One might think that a woman and mother would have more sympathy for a 10 year old pregnant rape victim than Ohio Governor Mike Dewine… but one would be wrong.
When asked by Dana Bash on CNN if her state, South Dakota, would allow that victim to abort, Kristi Noem hewed what is apparently iron-clad GOP orthodoxy now and said everything but the correct answer, which is, of course, “YES!”
Dana Bash: Will the state of South Dakota going forward force a 10-year-old in that very same situation to have a baby?
Kristi Noem: In South Dakota, the law today is that abortions are illegal except to save the life of the mother.
[that's a yes] pic.twitter.com/QSZHGoy5TM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 3, 2022
Twitter, as one might guess, was not at a loss for words:
But Dana Bash let her get away with it.
Bash should pretend she’s interviewing Hillary Clinton about emails so she can channel some hard nosed, bulldog-style journalism.
— Bathsheba Dreams in Blue 🌻🌻🌻 (@Inkling61) July 3, 2022
The saddest part about this is we will see more cases of children being forced to give birth in red states because their Governor’s agenda doesn’t include protection of actual life. Gov Noem twisted herself in knots attempting to avoid the question everyone must answer. pic.twitter.com/Z3BcjFc4m1
— Christopher 🇺🇸 Is Pro-Choice (@cwebbonline) July 3, 2022
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Noem outed her egregious stance on abortion & admitted that in ‘her family’ nothing like that has ever happened, as if ‘good’ people don’t allow bad things to happen. Pols living bubbles refuse to acknowledge/care about the vulnerable, esp. rape victims & those living in poverty.
— Kim Perales (@kpjpsp) July 3, 2022
If we are forcing 10-year-olds to give birth to a rapist’s child, then the least we could do is lower the voting age to 10.
— Bill Johnson (@Bill43111) July 3, 2022
Hear! Hear!
10. 10 years out of a womb and her life isn’t as valuable as when she was in it
— pjeanne (@p_jeanne97) July 3, 2022
The MOTHER is a CHILD who was violated once by her attacker and again by the GOP.
— StLuGal (@StLuGal) July 3, 2022
Yep.
Think how most 10 year old cry when they skin their knees. But sure, give birth. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
— Lefty no More (@soonerthanltr) July 3, 2022
It's what she said: "I can't even imagine."
And that's always the problem with conservatives — if it doesn't affect them or hasn't affected them, they have zero empathy.
They can't imagine so it doesn't matter.
— M.L. Pressman (@MLPressman) July 3, 2022
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Yeah well Dana also called it a "complicated issue." No Dana, forcing a child to carry her rapists baby isn't a "complicated issue." It's downright ghoulish, full stop.
Just wish these lame ass TV journos would call a spade a spade and stop carrying water for the Rights BS.
— Ambien®️ (@NorrinR06303580) July 3, 2022
So brave. So confident in the rightness of her position that she won’t publicly admit to the implications of her position.
— REFrankel (@REFrankel) July 3, 2022
The crazies are driving the bus, folks.
We will have to crush the GOP to turn it around.
Trying to figure out which of these broads is the dumber c*nt-the one spouting the asinine lies or the one listening and not stopping her. If journalists, and I suppose Bash calls herself one, cannot conduct an intelligent interview, correcting their interviewee when they are catastrophically wrong, they cannot and should not be allowed to call themselves journalists. Those not capable of conducting themselves like responsible journalists need to get their a*ses over the faux nuz or the rest of the non-news shows.
Reckon this is why CNN’s viewership is decreasing so drastically.
Stopped watching CNN for this very reason. Where is the real journalism? That 10 year old girl is going to be traumatized for life. What’s happening to the sperm ejaculator? Haven’t read any consequences for the true fucker.
CNN only attracts an audience when there is some actual breaking news of a disaster, natural or otherwise (plane crash, massive wildfire, hurricane etc). Conservatives apparently conserve their empathy for their family and friends only. There is no rational person who could fathom forcing any child into childbirth. The age of consent in most states is 16, so anyone under that age who finds themselves pregnant was raped, statutory or forcible. No woman, no matter her age or circumstance, should be forced to give birth. No child is physically capable of safely giving birth, so forcing that situation could well result in two deaths.
Every life except that of the already air-breathing 10-year-old child.
They only care about life before birth or after it buys a firearm.
This has sat in my craw all morning. Every life is precious except a 10 year old girl, who had a man put his penis in her small vagina, get off on it, ejaculate, and impregnate. Her life means shit. None of what happened to her means jack shit to people like Kristi Noem. So they can’t give me any bull shit that every child matters. Let’s have journalists go into detail on how this little one got pregnant. I have a 10 year old grand daughter. I’d rather go to prison than let him live. We must fight and women are furious right now. This CHILD, her parents, and her pediatrician should have the fucking final say so – not the fucking RW government. Oh yeah. I’m pissed.