January 23, 2013 08:31 AM UTC

Video: GOP Sen. Scott Renfroe on Roe v. Wade

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• by: Colorado Pols

We received this video clip last night, but didn’t have time to post it. The talk of the Capitol yesterday, here’s GOP Sen. Scott Renfroe’s…memorable moment of personal privilege from the Colorado Senate well marking the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, mourning “55 million babies that never had the chance to breathe air,” and regretting that America has become a nation where we “give parents the power of life and death over their children.” Often times we transcribe these clips, but in this case, you’ve got to watch it to, as Robert A. Heinlein wrote, “grok the fullness.”

It seems to us that Senate President John Morse knew what was coming as Renfroe strode toward the mic, and the enthusiasm in his voice as he granted Sen. Renfroe his moment of personal privilege was, um, evident.

It bears repeating that for the first time, nationwide polling shows majority support for legal abortion.