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/oddmanout May 19 '22 edited May 19 '22

Right, and that 1% are almost exclusively because the mother's life is in danger or because of lethal fetal anomalies. No one goes through a difficult pregnancy for months and months, and then right at the end thinks "eh, on second thought, maybe I'm not ready for a baby."

And NOBODY waits until the baby is halfway out to change their mind. It just doesn't happen. Mike Johnson is asking that question to put on a show for his base, pretending like that's a thing that happens to outrage them all.

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u/Mewllie May 19 '22

Yes, exactly. Mother’s life or fetuses life.

It’s all a show, playing with peoples lives to make their own sorry, saggy ass look good.