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spanone

(135,841 posts)
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:24 PM Apr 2019

Trump incorrectly claims that mothers and doctors decide to "execute" babies



President Trump falsely claimed that babies in Wisconsin can be "executed" after the Democratic governor Tony Evers said he would veto a bill that would require doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion attempt or face a large fine or/and imprisonment.

"But your Democrat governor here in Wisconsin, shockingly, stated that he will veto legislation that protects Wisconsin babies born alive. The baby is born, the mother meets with the doctor, they take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully, and then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby," Trump said.

Trump's claim that mothers and doctors are permitted to execute a baby after it leaves the womb is incorrect. The bill he is referring to would mandate that health professionals do all they could to keep a baby alive if it was "born alive" and would penalize anyone who lets a baby die.


https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-rally-whca-dinner-2019/index.html


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Trump incorrectly claims that mothers and doctors decide to "execute" babies (Original Post) spanone Apr 2019 OP
He intentionally lied. Solly Mack Apr 2019 #1
He is a sick fuck, and this is red meat for his followers. He says it for them. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2019 #2
We need OB/GYN doctors and nurses to loudly speak out against these blatant lies DesertRat Apr 2019 #3
My initial reaction also eyeofnewt Apr 2019 #6
"It happens all the time, and everyone knows it." Mariana Apr 2019 #8
Even the so-called lifers should be angry about this: They take this stuff incredibly lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #4
No, they love this. Mariana Apr 2019 #7
Trump probably really believes that. Mariana Apr 2019 #5

eyeofnewt

(146 posts)
6. My initial reaction also
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:49 PM
Apr 2019

was that doctors and nurses should come out in force and dispute this nonsense. Ask these morons “when and where did this occur? What was the means of “execution?” Can we meet some of the people who have gone through this ordeal?” But facts don’t matter. And it’s just getting worse. Their “cheif” has spoken.

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
8. "It happens all the time, and everyone knows it."
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:53 PM
Apr 2019

I tried that once, and that's basically the answer I got.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
4. Even the so-called lifers should be angry about this: They take this stuff incredibly
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:37 PM
Apr 2019

seriously, and wouldn't want him using such misquotes to score points politically.

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
7. No, they love this.
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:50 PM
Apr 2019

Why do you think so many people believe such ridiculous lies? Why do they believe women are routinely walking into abortion clinics in their third trimester and getting elective abortions? Why do they think Plan B, and even ordinary birth control pills, work by causing abortions? It's because the Pro-Life [sic] people spread these lies constantly. They lie about it all the time already, so why do you think they would they object to one more lie?

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
5. Trump probably really believes that.
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 11:45 PM
Apr 2019

Lots of right wingers think that's true, that babies are being born and then killed afterward. It's further complicated by the fact that many of them consider allowing nature to take its course, when someone is dying, to be exactly the same as an execution. They still think Terri Schiavo Schindler was murdered. They believe hospice workers deliberately overdose patients so they'll die faster. Etc. Of course, if it's them, or a member of their family, then it's completely different.

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