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Louie Gohmert: I really appreciate those words from my friend, Chris Smith, and I look forward to seeing that movie. I was very moved…

On the recordMarch 28, 2019
I really appreciate those words from my friend, Chris Smith, and I look forward to seeing that movie. I was very moved watching the movie ``Gosnell''. It just--I thought about the poets, the inhumanity to man. It is tragic. Having talked to people that have taught in China, you know, it is a human crisis what is going on with the abortion of so many women. And like my friend, Chris Smith, I can't help but wonder why that is not considered a war on women when you kill a baby in utero simply because the child is female. But apparently, in China, since couples are only allowed normally to have one child, many couples think, well, we would rather have a boy. Discrimination against girls. As a father who has three girls, they have brought joy to my life in so many ways. I just cannot fathom the thought of ever doing anything to have prevented those girls from being born. But there are far-reaching implications when you have a gendercide. But as was pointed out by a teacher in China, first of all, the boys don't have as much opportunity to have female friends, making it more difficult to find a heterosexual partner. But more than that, because it is restricted to one child, you have two sets of grandparents and two parents, six people who have one child to focus on, and it actually-- One of the greatest disciplined groups of children in the world used to be considered from China. {time} 1230 More and more, you have doting grandparents and parents.…
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Louie Gohmert
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Mar 28, 2019

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