Republican congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), who just learned that her unborn baby has a terminal disease, has become the recipient of a slew of hate-filled sentiments from abortion supporters.
Rep. Jaime Beutler
Matthew Archbold of the National Catholic Register is reporting that Beutler’s unborn baby was recently diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome, an incurable disease caused by impaired kidney function that usually results in preventing proper lung development. The couple wrote on their Facebook page last week that they are “praying for a miracle.”
“The news quickly became a national story and wonderfully thousands of people reached out to the expectant mother with words of support and prayers. Sadly, the request for prayers was politicized and/or ridiculed by many others,” Archbold reports. “Some have greeted the news with a shocking amount of hatred, scorn and ridicule, even attacking her and calling for her to abort her child.”
Abortion supporters turned to typically liberal media sites such as the Huffington Post and USA Today to post outrageously caustic remarks about Beutler.
“Oh goody… and she’s GOP…. let’s all watch this one develop. Let’s see if she follows the party line ….”
“Why not be proactive and get an abortion?”
“Sorry, prayers won’t do a damn thing.”
“To come to full term with the knowledge your infant will suffer or live with a very dubious prognosis is selfish, in my humble opinion. To come to full term for religious reasons likewise is selfish and, well, foolish but, more importantly, hurtful to the one who cannot speak for itself.”
“She should just go to a Planned Parenthood and be done with ‘it’, after all, it’s not a human yet.”
“It is my perception that she will be using this as ‘proof’ that god exists if her baby is born healthy. It’s sad to see people be so selfish. What about the child? This is so selfish.”
While there were some supportive comments as well, the level of vitriol in the negative remarks was beyond the pale.
Archbold leaves us all with this wise advice:
“Please keep the prayers coming for Herrera Butler, her unborn child, and her entire family. Hatred may fill up the comboxes in many places but prayers rise to Heaven.”
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