As we saw from hysterical pro-abortion Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) herself, just earlier on Sunday, there is a narrative that pro-life Republicans and the U.S. Supreme Court will move toward another contraceptive ban. Such concerns emerged after the Court’s draft opinion was leaked last week, which indicated that the Court intended to overturn the decision Roe v. Wade.
Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) made multiple appearances on Sunday shows where he was impeached and accused of being the next move as the Supreme Court prepares to issue an opinion on the case Dobbs v. Jackson, a bill in his state of Mississippi that would ban abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, although Mississippi’s liberation bill would ban abortion after Roe is knocked down.
On NBC”Meet the press,” host Chuck Todd pressed the governor on whether “a blanket abortion ban would impact women who choose certain types of contraception, such as IUDs,” and then, in a separate question, if he signed a bill banning contraception.
Reeves responded that “I don’t think it’s going to apply at some point to people who choose to utilize contraception” and that “I don’t think that’s going to happen in Mississippi.”
“On CNN”State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper asked a similar line of questioning, repeatedly asking Reeves to confirm that he did not intend to ban IUDs. The governor responded by making it clear that “that’s not our focus right now.”
During both shows, neither Todd nor Tapper bothered to hide their disdain for the pro-life stance of Governor Reeves and his state. They continually pointed to the improvements that Mississippi should make in maternal and infant mortality rates, contemptuously suggesting that in destitute states like Mississippi, women and their children would be better off by aborting their unborn babies.
For example, Todd phrased it this way: Mississippi is “order.”[ing] pregnant women and that current levels of child poverty “should be unsustainable”.
The governor was subject to the same questioning by Tapper, who at one point asked “based on Mississippi’s history, why would any of these girls or mothers believe you?”
Reeves, however, weathered the storm of questioning and admitted that his condition could improve. The governor also mentioned pro-lifers, as he put it on “Meet the Press,” that “they have to prove that being pro-life is not just about being against abortion. Then we want to do I want to continue to focus on two very important things, and that is to provide expectant mothers with the resources they need.”
This includes investing in pregnancy support centers, facilitating adoptions and improving the foster care system. On both programs, Reeves emphasized that he had invested more than $100 million in American Rescue Plan and state funds to improve his Department of Human Services and Child Protective Services.
He told Todd that the foster care system needed to be improved “in a way that recognizes the importance of the next phase of the movement.”
“There is no doubt that – we have a long history of health outcomes that are unacceptable. We have a long history of poverty. And the way you address poverty – the government has real challenges in this regard, but the way you address poverty is by improving education levels, improving educational outcomes, and improving the job opportunities and skills of these people so they can go to work and provide for themselves and support their families,” Reeves also shared when pressed further by Todd.
Also, stop participating in this clown’s show. There is no excuse if you are a Republican.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 8, 2022
The governor not only advocated his pro-life beliefs, but also reminded the hosts that pursuant to Art Roe v. Wade, The United States has some of the most extreme abortion laws in the world. As Reeves also noted, 15-week abortion bans are much more common in Europe.
“American abortion laws are extreme compared to the rest of the Western world,” Reeves reminded Tapper. “You know that even if the court didn’t overturn it RoeJake, even if the court didn’t overturn it Roe, “Even if they decided to maintain Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, 39 of 42 countries in Europe would still have more restrictive abortion laws,” he added.
“The vast majority of Americans support reasonable restrictions on abortion. And overturning Roe will simply return decision-making… back to the individual legislatures in all 50 states,” which is indeed what polls from various sources show.
Moreover, regarding the “failure to answer the question” allegations that Todd accused Reeves of, he should remember that pro-abortion Democrats have a habit of not coming out and directly admitting that they support the legality of abortion nationwide for all nine months for any reason. From the responses we are receiving, we can conclude that this is the position of the Democratic Party platform, but one supported by very few Americans.
WATCH: Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Nan Whaley says she does not support ANY restrictions on abortion pic.twitter.com/wAfwyrs5nt
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Todd himself got into this discussion with Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Nan Whaley.
