the opening of the 2012 Democratic National Convention the "First night of the Vagina Monologues."

Cahnman's Musings commends Erickson for developing the perfect nickname for Wendy Davis.

Abortion Barbie comes with Pink Sneakers and Tampon; catheter sold separately....

Senator Ted Cruz: #STAND4LIFE

Senator Ted Cruz gives a compelling address at National Right to Life:



Highlights:

•  The Declaration of Independence puts life first for a reason.

• Led the fight to defend Parental notification in front of the Supreme Court and won unanimously.

• Basically, he's kicked Planned Parenthood's butt multiple times in Court.

• Dems Gosnell counter-resolution condemned 'unsanitary health care conditions."

• "The U.S. Senate under Harry Reid has no interest whatsoever in even knowing what's going on."

• "The Obama administration with much fanfare repealed the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, yet sadly that seems to be their policy when it comes to late-term abortions."

• "When Rand Paul stood up to filibuster Barack Obama's drone policy, and when we stood up beside him, we were filibustering to protect the sanctity of unborn life from arbitrary government destruction; when Austin Democrats stood together in their filibuster, they were filibustering the ability to carry out late term abortions, to protect the ability to take unborn lives."

Governor Perry Defends Unborn Babies

With the discovery of another Kermit Gosnell in Houston, Governor Perry has added pro-life measures to the call for the ongoing special session; from the Office of the Governor:

"The horrors of the national late-term abortion industry are continuing to come to light, one atrocity at a time. Sadly, some of those same atrocities happen in our own state. In Texas, we value all life, and we've worked to cultivate a culture that supports the birth of every child," Gov. Perry said. "We have an obligation to protect unborn children, and to hold those who peddle these abortions to standards that would minimize the death, disease and pain they cause."

This special session just got a lot more interesting.

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Update: According to the Texas Tribune, Democrats are already throwing a hissy fit:

State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, who fought unsuccessfully against a 2011 measure requiring sonograms for most women who seek to terminate a pregnancy, said Texans don’t want lawmakers to engage in another divisive debate over abortion. 

She said the new agenda item will mark a major departure from the relatively peaceful regular session, which started in January and ended late last month. 

“I think we have so many other priorities,” she said. “We’ve been able to compromise. We’ve keep those wedge issues off the House floor, and this is going to change what progress we’ve made with a bipartisan take-care-of-business attitude."

The Next Kermit Gosnell Discovered...IN TEXAS!!!

Highlights:

•  3 to 4 late term babies were born alive PER DAY.

• Snipped spines and stuck forceps into soft spots.

• "Twisting the head off the neck.

• He does a lot of "big" abortions.
• ie. Late-term

• Babies were left in the toilet.

• "The toes would curl."

• Ripping apart the woman's uterus and not letting her know.

LifeNews has a full write-up here.

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Cahnman's Musings joins LifeNews urging readers to contact these officials for a full criminal investigation:

Mike Anderson, District Attorney Harris County, Texas
1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600, Houston, Texas 77002-1923
Voice: (713)-755-5800
E-Mail: Armand_Stephanie@dao.hctx.net

Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas
Office of the Attorney General
PO Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548
Voice: (512) 463-2050
E-Mail: robert.allen@texasattorneygeneral.gov

Texas Medical Board
333 Guadalupe
Tower 3, Suite 610
Austin, TX 78701
Voice: (512) 305-7010
E-Mail: verifcic@tmb.state.tx.us

Everything You Ever Needed to Know About the Kermit Gosnell Trial in One Cartoon

OUCH:

Kermit Gosnell: The Biggest Serial Killer in American History

Glenn Beck with a must-see segment on Kermit Gosnell:



Highlights:

• 30 weeks and on

• Babies were breathing and moving when born.

3801 Lancaster

Seeing as how the media has refused to cover it, you might not be familiar with the Kermit Gosnell story, 3801 Lancaster will bring you up to speed:



Highlights:

• Gosnell had a good reputation; people liked him.

• "You'd see some weird stuff around there, but I had no idea what he was doing."

• One woman had eight abortions in fourteen years.

• "How many black people look the other way while black babies are slaughtered by abortionists."

• The Department of Health did nothing in response to a decade worth of reports.

• "My body was so ravaged from abortion that I became sterile."