Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) said on Saturday that pregnant women who are infected with the Zika virus — which is believed to cause severe and debilitating birth defects like microcephaly — should not be allowed to terminate their pregnancies.
In an interview with Politico‘s Mike Caputo, Rubio said, “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. But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”
Microcephaly involves severe deformities of the brain and skull and babies born with the condition begin their lives critically ill. Their care can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in the first year of life alone.
“Obviously, microcephaly is a terrible prenatal condition that kids are born with. And when they are, it’s […]
They’s only had about 14 cases of zika in florida, hardly an epidemic. There are about 5,000 cases of microcephaly in the US every year. I suspect that giving vaccines to pregnant women is causing this.