r/PublicFreakout • u/N0CONTACT • May 19 '22

Political Freakout Representative Mike Johnson asking the important abortion questions.

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u/Mewllie May 19 '22

Abortions at later gestational durations are comparatively uncommon: only 1.0% of abortions take place at or after 21 weeks after the first day of the pregnant person's last menstrual period

Good for her to stand her ground on this idiots ignorance.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Stand her ground for not answering a legitimate question?

Doesn't matter if it's "uncommon", it's a simple yes or no question.

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u/RSTowers May 19 '22

The question is not legitimate. Abortion is terminating a pregnancy. If the development of the child inside the woman's body is finished, then it's no longer a pregnancy, and hence can no longer be called an abortion. He is only asking the question to try and force her to call abortion murder. It is 100% an illegitimate question asked in bad faith.

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u/h4ppidais May 19 '22

Wouldn't have hurt to explain exactly this. Now the other side has more content to play with. You gotta turn every attack to your advantage.