In a rather amazing story that lit up Twitter around midnight.
Republican congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX), who is an OB/GYN, told a
US House committee on Monday that he thinks abortion should be banned
after 15 weeks as that’s when male fetuses begin to masturbate.
The story was first reported by Adele Stan of RH Reality Check, and subsequently Raw Story found
a link to the entire hearing posted on the House Rules Committee Web
site. Here is the money quote from Burgess, followed by the video, that
I excerpted as it was over an hour long:
This is a subject that I do know something about…. There is no question in my mind that a baby at 20-weeks after conception can feel pain. The fact of the matter is, I argue with the chairman because I thought the date was far too late. We should be setting this at 15-weeks, 16-weeks… You watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful. They stroke their face. If they’re a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. They feel pleasure, why is it so hard to think that they could feel pain?
Yep, it’s always about the boy’s pleasure, not the girl’s.
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