Bachmann: ‘Devastating’ Miscarriage Changed My Life

NewsMax

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann declared that a previously undisclosed miscarriage she suffered more than two decades ago shaped her pro-life views and her outlook on the world.

The Minnesota congresswoman spoke of the miscarriage at a recent campaign stop in South Carolina.

“After our second child was born, we became pregnant with a third baby,” Bachmann said.

“And it was an unexpected baby, but of course we were delighted to have this child. And the child was coming along, and we ended up losing that child. And it was devastating for both of us, as you can imagine if any of you have lost a child.”

She told the gathering that the miscarriage led to her and her husband Marcus’ decision to take in foster children, Politico reported. The couple has helped raise 23 foster children, in addition to five children of their own.

“At that moment we didn’t think of ourselves as overly career minded or overly materialistic,” she added. “When we lost that child, it changed us. And it changed us forever.”

According to CNN, “even some of Bachmann’s staffers were caught by surprise when she talked about the miscarriage” because they had not heard the story before.

Bachmann and several other GOP presidential candidates — Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum — recently signed a pledge put forward by the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life group, LifeNews.com reported.

Signers agree to support efforts to defund abortion and the Planned Parenthood abortion business, back a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, and nominate judges who won’t legislate from the bench

Turns out, this was a June 30, 2011 story and apparently NewxMax just heard about it.  Turns out several orgs reported it, but apparently NOBODY noticed.

Somebody REALLY needs to ask her about the Legal Orphans- "What do YOU think about the government kidnapping kids from 'Good Enough Homes" for hokey reasons, doping them out of their heads, holding them hostage for the Federal funding (stolen from Social Security) until they age out and then tossed on the street"?