{"id":199548,"date":"2019-04-04T07:51:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T12:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=199548"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T19:19:29","slug":"infanticide-virginia-governor-animal-cruelty-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/infanticide-virginia-governor-animal-cruelty-felony\/","title":{"rendered":"After seemingly endorsing infanticide, Virginia gov makes animal cruelty a felony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who came under scrutiny in January for comments<\/a> he made which led many people to believe he supports infanticide, signed a bill on Monday to make cruelty to animals a felony<\/a>\u00a0in the state.<\/p>\n

During a local radio interview on January 30, Northam stated he supports abortion up until birth and believes that nonviable newborns should be left to die if that’s what the mother wants. His comments caused\u00a0an intense backlash as people questioned how anyone, much less a political leader, could support abortion right up until a woman is in labor and then show zero compassion for babies who may survive those abortions.<\/p>\n

This week, Northam continued to shock. While he finds it acceptable to kill a full-term viable preborn child through a brutal dismemberment abortion or an induction abortion (done by lethal injection causing cardiac arrest of the child), he is ensuring that anyone who intentionally hurts an animal faces a Class 6 felony. While defending animals from cruel deaths is a laudable act, it’s the stunning juxtaposition of Northam’s refusal to do the same for viable human beings in the womb that is so shocking.<\/p>\n

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