If you live in Virginia, read the news, have your radar tuned to the feminist bat signal, whatever, you probably know all about the Delegate from Prince William County and his “oopsie!” about abortion and disabled children.

Here’s what he originally said, via The Washington Post:

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion who have handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the firstborn of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” Marshall said.

“In the Old Testament, the firstborn of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord,” he added. “There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest — and with the knowledge that they have in faith, it’s been verified by a study from Virginia Commonwealth University — first abortions, of a first pregnancy, are much more damaging than later abortions.”

Of course, once it was reported that Mr. Marshall was blaming abortion for children with handicaps, or saying that a handicapped child is a punishment for abortion, especially if you throw in some OT Bible (represent, yo!) he backtracked and said:

“No one who knows me or my record would imagine that I believe or intended to communicate such an offensive notion. I have devoted a generation of work to defending disabled and unwanted children, and have always maintained that they are special blessings to their parents. Nevertheless, I regret any misimpression my poorly chosen words may have created as to my deep commitment to fighting for these vulnerable children and their families.”

Because, he’s a politician who got caught up in his religious fervor and absolute lack of knowledge or concern about anything regarding abortion except what God 1.0 has told him to think. The studies he is talking about are based on the dilation of the cervix during the abortion procedure.

Ladies, your cervix has absolutely nothing to do with the mental/intellectual/neurological/physical state in which your child comes into this world. It is the “neck” of the uterus that opens when its time to have a baby, or during your period. Cramps and labor pain are caused by the dilation of your cervix. When an abortion is performed, your cervix is dilated, just as if you were having a period, and there can be some damage caused by the instruments used during the procedure, but, again, your cervix has nothing to do with the state of your baby’s handicaps.

I realize Mr. Marshall does not have a cervix, and perhaps could benefit from a specialized sex talk, but I just can’t cut him any slack for his ignorance. He is being paid to be a moron, a dangerous moron. Women with disabled children will hear those words of him and blame themselves even more than they already do for their child’s issues.

Mr. Marshall, while I’m not in your district, I am a woman who highly believes that a man in your position should, at least, not be passing off “medical” information as something biblical to advance your own political agenda. While I am glad to see that a man can be just as misinformed as, say, Sarah Palin (yep, I totally played that card), it saddens me beyond measure that you are a man who could one day be speaking at a school function where I’d have to sit and listen. I hope this is the end of your political aspirations and that you live a happy life, guilt-free and well above the women who have to make these sorts of choices each and every day.