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		</div><p>A US politician has defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether “there would be any population of the world left” if not for births due to rape and incest.</p>
<p>Speaking before a conservative group in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, Iowa congressman Steve King reviewed legislation he has sought that would outlaw abortions without exceptions for rape and incest.</p>
<p>Mr King, a Republican, justified the lack of exceptions by questioning how many people would be alive if not for those conceived through rapes and incest.</p>
<p><i>“What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest?”</i></p>
<p><i>“Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?”</i> Mr King asked, according to The Des Moines Register, which covered the event.</p>
<p><i>“Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can’t say that I was not a part of a product of that.”</i></p>
<p>He added: <i>“It’s not the baby’s fault for the sin of the father, or of the mother.”</i></p>
<p>The nine-term Republican congressman, who represents a sprawling, largely rural 39-county district, has been criticised repeatedly for comments he has made over the years, especially on issues related to race and immigration.</p>
<p>Shortly before the November 2018 election, The Washington Post reported that Mr King met in Austria with the far-right Freedom Party, a group with Nazi ties.</p>
<p>Mr King said the meeting was with business leaders, including one person from the Freedom Party, but the newspaper stood by its story.</p>
<p>Soon after the election, Mr King was quoted in a New York Times story saying, <i>“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilisation — how did that language become offensive?”</i></p>
<p>The comments were denounced as racist and led the House to vote 424-1 to rebuke Mr King.</p>
<p>Republican leaders also stripped him of his committee assignments.</p>
<p>Although Mr King has usually breezed to victories in the conservative fourth Congressional District, he narrowly won his last election over Democrat J.D. Scholten.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am 100% pro-life but Steve King&#39;s bizarre comments and behavior diminish our message &; damage our cause. Trump needs defenders in Congress, not distractions. I will ensure we win this seat &; I&#39;ll be an effective conservative leader in Congress. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IA04?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IA04</a> <a href="https://t.co/x8M58B0gh0">https://t.co/x8M58B0gh0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Randy Feenstra (@RandyFeenstra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyFeenstra/status/1161702654067822598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>This year, several candidates have said they will challenge Mr King for the Republican nomination, including conservative state Senator Randy Feenstra.</p>
<p>Mr Scholten also recently announced he would again run for the seat.</p>
<p>After Mr King’s comment Wednesday, Mr Feenstra said in a statement:<i> “I am 100% pro-life but Steve King’s bizarre comments and behaviour diminish our message &; damage our cause.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Scholten also criticised Mr King.</p>
<p><i>”Yet again, Steve King puts his selfish, hateful ideology above the needs of the people of Iowa’s Fourth District.”</i></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s official &#8211; we’re all in to defeat <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveKingIA</a> Share our launch video and join us in this fight. <a href="https://t.co/qtwuPZDcWT">https://t.co/qtwuPZDcWT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IA04?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IA04</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IAPolitics?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IAPolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/PwdtU43S6t">pic.twitter.com/PwdtU43S6t</a></p>
<p>&mdash; J.D. Scholten (@JDScholten) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDScholten/status/1158320496800194560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><i>“Excusing violence — in any way — is entirely unacceptable,”</i> Mr Scholten said in a statement.</p>
<p>Several Democratic presidential candidates noted Mr King’s comments and urged people to contribute to Mr Scholten’s campaign.</p>
<p><i>“You would think it would be pretty easy to come out against rape and incest,”</i> one of the presidential candidates, Pete Buttigieg, said in a statement.</p>
<p><i>“Then again, you’d think it’d be pretty easy to come out against white nationalism.”</i></p>
<p>Elizabeth Warren tweeted support for Mr Scholten, saying:<i> “Steve King must resign.</i></p>
<p><i>“His latest comment is a disgusting attack on victims of sexual assault.”</i></p>
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