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Ohio lawmaker Jean Schmidt, 70, says rape can be an 'opportunity' for teenage victims to become good mothers as she argues to ban abortion
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rtion-says-rape-opportunity-good-mothers.html
- Jean Schmidt was arguing in favor of Ohio's Human Life Protection Act when she made the comments on Wednesday
- The bill would ban abortions entirely in Ohio if Roe vs Wade is overturned
- Schmidt was confronted with the scenario of young girls being impregnated via rape or incest rape
- She replied to say that it would be an 'opportunity for that woman no matter how young or old she is'
- 'What she's going to do to help that life be a productive human being,' she said
- Schmidt was slammed by pro-choice activists and others who said she was a 'rape apologist'
- In 2005, Schmidt called a Democratic Vietnam combat veteran a 'coward'
- It won her the nickname 'Mean Jean'
Wow
What is wrong with people? The even more messed up thing is she isn't nearly the first lawmaker to say such things.