(The Washington Times)
'I don't question the decisions that a woman makes. Only she knows what she knows.'
Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke told voters Monday evening that women should be free to request an abortion up until 24 hours before childbirth — no questions asked.
An inquiry about third-term abortions that dogged the Democrat in March returned in front of a Charleston, South Carolina audience in a more pointed fashion this week.
Mr. O’Rourke was asked by a potential voter to reveal his thoughts on the man’s mother under a hypothetical scenario in which she had opted for an abortion 24 hours before she was to give birth.
“I saw in March, on Twitter, video — you were at a town hall meeting just like this in Cleveland. And someone asked you specifically, specifically about third trimester abortions, and you said that’s a decision left up to the mother,” an audience member said before ABC News cameras. “So, my question is this: I was born September 8th, 1989, and I want to know if you think on September 7th, 1989, my life had no value.” Read more
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