Brownback broaches rape and abortion
Sen. Sam Brownback, campaigning for president before the National Catholic Men’s Conference, questioned whether rape victims should get abortions.
“Rape is terrible. Rape is awful. Is it made any better by killing an innocent child? Does it solve the problem for the woman that’s been raped?” the Kansas Republican asked at the St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers gathering in Taylors.
“We need to protect innocent life. Period,” Brownback said, bringing the crowd of about 500 to its feet.
Brownback, a Roman Catholic, also said that nations allowing same-sex marriages were engaging in bad social experiments, with bad results.
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