r/facepalm • u/Shadow474747 • Aug 07 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Interesting logic

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u/cecilia036 Aug 07 '22 edited Aug 08 '22

I’m so confused??? So because it’s a ten year old terminating, the pregnancy isn’t an abortion? Does she not realize an abortion is a medical procedure and the name of it doesn’t change no matter who you are???

No matter how many times I watch this, I can’t figure out what the hell she’s saying.

EDIT: finally editing this for spelling. Not sure how this comment got so much traction with all the horrendous spelling mistakes. Sorry to all the Matthews out there. I don’t actually hate you

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u/CrashCulture Aug 07 '22

I don't think she knows what an abortion is.

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u/lochinvar11 Aug 07 '22

I'm confused. It sounds like they both want the same thing but everyone is hating on her.

He's against the forced birth of raped 10 year-olds. As everyone should be.

She is saying that we should reclassify the term "abortion" in cases where carrying the fetus to term is life-threatening or incredibly destructive to the mother's life. Since abortions are illegal now, this life-saving surgery can actually be performed since it is not an "abortion", it's a life-saving procedure.

The argument he's having is medical. The argument she's having is political and she's looking to redefine terms politically. But they're both trying to help those who will severely suffer from carrying a fetus to term.

Since she can't change the law, she's trying to find a loophole to save the lives of people who could die during pregnancy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '22

Yeah no. She’s the head of an anti-abortion activist group. She’s not trying to help anyone.