{"id":267694,"date":"2022-05-07T09:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T14:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=267694"},"modified":"2022-05-09T19:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:43:19","slug":"lila-rose-tucker-carlson-people-learn-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lila-rose-tucker-carlson-people-learn-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lila Rose on Tucker Carlson: &#8216;When people learn&#8230; what abortion is, they change&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HEkLHg3AxCU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appeared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tucker Carlson Tonight<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to discuss the future of abortion in America in light of the leaked draft opinion on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which calls for the overturning of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roe v Wade<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After commenting on the lack of true dialogue and the general public\u2019s low level of education regarding abortion, Carlson commented, \u201cMaybe one upside of this [overturning <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] is, we can have a real conversation about abortion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HEkLHg3AxCU\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rose responded:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think you&#8217;re right \u2026 I&#8217;ve spent the last 15 years of my life, my entire adult and teenage life, working to educate people about abortion. And I&#8217;ve seen people flip from pro-choice to pro-life simply by learning, not just about human development in the womb, but by learning about what abortion actually does. How it suctions a developing child into pieces, how it dismembers a tiny child, a lethal injection that pierces a second trimester baby&#8217;s heart. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When people learn these disturbing, horrific truths about what abortion is, they change. \u2026 And so we&#8217;re going to see an awakening that is already underway, but it&#8217;s only going to grow when people will be forced to grapple with the reality of what abortion is.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlson suggested that, if people \u201ccan look [the reality of abortion] right in the face and say they support it, and say, \u2018That looks like the road to happiness,\u2019 okay. Then they can vote for it. But if there&#8217;s no vote on this stuff, how can you call this a democracy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/people-learn-change-idea-abortion-performed\/\">When People Learn, They Change: \u2018I had no idea that\u2019s how an abortion is performed\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Rose replied by calling into question the idea that society should get to vote on who lives and dies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[A]t the end of the day, even a democracy shouldn&#8217;t get to decide who lives and dies \u2026 it shouldn&#8217;t be up for a vote. \u2026 [I]t would be a compromise to send abortion back to the states. But that&#8217;s not full justice \u2026 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[F]ull justice is, whether you&#8217;re a child conceived in California or you&#8217;re a child conceived in Texas, you&#8217;re protected by law. And by love, by society, as well as by our legal system. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re ultimately fighting for.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlson and Rose also briefly discussed the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-violence-roe-reversal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meltdown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d currently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/extremists-pregnancy-centers-supreme-court-leak\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">happening<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among abortion supporters. Rose referred to it as a \u201cmassive tantrum,\u201d but emphasized the importance of educating about the truth of abortion, repeatedly making the point that \u201cwhen they learn, they change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rose spoke optimistically about the future, concluding: \u201c[I]n the pro-life movement, we&#8217;re thrilled. [Overturning <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is] a step forward, and we&#8217;re just getting started.\u201d<\/span><\/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> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose recently appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss the future of abortion in America in light of the leaked draft opinion on Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health, which calls for the overturning of Roe v Wade. 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