Republican State Senator Accused of Ethics Violation for Referring to Abortion as “Killing Babies”

The word “abortion” may send chills down the spine of people who value the sanctity of human life, but it is actually intended as a euphemism. Some would like to make use of this euphemism mandatory:

A Republican state senator who shouted at University of Idaho students in the Capitol to lobby for a birth control bill on Monday now faces an ethics complaint after a tweet from an account presenting as the lawmaker’s directed students to discuss “killing babies” with a Democratic colleague.

State Sen. Maryanne Jordan filed the complaint against Republican state Sen. Dan Foreman.

It is unethical to call abortion “killing babies” for the same reason it is racist to call Affirmative Action discrimination against whites. Ayn Rand said a = a; she was a thought criminal.

Speaking of thought criminals,

Foreman has also faced scrutiny over an email response to a constituent’s concerns over climate change. Foreman called global warming “nonsense” and said it was a scam used by left-wing fanatics to raise taxes.

That sort of truth-telling can get you in hot water, even in Idaho.

On a tip from KirklesWorth.