In Public Prayer, Iowa Democrats Give Thanks to Abortion Providers

Gubernatorial candidates Jack Hatch and Tyler Olson joined 50 pro-abortion activists in an extended prayer for abortion

‘We Give Thanks, Oh Lord': Liberal Activists Deliver Extended Prayer Thanking God for Abortion Rights (The Blaze)

There’s nothing uncommon about giving thanks for the gifts people believe God has bestowed upon them. Health, wealth, family, career — there are plenty of elements for which the faithful regularly give thanks. Some Democrats in Iowa, though, added something new into the mix: Abortion rights.

A video going around conservative blogs today shows gubernatorial candidates joining pro-choice advocates in a curious invocation at the state capitol on Wednesday. The Iowa Republican has more about the controversial event:

Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates Jack Hatch and Tyler Olson joined 50 pro-abortion activists in an extended prayer for abortion rights during a rally at the State Capitol on Wednesday. The noon event was meant to fire-up liberals prior to an afternoon hearing across the street conducted by the Iowa Board of Medicine regarding tele-med abortions.

They made the unusual decision, for Democrats, to begin the event with a prayer. This was likely in response to a prayer vigil being conducted by pro-life activists at the same time nearby.

Des Moines activist Midge Slater took the podium and spent five and a half minutes thanking God for abortion rights, abortion doctors and taxpayer funding for abortions. She also referred to the decision to have an abortion as “a blessing”.

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