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Showing Original Post only (View all)about those- babies "aborted" at birth. [View all]
heres nbcs belated fact check. ive said this multiple times, cuz its something i know about. but they rarely give any deets, so one knows that.
but they spell it out in this fact check-
Asked about abortion, Trump claimed that Democrats support infanticide.
The radical people on this are really the Democrats that say after five months, six months, seven months, eight months, nine months, and even after birth, you are allowed to terminate the baby, he said. You have a Virginia governor, previous governor, who said after the baby is born, you will make a determination, and if you want, you will kill that baby.
While some Democrats support broad access to abortion regardless of gestation age, infanticide is illegal, and no Democrats advocate for it. Just 1% of abortions are performed after 21 weeks of gestation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump first made the claim in 2019, after Virginias governor at the time, Ralph Northam, made controversial remarks in discussing an abortion bill. NBC News debunked the claim then, reporting that Northams remarks were about resuscitating infants with severe deformities or nonviable pregnancies.
Asked on a radio program what happens when a woman who is going into labor desires a third-trimester abortion, Northam noted that such procedures occur only in cases of severe deformities or nonviable pregnancies. He said that in those scenarios, the infant would be resuscitated if thats what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.
this is called neonatal hospice. see, thats what they mean. families w wanted but doomed babies,
who hold them as they die, r being turned into political footballs. for these monsters.
they arent making shit up out of whole cloth. theyre twisting 1 of the saddest things ever into fodder for politics.
i know this cuz i know ppl who went through it. trust me, they didnt go out for drinks after.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-the-press/fact-checking-trump-meet-press-interview-rcna105297
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I don't think it's about neonatal hospice at all. Trump and others pushing this probably aren't even
brewens
Sep 2023
#1
we all know it's a lie. but i think it's important to know the truth of what they r talking about.
mopinko
Sep 2023
#20
It might help some people to understand if the situation was likened to a DNR order.
BobTheSubgenius
Sep 2023
#25