Alabama Pol: Fetus 'Largest Organ' in Body

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

A female Alabama lawmaker said her state needs tougher restrictions on abortion clinics because a fetus is the "largest organ" in a pregnant woman's body. State Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, a Republican, made the statement to justify a law she proposed to regulate the state's five abortion clinics like surgical clinics. "When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body," McClurkin, a married mother of three with three grandchildren, told the Montgomery Advertiser. "That's a big thing. That's a big surgery. You don't have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that." A fetus is not an organ. Even if it was, it wouldn't be the largest in the body.

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A female Alabama lawmaker has said her state needs tougher restrictions on abortion clinics because a fetus is the 'largest organ' in a pregnant woman's body.

They breed them with the extra stupid chromosome.

#1 | Posted by 726 at 2013-02-19 07:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

And even if it were - it wouldn't be the largest organ in the body.

Also correct. This woman fails on so many levels that her status as a GOP star is guaranteed.

#2 | Posted by 726 at 2013-02-19 07:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

I hear she's on the short list of Republican Presidential hopefuls for 2016.

#3 | Posted by danni at 2013-02-19 07:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

"...because a fetus is the 'largest organ' in a pregnant woman's body."

Someone, surely, must be working on compiling We Walked With Dinosaurs: Republican Science Made Even Simpler.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-02-19 08:01 AM | Reply | Flag:

I'm sure she knows that you can tip GUAM over by adding troops to one side it it.

#5 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-02-19 08:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

Don't worry, the female body can shut that whole thing down ya know.

#6 | Posted by 726 at 2013-02-19 08:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

The last guy the GOP nominated believed Jesus walked the Earth in N. America.

#7 | Posted by danni at 2013-02-19 08:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

The liver is the largest internal organ. And I hear it is great with fava beans and chianti.

#9 | Posted by schmanch at 2013-02-19 09:19 AM | Reply | Flag:

The largest organ overall is the skin.

#10 | Posted by ness_gadol at 2013-02-19 09:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

#9 | Posted by schmanch at 2013-02-19 09:19 AM | Reply

Not if the provisionally accepted hypothesis is that a fetus is an organ.

#11 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 09:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

The largest organ overall is the skin.

#10 | Posted by ness_gadol at 2013-02-19 09:31 AM | Reply

That's generally accepted but not necessarily true if the skin is really an organ "system" and not a true organ.

#12 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 09:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

That is why I stated "internal".

#13 | Posted by schmanch at 2013-02-19 09:36 AM | Reply | Flag:

Why would you make an assumption, Mats, that is counter to scientific fact and terminology? "Organ" has a specific meaning. A fetus is not an organ any more than the brain is a muscle.

We can argue, logically, about when a fetus is considered a "life." We can't argue, logically, about whether or not a fetus is an organ. Depending on when in the pregnancy the abortion occurs, it can be a big surgery, so maybe in context she had some larger (pun intended) point, but by using the word "organ," she looks pretty dumb. And she should look that dumb to anyone who cares about using words for what they actually mean, ideology be damned. If some lefty or Dem spoke this way, I'd criticize that person, too. (And yes, the guy who said the Guam thing appears to be downright stupid.)

#14 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-19 09:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

Why would you make an assumption, Mats, that is counter to scientific fact and terminology? "Organ" has a specific meaning. A fetus is not an organ any more than the brain is a muscle.

#14 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-19 09:43 AM | Reply

Prag, read carefully the author of the thread. I'm not making the assumption, the author is through his hyperbole----"even if it were-it wouldn't be the largest organ in the body". If a fetus were an organ his assumption puts him potentially in the same category as the person he is critical of.

#15 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 09:50 AM | Reply | Flag:

.....
.... how do they elect such stupid people ?.. ....
...
.....

#16 | Posted by skizziks at 2013-02-19 09:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

One stupid voter at a time.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2013-02-19 10:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Okay, all you brilliant sniveling and derisive lefties; if we make the assumption that the fetus is an organ ......"

Why would anyone make such an assine assumption?

#18 | Posted by Sully at 2013-02-19 10:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

15: Please, Mats.

"'When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body,' McClurkin, a married mother of three with three grandchildren, told the Montgomery Advertiser last week. 'That's a big thing. That's a big surgery. You don't have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.'"

She said it is the largest organ in the body, unless you're asserting that the author misused quotes or outright lied, and that's a big assumption to make based on nothing.

