Alabama State Rep. John Rogers thinks it’s up to a woman to decide what to do with her body, which isn’t a new position for a Democrat.

He doesn’t seem to hold out a lot of hope for those “unwanted” kids, though; if you don’t abort them they apparently end up in the electric chair anyway, so yeah, just abort them and save the hassle.

Alabama State Rep. John Rogers (D) on abortion: “Some kids are unwanted, so you kill them now or you kill them later. You bring them in the world unwanted, unloved, you send them to the electric chair. So, you kill them now or you kill them later” pic.twitter.com/dxPg6X759h — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 1, 2019

Or, just maybe, somebody does want that child and will give it love and keep it from death row.

Alabama State Rep. John Rogers (D): “Some children are just unwanted. You either kill them now or you kill them later in the electric chair.” “Some parents can’t handle a child with problems. It could be retarded. It might have no arms and no legs.” https://t.co/ID9HS5dnnt — Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) May 1, 2019

Or maybe you just don’t want it.

“Sources estimate that there are about 2 million couples currently waiting to adopt in the United States — which means there are as many as 36 families waiting for every one child who is placed for adoption.” – American Adoption Network — Joe Angermeier (@JoeAngermeier) May 1, 2019

Here’s an example of a low calibration individual. Hopeless outlook, incapable of valuing life. — Humble Receiver ☀️ (@HumbleReceiver) May 1, 2019

A statement almost as jaw-droppingly awful as that suit. — BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) May 1, 2019

He's been an embarrassment of Alabama for as long as I have lived in Alabama. — Benjamin(Ben) (@FarmerBen01) May 1, 2019

Somebody voted for this…. scary. — Jon Healey (@JHealey4762) May 1, 2019

Very pleasant, happy looking guy. — Doug Fullerton (@DougFullerton1) May 1, 2019

Totally sick. — azdoglover ?? (@christint) May 1, 2019

Since Rogers is a Democrat, maybe he could explain why he’s helped create a world where the death penalty is where “unwanted” kids end up. What’s the point of Head Start and Pre-K and universal childcare if you can just kill them now and save the trouble.

Lord have mercy? — Judith Carpenter (@Judcarp) May 1, 2019

So how many people, nationally, were executed in an electric chair last year? — clayjohanson (@clayjohanson) May 1, 2019

Beck said they’d take off their masks someday. We’re there folks. — ??? RedRiverGrl (@redrivergrl) May 1, 2019

I don't think that's going to sound as good as he thought it sounded when he has it played back to him later. Like, every day for the rest of his career. — It's Harvey. MAN_ (@frenjensenden) May 1, 2019

The worst part is how no one seems to care he is saying this — Sjmaliz (@sjmaliz) May 1, 2019

We have a feeling his colleagues have learned to tune him out.

At least he Admits abortion is killing. I hope when he hears himself he learns his theory is shameful. — Donald Sutherland (@dsutherland6214) May 1, 2019

That’s adorable. He should write for Hallmark. — MG Brown (@mgrbrown) May 1, 2019

should be the new dem slogan — kgbman (@kgbman) May 1, 2019

Progressive best and brightest. Top man. — Brian Schafer (@schaferbr8387) May 1, 2019

The solution is always death with these people. There's never the possibility that if instead of killing a child you show them the love they wouldn't have had, which then lets them know something that was true all along: that they are wanted. — DaveMorales501 (@DaveMorales501) May 1, 2019

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