Women slam Gov. Abbott for not 'knowing how women's bodies work' after making false 6-week abortion claim
Women across the country are responding to a viral video posted Tuesday afternoon showing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott clearly confused about how women's bodies work, after he falsely claimed his new abortion law doesn't require rape victims to carry a rapist's fetus to term.
"Governor," a reporter asked, "why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?"
Women across the country are responding to a viral video posted Tuesday afternoon showing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott clearly confused about how women's bodies work, after he falsely claimed his new abortion law doesn't require rape victims to carry a rapist's fetus to term.
"Governor," a reporter asked, "why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?"
Abbott adamantly – and falsely – denied that's what his new law does, even though that's exactly what his new law does.
"It doesn't require that at all because, obviously, it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion," Abbott replied, falsely. "So for one it doesn't provide that. That said however, let's make something very clear, rape is a crime, and Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas, by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets."
Abbott is running for re-election.
Reporter: Why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?\n\nGov. Greg Abbott (R-TX): "It doesn't require that at all, because obviously it provides at least 6 weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion."pic.twitter.com/Mbx5JVHG1D— The Recount (@The Recount) 1631032215
The video has been viewed nearly 700,000 times in just 3 hours.
Women immediately began posting information on how pregnancy, and their bodies, work.
FFS does this man know anyone who ever had a menstrual cycle?— Tango Jane (@Tango Jane) 1631032626
This is shameful. First, 6 weeks is 6 weeks from the 1st day of the woman's last period, closer to 4 weeks & putting the onus on victims to focus on this to the exclusion of all else, in an environment of fear & shame isn't even a pretend effort at protecting their rights.https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1435279255856979976\u00a0\u2026— Joyce Alene (@Joyce Alene) 1631038837
Regardless, if you're fine with an abortion at 6 weeks, then there's no reason to have a problem with an abortion at 10 weeks or at 20 weeks or at 30 weeks.\n\nThe only reason to set arbitrary cut-offs is to attempt to skirt court rulings saying abortion is a right.— Cate Eland (@Cate Eland) 1631034104
Someone please educate about pregnancy...\nDear men... A woman can be physically pregnant for two weeks or less... And still have the foetus classed as '6 weeks'. The term goes from the date of the woman's last period... Not conception date.— KateyMcCourt87 (@KateyMcCourt87) 1631034451
Tell me you don't know how women's bodies work without coming out and saying it directly ...— The_\ud83c\udd41\ud83c\udd31\ud83c\udd35 (@The_\ud83c\udd41\ud83c\udd31\ud83c\udd35) 1631034355
Does everyone understand that \u201c6 weeks pregnant\u201d is really only 4 weeks pregnant and only about 2 weeks after a pregnancy even becomes detectible on a home test? So no the Texas law does not provide \u201c6 weeks\u201d for a woman to terminate a pregnancy, it provides 2 weeks at best\u2026https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1435279255856979976\u00a0\u2026— Anne Champion (@Anne Champion) 1631042496
Actually, they count from the first day of your last period. So it\u2019s, at *most* two weeks after you could have even missed your period. If you have a 35 day cycle & you\u2019re a week late, bam, six weeks \n\nAlong with everything else you said, especially the last part!— Just Jess (@Just Jess) 1631033980
No you don\u2019t. You do not have 6 weeks from when you find out you\u2019re pregnant.— Jemez Stargazer (@Jemez Stargazer) 1631034747
Of course he doesn\u2019t understand how a women\u2019s body works— Nikki - Vaccinated and Masked (@Nikki - Vaccinated and Masked) 1631040194
This is a lie. The person hasn't even had sex in the first 2 weeks of that 6 week window. They won't even have missed their period yet.— Mariam Watt (@Mariam Watt) 1631033258
This is a lie. The person hasn't even had sex in the first 2 weeks of that 6 week window. They won't even have missed their period yet.— Mariam Watt (@Mariam Watt) 1631033258
People who don\u2019t have at least an 8th grade level understanding of science should not be able to make laws about it. Menstrual irregularities are extremely common. Few are going to realize they\u2019re pregnant at only 2 weeks late because so many of us don\u2019t menstruate every 4 wks.— barely a spec \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@barely a spec \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1631039327
Here's is a textbook example of a bad faith answer by anti-choice lawmakershttps://twitter.com/therecount/status/1435279255856979976\u00a0\u2026— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Jessica Mason Pieklo) 1631036644
Oh, Greg.....pic.twitter.com/ZASurtifRl— Dorsey Mc- Get Vaccinated Enjoy Summer \ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\udf1e\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\ude37 (@Dorsey Mc- Get Vaccinated Enjoy Summer \ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\udf1e\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\ude37) 1631042420
