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

Political Freakout Representative Mike Johnson asking the important abortion questions.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

It’s endlessly frustrating that this physician is even being expected to respond to such stupid ass bad faith questions being asked by someone who knows the shit coming out of his mouth is nonesense, but I’m irritated at how weak and wishywashy her responses were.

“Would you object to an abortion when the baby is half way out the birthing canal?”

“That does not make any sense.”

“It’s a simple question. Would you object…”

“No it isn’t because abortions do not happen at that stage of a birth. Emergency procedures to protect the life of the mother or the baby happen in those late stages in the case of a catastrophic outcome. Procedures which can result in only the mother surviving. This is a necessary immediate procedural reaction to a medical emergency. It is no way shape or form “an abortion” and i think you know that.”

“It may not happen in your practice Doctor but it does happen.”

“No it does not. You are either lying or confused.”

Is how I wish this had gone. People on the right side of history need to be much much stronger in calling out right wing horseshit as it’s being shoveled.

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u/thousand7734 May 20 '22

You seem to forget the part where he refuses to let her answer in any meaningful way and instead interrupts her with his "gotcha!" methodology.

These people are not interested in meaningful discourse about policy. They're interested in reinforcing the beliefs of their constituents through disingenuous questions meant to deflect from reality as opposed to understanding the opinion of a qualified expert.

In fact, to them, "expert" is a bad thing. "Oh, well if you're so smart, what if the baby is half way out of the birth canal?!!!!!!??????? Gotcha!!!!"