According to Ohio Republican Jean Schmidt, rape is just another childbearing 'opportunity'

 

Headline:  Washington Post, 4/30/2022

An Ohio lawmaker proposing a near-total abortion ban was given a hypothetical: A 13-year-old girl is raped and becomes pregnant as a result. Would the Republican’s bill force that teenager to have her rapist’s baby? 

Yes — and the resulting child would be an “opportunity,” state Rep. Jean Schmidt said this week. 

“It is a shame that it happens, but there’s an opportunity for that woman, no matter how young or old she is, to make a determination about what she’s going to do to help that life be a productive human being,” she said.