DES MOINES, September 6, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party says the two Democrats who hope to become the state's next governor should condemn a prayer for more abortion that was offered at a rally they attended.
Video footage released last week showed Tyler Olsen and Jack Hatch, who are seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2014, bowing their heads and closing their eyes in reverence as a woman prayed to the “Lord” for the gift of abortion-on-demand.
“We give thanks and celebrate that abortion is still safe and legal,” said Midge Slater of the Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans in a five-minute prayer. “We give thanks, O Lord, for the doctors, both current and future, who provide quality abortion care.”
“We pray for the 45 million American women who have had safe, legal abortions. May they stand tall and refuse shame,” she added.
Slater also asked the Almighty to vouchsafe that elected officials “may always support a woman's right to make her own medical decisions.”
“Praying to God and thanking Him for abortions, and then asking for his guidance to provide more abortions, is one of the most atrocious things I’ve ever heard of,” said Spiker in a statement.
He said he found it “difficult to think God would agree with the dismembering of babies, much less he would offer his blessings upon those who prayed for more abortions.”
He said the gubernatorial candidates should denounce the “sick, twisted and disgusting” prayer.
However, one of the participants has already defended his participation in the rally. “We certainly don’t have any power, nor should we, to restrict what a prayer is,” Hatch told the Des Moines Register.
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The oration was offered at a demonstration asking the Board of Medicine to keep telemed abortion legal. The board voted 8-2 to end the practice.
“If this is what Olsen and Hatch think will help them in their race to defeat Terry Branstad in 2014, then it shows just how unbelievably out of touch they are with everyday Iowans and how poorly they’re going to perform come election time,” Spiker said.