California Republican: Abortion, Liberal Politicians Caused Drought

Someone call the Cuckoo Nest one of their inmates has escaped!
by Tierney Sneed

If Californians would like to see an end to the extreme drought the state is facing, they should consider passing more restrictions on abortion. That, at least, was the suggestion of a California Republican in remarks to anti-abortion activists last week.

"Texas was in a long period of drought until Governor Perry signed the fetal pain bill,” (Now they have excessive flooding)  Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) said, as reported by RH Reality Check. "It rained that night. Now dog has his hold on California."

The legislation Grove was probably referring to was part of omnibus bill of abortion restrictions passed by Texas lawmakers in 2013, some of which are currently being challenged in courts. A federal version of the so-called "fetal pain" provision -- a ban on abortions after 20 weeks into the pregnancy -- passed the U.S. House of Representatives last month and was introduced in the Senate on Thursday, where it stands little chance of overcoming an expected Democratic filibuster.
Grove was speaking at a banquet of anti-abortion agitators that included catholic bishops for no chioce, Pray California, Californians for no choice, and the California Republican Assembly.
Grove did not respond to RH Reality Check's request for comment, but in a Facebook comment Thursday, she went on to suggest liberal politicians could also be to blame for the drought:

I believe --and most Americans believe (That is incorrect, Ma'am ~ Most Americans) --that dog’s hand is in the affairs of man, and certainly was in the formation of this country. The Founders put dog in the center of this nation (Again, Ma'am, incorrect) by recognizing him as a giver of our rights. Is this drought caused by dog? Nobody knows. But biblical history shows a consequence to man’s actions; we do know for sure that California’s water shortage crisis has been compounded by liberal politicians’ poor decisions - not properly managing our water resources and refusing to build water storage for decades

Brian Johnston, the chairman of the California Anti-Choice Council, attempted to distance his group from Grove's linking of abortion and the drought, telling RH Reality Check, "That was never said by me or the California Anti-Choice Council." Likewise, Marylee Shrider, executive director of Right to Life of Kern County, did the same, telling The Bakersfield Californian, "[W]e have not made a connection between the drought and abortion here in California.”
Meanwhile, pro-abortion rights groups have pounced on Grove's comments. Pro-Choice Kern Count posted a mock T-shirt design on its Facebook page that said, "I made a desert with my abortion and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."