Question for Rep. Green

Earlier this week Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco made a gross political calculation. She decided the victims of rape and incest will have to suffer for the fact that she is probably lagging in the polls after hurricane Katrina. She is going to sign a ban on abortion that does not include an exception for rape an incest victims. She said:

she believes an exception for rape and incest victims to get an abortion, a proposal rejected by both the House and Senate, would have "been reasonable," but she said she wouldn't reject the bill for that reason.

That translates into: I don't think I have the political capital right now to stand up for what is right.

Xoff wondered earlier this week if Rep. Mark Green would sign a bill like this. I'm wondering too and am hoping a reporter will ask him. I know Governor Doyle would never sign this bill, but Rep. Green's record suggests he will.

Green too has made some political calculations on this issue and has usually come to the conclusion that the rights of women to control their reproductive status, even when violently taken out of their hands by a rapist or an evil family member, isn't as important as his election to some office and those anti-abortion zealots bring lots of election help.

We saw with the debate on the proposed federal amendment to ban gay marriage that Republicans like to debate without putting faces to the people the debate is actually about. But let's put a face to this debate for Rep. Green.

If your daughter was raped and became pregnant from the rape, would force her to have the baby?