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| Conservatives pounce on Pelosi after she dodges question about whether 15-week-old unborn child is a ‘human being’ | Conservatives pounce on Pelosi after she dodges question about whether 15-week-old unborn child is a ‘human being’ |
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| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) is facing criticism after not directly answering a yes-or-no question on whether an “unborn baby at 15 weeks is a human being.” | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) is facing criticism after not directly answering a yes-or-no question on whether an “unborn baby at 15 weeks is a human being.” |
| Asked the question during her weekly press conference, Pelosi said she is a “big supporter” of Roe v. Wade – the Supreme Court decision making abortion legal – but did not actually answer the question she was asked, which was related to the Supreme Court’s plan to take on a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. | Asked the question during her weekly press conference, Pelosi said she is a “big supporter” of Roe v. Wade – the Supreme Court decision making abortion legal – but did not actually answer the question she was asked, which was related to the Supreme Court’s plan to take on a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. |
| “Let me just say that I am a big supporter of Roe v. Wade. I am a mother of five children in six years. I think I have some standing on this issue as to respecting a woman’s right to choose,” she said. | “Let me just say that I am a big supporter of Roe v. Wade. I am a mother of five children in six years. I think I have some standing on this issue as to respecting a woman’s right to choose,” she said. |
| Though she was asked the question a second time, the congresswoman ignored it and quickly moved onto a question on infrastructure. | Though she was asked the question a second time, the congresswoman ignored it and quickly moved onto a question on infrastructure. |
| Pelosi has given a version of this answer before. In 2015 she was asked whether she believed 20 weeks of gestation is enough for her to consider a fetus a “human being.” Also not answering the question directly then, Pelosi would only say that she has “great standing” on women’s rights issues as a “mother of five.” | Pelosi has given a version of this answer before. In 2015 she was asked whether she believed 20 weeks of gestation is enough for her to consider a fetus a “human being.” Also not answering the question directly then, Pelosi would only say that she has “great standing” on women’s rights issues as a “mother of five.” |
| The Mississippi abortion law was blocked earlier this year by a lower federal court, but the Supreme Court will hear the case in the fall. | The Mississippi abortion law was blocked earlier this year by a lower federal court, but the Supreme Court will hear the case in the fall. |
| Numerous conservatives were outraged over Pelosi’s latest statement and took to social media to blast the Democrat. | Numerous conservatives were outraged over Pelosi’s latest statement and took to social media to blast the Democrat. |
| “Barbaric,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted, accusing Democrats of putting “politics” above “science.” | “Barbaric,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted, accusing Democrats of putting “politics” above “science.” |
| Pelosi has faced scrutiny in the past for her pro-abortion views, with the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, blasting the House Speaker in January, saying, “no Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion.” | Pelosi has faced scrutiny in the past for her pro-abortion views, with the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, blasting the House Speaker in January, saying, “no Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion.” |
| The comment was in reference to Pelosi, who is Catholic, seemingly blaming pro-life voters for Donald Trump’s presidential victory in 2016. | The comment was in reference to Pelosi, who is Catholic, seemingly blaming pro-life voters for Donald Trump’s presidential victory in 2016. |
| “I think that Donald Trump is president because of the issue of a woman’s right to choose,” Pelosi told Hillary Clinton while the former president was in his final days in the White House. | “I think that Donald Trump is president because of the issue of a woman’s right to choose,” Pelosi told Hillary Clinton while the former president was in his final days in the White House. |
| Pro-life voters, according to Pelosi, “were willing to sell the whole democracy down the river” as long as they got a pro-life president. She added that those pro-life voters of Trump give her “great grief as a Catholic.” | Pro-life voters, according to Pelosi, “were willing to sell the whole democracy down the river” as long as they got a pro-life president. She added that those pro-life voters of Trump give her “great grief as a Catholic.” |
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