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Shit Republicans Say: A running list of the worst things Republicans have said about abortion
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Jessica Valenti
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Knew it wouldn’t be long before I had to update this.
Tudor Dixon, the Republican running for governor in Michigan, says raped & impregnated children should be denied abortions because there can be “healing through that baby.”
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Shit Republicans Say
A running list of the worst things Republicans have said about abortion
9:47 AM · Aug 22, 2022
Jessica Valenti
@JessicaValenti
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Knew it wouldn’t be long before I had to update this.
Tudor Dixon, the Republican running for governor in Michigan, says raped & impregnated children should be denied abortions because there can be “healing through that baby.”
jessica.substack.com
Shit Republicans Say
A running list of the worst things Republicans have said about abortion
9:47 AM · Aug 22, 2022
https://jessica.substack.com/p/shit-republicans-say
I’m tired of writing over and over again about Republicans who don’t know shit about women’s bodies legislating said bodies. So I’ve decided to keep a running list of the worst things they’ve said. Sadly, I expect it to be updated regularly.
Tudor Dixon, GOP gubernatorial nominee, Michigan, 2022, On why raped and impregnated children should be forced to remain pregnant
“I’ve talked to those people who were the child of a rape victim and the bond that those two people made…And the fact that out of that tragedy, there was healing through that baby.
Factcheck: Rape isn’t healed through forced pregnancy.
City Council member Dave Alvord, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2022, Responding to a tweet from Vice President Kamala Harris
“The baby is not part of the body of a woman. The umbilical cord and placenta do not directly connect to the woman. The baby floats inside the woman.”
Factcheck: Babies don’t float.
Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina, 2022, In a fundraising email
“If we don’t take back the Senate, Dems will pack the courts, give DC statehood, grant abortions up to 52 weeks, and Republicans will never win again.”
Factcheck: Pregnancy lasts approx. 40 weeks.
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