Tom Harkin, Anti Life

Tom Harkin, otherwise known as the Great American Hypocrite. It is once again his time to run for reelection to the United States Senate. With a little bit of luck it may be the last time that he runs for the Senate. I haven’t really seen anyone talk about Harkin lately so I decided to do a little research myself. In this instance I will outline Senator Harkin’s position on abortion. Just like with the post on Obama’s House of Horror’s I will be using Harkin’s own comments and voting record to expose whether he is pro-life or anti-life.

The first subject that I will discuss for your reading pleasure is about a bill that would have prohibited minors from crossing state lines to procure an abortion. I know that you must be thinking the same thing that I was when I read this. How can any person in their right mind oppose this bill? Well I will give one guess as to what Harkin’s position is on issue? If you said no, you would be right. Senator Harkin evidently believes that minors should be able to cross state lines to have an abortion performed. I am sorry Mr. Harkin, but you are dead wrong on this position. By allowing minors to partake in an abortion in this fashion is just begging for the law to backfire on the state.

When a bill similar to the one above reached the floor of the Senate, Senator Harkin voted against it. The bill in question would have required that a child seeking an abortion out of the state to notify their parents of the decision that she has made. The ironic thing about this is that a parent must be notified whenever their child is admitted to a hospital for treatment. Yet many on the left felt that we should disregard this rule when it comes to abortion. Talk about asinine assumptions. Why should we bend the rules in order to allow a child to have such a controversial procedure? Why does Senator Harkin believe that this should be the case? Does Harkin really believe that a minor that somehow got into a situation that they would consider having an abortion is going to make wise and informed decisions? This is just another example of Harkins anti-life agenda. Is this really what Iowa wants?

In another display of total disregard for innocent human life, Senator Harkin voted to maintain funding for Planned Parenthood. As most of you would know, Planned Parenthood is allowed to perform abortions when a woman wants to murder their baby. What this bill would have done is prohibited the government from funding an organization or group that provides abortions. Of course Senator Harkin and his cohorts in the Senate did vote against this measure. Now I don’t know what is going on inside Senator Harkin’s head. And I oftentimes wonder if there is anything there at all. Mr. Harkin should realize the position that he should have taken is one that many Americans already have. That is that Planned Parenthood should not be funded using US funds.

Now here is a troubling aspect of Senator Harkins positions. You see Mr. Harkin claims to be a Catholic, but his religion just does not mix with his positions on the issue. You see, Senator Harkin voted to expand research to more embryonic stem cell. In essence Senator Harkin is all in favor of creating a new child through cloning, and then when it is time to study them, they would destroy this precious life. The use of embryonic stem cells is upsetting to quite a few people, especially when adult stem cells have shown some great potential.

Now let us discuss Senator Harkins position on the horrendously cruel procedure known as partial birth abortion. We have already discussed what this procedure is and how it is performed. During Tom’s time in the Senate a ban of partial birth abortion was brought up for a vote twice. In both instances Harkin voted against banning this atrocity masquerading as a legitimate choice. I honestly cannot see how a person can support this monstrosity. The only reason that I can come up with is that they are receiving a lot of money from Planned Parenthood. Once again Harkin’s position on abortion does not represent his constituent’s views on abortion in general and specifically partial birth abortion.

Senator Harkin has even gone as far as to co-sponsor legislation that would protect a woman’s right to choose abortion. In essence Senator Harkin has condoned the ability of a mother to kill her baby. This would make that mother a murderer, and that would make Senator Harkin an accessory to murder.

It is time that we replace Senator Harkin. He no longer represents Iowans. Instead he represents the Washington elite and their socialist agenda. Harkin is however being challenged by a candidate that knows the difference between right and wrong. Come my fellow Iowans, help me bring some fresh blood to Congress in the form of Christopher Reed. Reed is infinitely better than Harkin. Reed isn’t infected with the Washington elite syndrome that corrupts a large portion of our elected officials. Vote for someone that is fresh faced and new to the US Senate and reject the tired old socialist. Maybe then we will be able to get something done in DC. Vote for Christopher Reed.