Congrats, Senator, though I’m sure we’re all looking forward to the time when the makeup of Congress is such that this is no longer major news!
Congratulations Sen. Tammy Duckworth!
Now I’m not sure which takes more courage
- flying a helicopter in combat
- giving birth at age 50 … Senator, you do realize that you will be going toe-to-toe with a snarky 15 year old at age 65 ! - good luck & best wishes!
The fact that every single human being in the world was born from the womb of a woman, and yet this is the first time a U.S. Senator will have given birth in while in office, is one more reminder of how incredibly underrepresented women have been and still are.
Giving birth at 50…by choice. Thats just short of insane, but she is free to do so. Hopefully she will have a healthy baby
Dont you know…50 is the new 40!
It’s mostly a sleep-deprived blur, but as a guy who became the world’s happiest father at age 45 – by choice – I’ll just note…
Duckworth on Parenthood: “As tough as juggling the demands of motherhood and being a Senator can be, I’m hardly alone or unique as a working parent.”
vs.
Trump on Parenthood: “I don’t [change diapers]. I’m really, like, a great father, but certain things you do and certain things you don’t…I won’t do anything to take care of them. [My wife]'ll take care of the kids.”
I believe its a lot more concerning had this been her first child, but its not. Lots of women give birth late in life but are monitored carefully and constantly due to the risks. I’m sure she’ll do the same and fortunately for her, she has the best healthcare in the country as a US Senator. I think its wonderful, though in 2018 its almost hard to believe she’s the first female Senator to be giving birth while in office. We’ve come a long way, baby…I’m just waiting for the first blockhead (i.e. tRump) to say something insensitive and unwarranted about this. Sad to say, it’ll probably happen.
As firsts go…what I’d like to see, just for the hell of it, is watching the First Lady of this country serve that fucker in the White House divorce papers while he’s in office. Now that really would be something. I’m sure Drumpf would claim it to be the best divorce the world has ever seen, should that actually happen.
A pregnant senator as a first?
Meh…
How about a pathological narcissistic liar, serial bankruptee, proven sex abuser, multiple divorcee, money laundering, tax-cheating, bribe taking, wife-cheating, idiot spawning, christofascist idol as POTUS?
Now that’s a first.
Best of luck to Senator Mama and to the future little Ducklingworth!
And a big pile of pointy bladder stones to the first GOP asshole to bitch that he’s paying for her maternity care with his insurance premiums.
Which makes it all the more remarkable that it is still impossible not to notice that Ted Cruz is an asshole.
Well since he bulking up I guess he wants the Asshole of Congress back. But it’s just like the Republican primaries there are a lot to go through before we can crown him King of the Ass Holes.
Hardly one to be proud of though.
I asked my sister (who is 51) if she could imagine having another child at her age. She responded with
expletive NO!
Then wanted to know where on earth that came from…when I told her she said
“God bless her”
As for being a father…its a little different then pushing a kid out at 50.