{"id":254898,"date":"2021-10-10T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=254898"},"modified":"2021-10-09T05:39:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T10:39:34","slug":"ocasio-cortez-pro-life-obgyn-irresponsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ocasio-cortez-pro-life-obgyn-irresponsible\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ocasio-Cortez insults pro-life OB-GYN as ‘irresponsible and hurtful’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a U.S. Congressional hearing last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attempted to belittle and refute the testimony of Dr. Ingrid Skop, a Texas OB-GYN who supports the Texas Heartbeat Act (SB 8), which was recently and temporarily blocked before being reinstated<\/a>.\u00a0The pro-life law restricts abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy in the state, and Ocasio-Cortez angrily told her fellow legislators that they should apologize for even allowing Skop to speak.<\/p>\n

Skop offered her expert witness testimony<\/a> to Congress, stating that she has delivered more than 5,000 babies in her 29-year career. She has also cared for women who have suffered the horrific effects of botched abortions that had been forced on them by their family members or their partners. She recalled one patient who had already suffered one coerced abortion and a botched second abortion after her boyfriend told her to abort the baby or she would be homeless. She wanted her children, but she wasn’t allowed to make that decision.<\/p>\n

During her testimony, when asked specifically about rape, Skop said<\/a>\u00a0that she believes six weeks offers enough time for a sexual assault survivor to get an abortion. Ocasio-Cortez found this offensive and used that opportunity to exploit rape survivors for the benefit of the abortion industry.<\/p>\n

The exploitation of sexual assault survivors<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I need to correct and address an assertion that was made not too long ago, this idea, this myth that, first of all, that this law S.B. 8 provides ample time for a victim of abuse to seek abortion care,” said<\/a> Ocasio-Cortez. “Because once again we\u2019re in a room of legislators who are attempting to legislate reproductive systems that they know nothing about. Six weeks pregnant\u2014and it\u2019s shameful that this education needs to happen, because this conversation shouldn\u2019t even be held in a legislative body\u2014six weeks pregnant is two weeks late for one\u2019s period. When you are\u00a0raped, you don\u2019t always know what happened to you. And I speak about this as a survivor. You are in so much shock.<\/p>\n

” […]\u00a0“Unbelievable. Unbelievable that the Republican side would call a witness so irresponsible and hurtful to survivors across this country. Honestly. You deserve your constituents an apology.”<\/p>\n

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