If you’re familiar with political commentator Ana Navarro, it will not surprise you to find out she made one of the most odious arguments in favor of abortion after the Supreme Court handed down its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade Like others in the pro-abortion lobby, she took issue with the court’s decision and insisted that her position does not contradict her Catholic faith.
Navarro’s comments came during a conversation that included fellow CNN commentator Alice Stewart Friday, shortly after the Supreme Court issued its ruling. She used one of the progressives’ more asinine arguments about the matter, claiming it does not make sense to rule in favor of gun rights but against supposed abortion rights. “Just yesterday, you can’t but be struck by the contrast, just yesterday the Supreme Court ruled down the concealed weapon issue in New York and said it was not a states’ rights,” she bloviated.
“So apparently states are allowed to regulate my uterus but not guns that kill people,” she continued. “So I have a very hard time with the inconsistency and cherry picking of what makes states’ rights.”
Stewart criticized this particular type of braindead thinking. “Look, no one has spoken up in the last fifty years for the unborn child for the sanctity of life, and now, people have had the opportunity to speak up for the unborn child and that’s important,” she replied.
She added: “Look, I know Anna is a woman of faith, she has a huge heart, she is very passionate, but also I know that the Catholic faith believes in life and supports the sanctity of life. I don’t understand how you can say on one hand you support life, yet you’re fine with a woman’s decision to choose abortion.”
CNN commentator uses her disabled brother & step granddaughter who has Down syndrome as examples of why we need abortion.
It’s the cruel cruelty. The complete utter baldness of ableism. The willful call to violence against unborn disabilities. pic.twitter.com/qo3jdfkK8b
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) June 24, 2022
Navarro interrupted and began a tirade where she raised the special needs of her relatives. “I am not anybody to tell you what you need to do with your life or with your uterus,” she began. She went on:
“Because I have a family with a lot of special needs kids. My brother is 57 years old and has motor and mental skills that one-year-olds have. That’s what it means for families financially, emotionally and physically. It is not possible for all families to do this. My step-granddaughter was also born with Down syndrome. You know what else? You can’t get any services in Florida. This isn’t as simple as it seems on paper. And I’ve got another step grandson who is very autistic, who has autism, and it is incredible.”
The commentator claimed that parents “in that community will tell you that they considered suicide because that’s how difficult it is to get help because that’s how lonely they can go.”
Navarro explained then why pro-abortion views could still be compatible with her Catholic faith. “Because I’m American. I’m Catholic inside the church,” she said. “I’m Catholic when it comes to me. But there’s a lot of Americans who are not Catholic and are not Christian and are not Baptist, and you have no damn right to tell them what they should do with their body. Nobody does.”
The commentator’s comments met with criticism from folks on both sides of the argument. CNN host S.E. Cupp, who is pro-choice, posted a lengthy thread responding to Navarro’s remarks.
It’s taken me a minute to decide whether I wanted to share this. But I felt like it was my duty.
Yesterday, @ananavarroYou argued that your pro-choice stance was based on the fact you had special needs children in your own family. So do I.
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) June 25, 2022
Cupp urged Navarro not to use special needs individuals “to make political arguments,” and pointed out that families love their special needs children:
They are already facing enough problems and stigmas. Please don’t use our incredible, special, wonderful, super-hero kids to make political arguments, especially about the benefits of abortion. ❤️
They are already facing enough problems and stigmas. Please don’t use our incredible, special, wonderful, super-hero kids to make political arguments, especially about the benefits of abortion. ❤️
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) June 25, 2022
She added: “Make the argument that you don’t want to have a kid. Don’t make the argument that you don’t want to have a KIND of kid that we HAVE AND LOVE.”
Anyone who knows anything about Ana Navarro knows Cupp’s words will fall on deaf ears. She has no concern for the nuances of this issue – she just thinks women should be able to terminate their pregnancies for any reason and has no problem exploiting special needs relatives to make that point. But, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision, we can expect to see more of this tripe from her ilk.
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