{"id":195739,"date":"2019-02-02T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=195739"},"modified":"2019-02-03T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T19:14:07","slug":"nfl-watson-va-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nfl-watson-va-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL star Benjamin Watson calls out pro-abortion VA governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>NFL star Benjamin Watson is calling out Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on his pro-abortion stance after Northam\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-gov-misleads-bill-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set off a firestorm<\/a> when he voiced his support for the controversial Virginia Repeal Act.<\/p>\n<p>State delegate Kathy Tran notoriously said the bill would allow abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-democrat-abortion-bill-labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even when a mother is in labor<\/a>.\u00a0Northam&#8217;s confusing statement in support of Tran and the bill described a situation in which a terminally ill baby is born alive and receives medical care, in a perhaps intentional move to obscure the issue. Afterward, Northam reaffirmed his support for the bill &#8212; yet was still upset that people were angry.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1090782184582000640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tweet<\/a>, Northam wrote, &#8220;I have devoted my life to caring for children and any insinuation otherwise is shameful and disgusting.&#8221; That Northam, who is extremely pro-abortion and has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-millions-virginia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received millions of dollars<\/a> in donations from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/abortioncorporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>, would make such a claim is laughable &#8212; and it didn&#8217;t take long for Watson to call him out on it.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, who is openly pro-life, responded on Twitter himself, slamming Northam for refusing to protect preborn children, too. &#8220;Children in utero deserve equal devotion Governor,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Children in utero deserve equal devotion Governor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yG2mGz1R2j\">https:\/\/t.co\/yG2mGz1R2j<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2014 Benjamin Watson (@BenjaminSWatson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminSWatson\/status\/1090820497263263744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Watson has been outspoken about his pro-life beliefs and even <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/benjamin-watson-at-march-for-life-you-can-change-the-course-of-generations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke at the March for Life<\/a>, where he encouraged men to stand up and support women in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We as men must stand up for the lives of the innocent and their mothers in crisis,\u201d he said at the March. \u201cAs important as women have been in championing this cause, you men must rise up and lead the charge. Even if it wasn\u2019t demonstrated for you by a father, you can be different. You can change the course of generations. Men: we can be silent no more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has also called abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nfl-star-benjamin-watson-abortion-is-the-ultimate-form-of-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the ultimate form of racism<\/a>, expressing his disappointment that the black community has fallen for Planned Parenthood&#8217;s lies, despite founder Margaret Sanger&#8217;s wish to, as Watson said, &#8220;exterminate blacks.&#8221; He explained, \u201cWe (as minorities) support candidates, and overwhelmingly support the idea of having Planned Parenthood and the like, and yet, that is why she created it. We are buying it hook, line, and sinker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Watson doesn&#8217;t just speak out against abortion; he also frequently helps support mothers in crisis pregnancies. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nfl-benjamin-watson-donates-ultrasound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated ultrasound machines<\/a> to health providers around the country, writing that &#8220;[s]o many men and women struggle with making decisions for life but we know from experience the power and encouragement seeing inside the womb offers.\u201d He has also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nfl-benjamin-watson-pregnancy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated to Maryland crisis pregnancy center<\/a>\u00a0Severna Park Pregnancy Clinic, which is contacted by about 7,000 women each year seeking help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/?ref=br_rs\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL star Benjamin Watson is calling out Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on his pro-abortion stance after Northam\u00a0set off a firestorm when he voiced his support for the controversial Virginia Repeal Act. State delegate Kathy Tran notoriously said the bill would allow abortion even when a mother is in labor.\u00a0Northam&#8217;s confusing statement in support of Tran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":68754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL star Benjamin Watson calls out pro-abortion VA governor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NFL star Benjamin Watson fired back at VA Gov. 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