A criminal mind

As the women in Wisconsin head to the polls soon, there is a comment from the Republican candidate for Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen that they should keep in mind. He equates women protecting their reproductive health with the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer. From the Capital Times in December of 2005:

During a debate with Bucher, Van Hollen was asked whether "government should be involved in the personal decisions as to whether somebody should have an abortion."

Van Hollen replied, "You are not going to find me saying that I believe that that is something that should be the choice of an individual any more than I believe that homicide in any other circumstance should be the choice of a specific individual."

Van Hollen's statement caused a public outcry and he was forced to acknowledge that, under the law of the land, women have a right to make decisions about what happens with their own bodies. But he did not back off his comparison of such women to murderers. Nor did he suggest that he believes anything different.

That's right ladies. If you need to get an abortion because your life is in danger, you are guilty of homicide in Van Hollen's mind.

Let's not send a guy to the run the Department of Justice who believes every woman out there is a potential criminal.