An Alaska state congressman is under fire after he argued that cases of fatal child abuse are a financial 'benefit to society.'
On Feb. 23, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 35-1 to censure Eastman. Eastman was the sole"no" vote., saying they were “intended to make a point about the economic arguments for abortion,” adding that it was “outrageous” to suggest he “supports the deaths of children.”
"I think no matter who is saying it, that is a terrible message," Mike McBride, 54, a child abuse survivor living in Louisiana, tells TODAY.com."For someone who is in that position to say it is reckless and dangerous. Who knows how many survivors will take this 'I’d be better off dead' message to heart?"
"I’ve been an advocate for considering the message we send to survivors, even from within our own community, when we talk about abuse survivors being 'given a life sentence' or having lifetime harms," he continues."I fear it tells too many survivors that there is no hope for them to ever heal and live any kind of life worth living. Those comments echo all of that, sending a message that survivors are living a life of no hope and not worth the effort of being alive.
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