Okay, so I'll accept that your accepting the assumption, which is still nonsense. You seem to be defending the lawmaker. Why? Or are you just trolling the critics? You're better than that, Mats. Except for your random personal attacks on me of the last month or so. But hey, I've got a thick organ system known as skin.

#19 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-19 10:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

" that your accepting"

Oops. Homonym hell! "your"="you're"

#20 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-19 10:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

You seem to be defending the lawmaker. Why?

Because he would vote for her.

#21 | Posted by 726 at 2013-02-19 01:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hey she is trying to use this new "science" thing she keeps hearing about give her a break if she gets it wrong at first.

#22 | Posted by THomewood at 2013-02-19 02:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

But hey, I've got a thick organ system known as skin.

#19 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-19 10:56 AM | Reply |

Thick? Prag, you better get some treatment for that psoriasis.

#23 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 02:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

One stupid voter at a time.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2013-02-19 10:31 AM | Reply

www.examiner.com

#24 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 02:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

The largest organ is your skin.

#25 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-02-19 02:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

"You seem to be defending the lawmaker. Why?"

Because he would vote for her.
#21 | Posted by 726

He'd do more than that if he felt up to it.

#27 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-02-19 02:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

The largest organ is your skin.

#25 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-02-19 02:28 PM | Reply

Others would distinguish skin as an organ "system" versus an organ.

#28 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

Others would distinguish skin as an organ "system" versus an organ.

#28 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 02:49 PM | Reply

What organ has no "system"?

#31 | Posted by Buffalo_Bob at 2013-02-19 06:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

What organ has no "system"?

#31 | Posted by Buffalo_Bob at 2013-02-19 06:24 PM | Reply |

Your cerebri?

#32 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-19 06:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

#32

Speak for yourself. You make yourself look foolish trying to say organs do not have "systems".

#33 | Posted by Buffalo_Bob at 2013-02-19 07:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'm sure she knows that you can tip GUAM over by adding troops to one side it it.

#5 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-02-19 08:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

Yeah, that comment was metaphorical. The audience at the time knew it was metaphorical. The speaker went on after the fact to say that it was metaphorical. The context of the remark suggests that it was metaphorical (the speaker went on to talk about environmental impacts).

Likewise, even were it not metaphorical, do you not feel a little pathetic trotting this example out over and over again in the face of much more frequent and serious errors on much more pressing and serious topics by your ideological fellow travelers? Do you, perhaps, enjoy looking foolish?

#34 | Posted by DirkStruan at 2013-02-19 09:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

"an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function"

#35 | Posted by KBM at 2013-02-19 10:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The last guy the GOP nominated believed Jesus walked the Earth in N. America."

His Dem opponent believes if we sort cans and bottles and walk around the house turning off lights we are somehow "saving the planet."

#36 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-02-20 01:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

come on, let's discuss the brlliance of Ted Cruz.

#37 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-02-20 06:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

Not if the provisionally accepted hypothesis is that a fetus is an organ.
#11 | POSTED BY MATSOP AT 2013-02-19 09:32 AM | FLAG:

The largest organ overall is the skin.
#10 | Posted by ness_gadol at 2013-02-19 09:31 AM | Reply
That's generally accepted but not necessarily true if the skin is really an organ "system" and not a true organ.
#12 | POSTED BY MATSOP AT 2013-02-19 09:34 AM | FLAG:

And one of the DR Tea Party Representatives chimes in to further humiliate himself and the party.

First, there is no provisionally accepted hypothesis that a fetus in an organ, except in the Tea Party community.

Second, our skin in the largest organ, this is accepted by real scientists.

But as you and Eddie keep demonstrating, the Tea Party has no use for facts or science when they have faith.

#38 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-21 08:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.google.com

www.drstandley.com

en.wikipedia.org

Clown, you shouldn't try so hard to show your deficiencies.

#39 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-21 08:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

"an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function"
#35 | POSTED BY KBM AT 2013-02-19 10:11 PM | FLAG:

LOL!

So, you're displaying your solidarity with Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin by displaying your ineptitude.

#40 | Posted by clownshack at 2013-02-21 09:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.google.com
www.drstandley.com
en.wikipedia.org
Clown, you shouldn't try so hard to show your deficiencies.
#39 | POSTED BY MATSOP AT 2013-02-21 08:35 PM | REPLY | FLAG

Your links describe skin as an organ, thanks for providing examples.

#41 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-21 09:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hey Mats,

what happened to your claim that there's a "provisionally accepted hypothesis is that a fetus is an organ."

#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-21 09:13 PM | Reply | Flag: