Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said he doesn’t ‘support a nationwide ban,’ despite backing a national 15-week abortion ban.
candidate debate on Friday, should be “when the baby is capable of feeling pain” — a phrase mirroring the legislation he co-sponsored to impose a national, 15-week
Hawley also slammed a measure on the ballot this November to restore abortion access in Missouri, which has a near-total abortion ban at any time during pregnancy, with no exceptions for victims of rape or incest. He falsely claimed the measure would “overturn our ban in the state on transgender surgeries for minors.” it to the “moral evil of slavery.
Missouri bans abortion at any time during pregnancy, and contains no exceptions for victims of rape or incest. While the ban has an exception for medical emergencies, asigned by hundreds of doctors in the state suggests this is not altogether helpful. “Missourians are being denied abortions and forced to continue life-threatening pregnancies, risking their health and lives,” they wrote. “Doctors can’t treat patients with heartbreaking pregnancy complications until they are on the brink of death.
Hayley Williams Slams Donald Trump, Project 2025 at iHeartRadio Fest: 'Do You Want to Live in a Dictatorship?'At the debate Friday, Hawley tried to frame a return to the previous status quo — legal abortion nationwide — as extreme. “What I will not support is imposing on the state of Missouri, and all the other states, abortion on demand through nine months, with taxpayer funding,” he said. “That’s what Lucas Kunce wants. That’s what the Democrats in Congress have repeatedly tried to force on us.”John Oliver Gets Played Off During Emmys Speech While Honoring His Family's Dead Dog: 'F--- You, There You Go!'
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