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Statement Concerning Capital News Service Article
MANASSAS, VA – A February 22nd Capital News Service story claimed, “Western Prince William Del. Bob Marshall (R-13th) says disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy.”
I never made this statement. I believe that all children, no matter their background are a blessing from the Lord, not a punishment. Capital News Service never called me about these alleged comments.
No other reporter who attended the same February 18th press conference regarding Planned Parenthood funding made the same claim for the simple reason that I never made such a statement about disabled children.
A video of the press conference bears this out. (May be accessed in its entirety at the end of this article)
Furthermore, my personal and public life show a respect for unwanted or disabled children, including our adoption of three children, my bills to provide for health insurance for autistic children, and my bill this year requiring that women be informed of possible problems in future pregnancies from abortion.
I acknowledge that my extemporary remarks could have been better chosen to explain the medical research findings which show a high incidence of complications following induced abortions.
I understand how disability groups could react, but they are reacting in part to words I never said, never meant, and don’t believe. But I apologize to all for the misuse of my words especially to disabled Virginians or others offended.
My purpose was to show how authentic medical findings demonstrate that abortion has consequences beyond the death of the child being aborted. That is why I have proposed HB 334, which passed the House of Delegates 95-2, and which requires women undergoing abortion to be offered medical articles concerning possible complications in future pregnancies.
I take my oath of office seriously, and believe it is important to protect my constituents by ensuring full transparency about a procedure that may adversely impact their future reproductive health. That is why I strongly believe that Planned Parenthood, which performs one-fourth of abortions nationwide and opposes protecting women with this vital information, should not be funded by Virginia taxpayers.
Children, whether wanted or unwanted, intended or unintended, “normal” or disabled, are blessings from a loving God, and I will continue to fight on their behalf and on behalf of the courageous families who care for these wonderful children.
Fighting for you,
Delegate Bob Marshall
13th District Delegate
VIDEO:
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
Verbatim. The TRT is 2:05:
“Thank you very much for coming here today. We are dealing with an attempt to defund, frankly, a malevolent organization. And I say that because you know people by their fruits. In 1960, 65, the out of wed-lock birthrate for blacks was 25 percent. I think it was about 23 percent in 1960 – it was 5 percent for all races. Now it’s 40 percent. It’s 72% for blacks, 51% for Latinas. These are the fruits of planned parenthood. OK. Nothing else. More heartache. More guys who are completely irresponsible and think that women have one function and one function only for a few minutes. OK. But this just isn’t affecting our families, our inner cities, our communities and our state. This poison animates a world-wide population control program that the United States funds and which is unnecessarily making us enemies overseas. We are attacking traditional family structure in a way that no country should be doing. These aren’t my words. Go read a book by Denesh DeSouza. Ok. He’s looking at it from a cultural, historical perspective. This organization should be called Planned Barrenhood cause they have nothing to do with families, they have nothing to do with responsibility. One-fourth of all abortions are done by Planned Parenthood in the United States. Ok. The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion who have handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first-born of any, Nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children. In the Old Testament, the first-born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest, and with the knowledge they have from faith has been verified by a study by the Virginia Commonwealth University. First abortions of the first pregnancy are much more damaging to the woman than latter abortions. None of these are good for anybody but this organization has had its time. They have failed in their efforts and we need to defund them and not have them receive a dime of public money.”
Bob Marshall Responds on 630 WMAL Interview
Please click on the following link to listen to the interview: Interview on WMAL
Statement on Recent News story by Capital News Service
MANASSAS, VA – A story by Capital News Service regarding my remarks at a recent press conference opposing taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood conveyed the impression that I believe disabled children are a punishment for prior abortions. No one who knows me or my record would imagine that I believe or intended to communicate such an offensive notion. I have devoted a generation of work to defending disabled and unwanted children, and have always maintained that they are special blessings to their parents. Nevertheless, I regret any misimpression my poorly chosen words may have created as to my deep commitment to fighting for these vulnerable children and their families.
