'I think we raped women last night,' Alabama Democrat declares after antiabortion bill passes.
Alabama Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton speaks during debate on H.B. 314 in Montgomery on Tuesday. By Lindsey Bever and Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow Emily Wax-Thibodeaux Emily Wax-Thibodeaux National reporter covering breaking news and social movements.
[Alabama Senate passes nation’s most restrictive abortion ban, which makes no exceptions for victims of rape and incest] “I think that we raped women last night. We made women of Alabama the model of the new Roe v. Wade,” he told CNN. She said she did not realize she was pregnant until much later. A year after her daughter Zoe was born, the baby died of hydranencephaly, a congenital condition that prevents the child’s brain from developing properly.
“In the heat of the moment, sometimes we say some stuff that we wish we could take back,” Dawson said of Singleton’s comments. “If he just said it mad, then let’s forgive and move on. If he did mean it, he needs to rethink his words because words have meanings and it shows how little he has thought about these issues that are at hand.”
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