They've gone from "It's not a choice, it's a person" to "It's not a mother, it's a host." Beam us down to Ol' Virginny:
A pregnant woman is just a “host” for a fetus, according to Virginia state Sen. Steve Martin.
The Republican legislator representing Virginia’s 11th district made the comment in response to a Valentine’s Day card from a reproductive rights group calling on him to protect reproductive health options in the state.
“I don’t expect to be in the room or will I do anything to prevent you from obtaining a contraceptive,” Martin wrote on Facebook. “However, once a child does exist in your womb, I’m not going to assume a right to kill it just because the child’s host (some refer to them as mothers) doesn’t want it.”
Martin went on to call reproductive rights advocates “sick people.” (our emphasis)Is it appropriate, then, to think of the person who gave birth to Martin (hmmm... or is that Martian?) as a "host" rather than a "mother?" How else to explain such an alien notion?