Sincerely,
Delegate Bob Marshall
State Delegate, 13th District
Prince William County, Loudoun County
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Delegate Bob Marshall on Fox News, America’s News HQ, discussing HB10
Va. House Passes Bill to Defy Health Care Mandate
By: William C. Flook
Examiner Staff Writer
Source: Courtesy of The Washington Examiner
February 12, 2010
Virginia’s House of Delegates on Thursday voted to defy a potential health insurance mandate from Congress. The vote, which follows the passage of a similar measure in the Virginia Senate last week, puts the state legislature squarely in opposition to a core provision of congressional Democrats’ health care bill.
The Virginia Health Care Freedom Act, sponsored by Del. Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, passed 72-26 in the Republican-controlled chamber.
The legislation looks to exempt Virginians from any government requirement to buy into a health plan, although its larger purpose is as a “message bill” meant to persuade federal legislators — especially those representing Virginia — to back off from the proposed overhaul. Read more
Despite Health Bill Uncertainty, Va. Protest Bills March On
By: WILLIAM C. FLOOK
Examiner Staff Writer
Source: Courtesy of The Washington Examiner
February 1, 2010
The precarious position of national health care legislation hasn’t stopped lawmakers in Virginia from moving ahead with bills that seek to defy a federal health insurance mandate.
The proposals — which have advanced in committee or subcommittee in both the Virginia House and Senate — look to exempt Virginia from Congress’ health care initiatives. While the measures may end up being more symbolic than substantive, they have gained wide notice as Republican lawmakers seek to harness unrest over an expanded federal role in medical care.
Del. Bob Marshall’s Health Care Freedom Act has become this session’s most viewed bill on the state’s legislative Web site — with more looks than even the two-year budget proposal.
Va.‘s Laws on Charter Schools Could Ease
Written by Holly Ridge
Source: Courtesy of the Richmond Times Dispatch
With a pro-charter school administration at the helm, Virginia’s relatively tough laws regulating the specialty schools could soon change.
Gov. Bob McDonnell has said he wants to see changes to make it easier to open charter schools, even mentioning his support in his response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Wednesday.
He also appointed charter school proponent Gerard Robinson, who had served as president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, as state education secretary. That organization aims to provide low-income and working-class black families with access to high-quality education through such programs as charter schools, school vouchers, virtual schools and more.
And in this General Assembly session, bills have been introduced that address charter school policies statewide. One submitted by Del. Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, would withhold state funding to school systems that deny applications from charter schools deemed acceptable by the state Board of Education. Read more
Bob Marshall Adresses Richmond 10th Amendment Rally
Bills Would Limit Federal Power
Date published: 1/18/2010
WRITTEN BY CHELYEN DAVIS
Source: Courtesy of Fredricksburg Free Lance Star
RICHMOND–Last year’s “tea parties” and health care town halls gave voice to a groundswell of concerns about federal government spending and encroachment into people’s lives.
Now those concerns are finding voice in state legislation aimed at limiting the federal government’s power.
Several members of the Virginia House of Delegates, including Del. Mark Cole, R-Spotsylvania, have submitted bills that aim, in various ways, to restrict federal influence.
Del. Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, has put in bills to exempt Virginians from federal health care mandates. Cole has a similar bill. He has also introduced legislation to restrict federal oversight of commerce by saying that federal interstate commerce laws and regulations don’t apply to goods and services made and sold in Virginia that don’t cross state lines.
Cole also has a resolution urging Congress to establish a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Read more
Virginia leader chomping at the bit to fight ‘Obamacare’
WND Exclusive DOCTOR’S ORDERS
Incoming AG to feds: Hands off my state
Posted: January 16, 2010
By Anita Crane
Source: Courtesy of © 2010 WorldNetDaily
Officials in Virginia a short time ago joined attorneys general in a dozen other states to object to the provisions of “Obamacare,” the pending legislation that would give the federal government unprecedented control of health care, and the state’s incoming attorney general is chomping at the bit to get to work on the issue.
Ken Cuccinelli, who will take the oath of office this weekend, said it’s a simple matter of the government lacking authority to impose the decisions members of Congress are making for their constituents.
“I believe the individual mandate violates individual rights,” Cuccinelli said in an interview. “I do not believe the federal government has the legal authority in the [U.S.] Constitution to mandate that individual Americans purchase health insurance.
“A corollary to that is that the [Senate] bill, as it is currently written, requires state governments to set up healthcare exchanges to facilitate individual mandates. I do not believe that under the Constitution the federal government has the authority to dictate or effectively force states into its bureaucracy,” he said. Read more
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