{"id":297565,"date":"2023-08-31T12:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=297565"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:35:02","slug":"former-white-house-press-secretary-late-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-white-house-press-secretary-late-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Former White House press secretary falsely claims ‘no one is selling late-term abortions’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki used her MSNBC monologue on her show, “Inside With Jen Psaki,” on Sunday to claim<\/a> that no politicians support late-term abortion. It isn’t the first time she has perpetuated<\/a> this lie, which this time comes just days prior to a published op-ed from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)\u00a0and\u00a0Society of Family Planning calling for<\/a> abortion “without restrictions, without limitations and without barriers.”<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is rooting for late-term abortions. No one is running on the platform of aborting viable babies. No one is selling late-term abortions as Ron DeSantis claims. No one,\u201d Psaki erroneously claimed. \u201cNot Joe Biden, not Kamala Harris, not Hillary Clinton, not Nancy Pelosi, or any other politician demonized by the right-wing, roots for more late-term abortions. None of them do.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, “What is happening here is an attempt by Republican presidential candidates and other leaders who know their views on women’s healthcare are out of touch with the public. Are Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott in favor of a mother dying as a result of her pregnancy? If a doctor determines a baby cannot survive outside of the womb, should a mother be required to carry that baby to term?<\/p>\n

She added, “This is not politics. This is health care.”<\/p>\n

She couldn’t be more mistaken.<\/p>\n