Dear Senator Rubio,
Please carry inside of you for nine months, a sick baby, one who is failing to thrive in the womb. And while you're at your OBGYN, lying on the table, and you see the look of despair on her face, just be strong. And when she tells you that your baby, the one you've been falling in love with for months, has microcephaly, and will, in fact, never thrive, you be strong. And when you're in labor for eighteen hours, sweating, panting, hurting, crying, and knowing that you're about to give birth to that baby that you grew inside you, that baby whose brain will never fully function properly, you be strong. And when your doctor puts that newborn baby in your hands and you hold for the first time, understanding that her life expectancy is limited, she will never know you, she will suffer seizures, have severe retinal disfunction, and is highly likely to die in your arms after choking to death. You be strong. Be strong as they sew up your cervix. Be strong when your breasts leak milk your baby is incapable if suckling. Be strong on your drive home from the hospital. Be strong when your family comes to see your baby and doesn't know how to comfort you. Be strong at the funeral, Senator, and when they're driving a tiny casket holding your child to the cemetery, and when they lower her into the ground. Be strong when you're emptying out her beautiful bedroom, the one your spouse surprised you with when you came home from your baby shower at your best friend's house. Be strong when you're discarding her tiny bed, her stuffed animals, her clothes, her half empty box of diapers. And Senator, you be strong when your spouse asks you to forgo the birth control because he wants to try for another baby, and you're too terrified to ever get pregnant, again.
Oh, yeah, you're a male. Never mind. You don't have to be that strong.
In response to Senator Rubio's statements regarding abortions and Zika:
Rubio: No abortions for Zika-infected women
By MARC CAPUTO
08/06/16 03:54 PM EDT
Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he doesn’t believe a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus should have the right to an abortion — even if she had reason to believe the child would be born with severe microcephaly.
"I understand a lot of people disagree with my view – but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws. And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it’s a difficult question and a hard one," Rubio told POLITICO
Read more: http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/08/rubio-no-abortions-for-zika-infected-women-104555#ixzz4GbEu5k5O
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