CNN: Republican States Are Forcing Women to Have Babies!

On Sunday’s State of the Union on CNN, guest host Brianna Keilar during her interview with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson suggested that Republican states with pro-life laws are forcing women to have babies. 

“Arkansas has an unenviable record on maternal and infant care. But you’ve taken some steps to improve care for mothers and infants like expanding Medicaid coverage for pregnant women” Keilar said to Hutchinson. 

After insulting his state, she asked the Governor if “Republican states are going to force women to have babies they wouldn’t otherwise have had, do those Republican-led states need to support them more? Because many states are not doing this.” 

Hutchinson never corrected her that pro-life laws prohibiting the killing of unborn babies aren’t forcing women to have babies. Before the decision to have an abortion, life had already been created. 

Hutchinson instead discussed his desire for the state government to offer maternal care and foster care as well as increased adoption services. “We want to expand Medicaid coverage, health care services for that mom with that young child in their home to increase the chances of survivability and better health outcomes, both for the mom and both for the child,” Hutchinson said. 

Keilar then brought up the case in “Nebraska where an 18-year-old and her mother are facing multiple charges after allegedly conducting an illegal self-managed medicated abortion.”

She claimed, “you had police there obtaining their private Facebook messages which is raising concerns that law enforcement is going to use people’s private data to enforce state abortion laws.”  

Turning to Hutchinson, Keilar asked if that’s “something that you would endorse in Arkansas? And do you think this is right?”

Keilar ignored the fact that the Nebraska woman illegally used the self-medicating abortion drug to kill her 23-week-old baby and then burned and buried the baby’s body.   

This CNN segment smearing pro-life laws and distorting a murder case to push the left’s abortion blood lust was made possible by Verizon. They are linked to make it easy for you to reach them. 

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CNN’s State of the Union
8/14/2022
Eastern, 9:37:08

BRIANNA KEILAR:  I want to talk to you about abortion. Arkansas has achieved something very interesting. Arkansas is proud of its record for infant and maternal health care. However, you have made some improvements to care for infants and mothers by expanding Medicaid coverage for pregnant ladies. If you’re going— if Republican states are going to force women to have babies they wouldn’t otherwise have had, do those Republican-led states need to support them more? Many states don’t do this. 

GOV. ASA HUTCHINSON (Yes) We should be all thinking about that, because Arkansas had a trigger statute that drastically decreased the amount of abortions. We had 3000 abortions last year. This means that there will be around 3,000 unplanned pregnancies. 

Also, the foster care must be improved and the mother care has to be provided. Adoption services must be expanded. This is not because we have neglected to do so in the past. This is because we anticipate more live births which we believe to be a positive thing. 

Arkansas is making progress towards reducing teenage pregnancy. However, the infant mortality rate in Arkansas is still high. It includes all infants born within one year. To increase survivability and improve health outcomes for both the mother as well as the child, we are expanding Medicaid coverage and health care services for moms with young children in their homes. 

KEILAR. I’m interested in a situation in Nebraska. An 18-year-old girl and her mother were accused of illegally administering a medicated abortion. You had police there obtaining their private Facebook messages which is raising concerns that law enforcement is going to use people’s private data to enforce state abortion laws. Yes, it is a complex case. But, would that be something you support in Arkansas? Are you sure that this is correct? 

HUTCHINSON : I don’t know the details of that case but Arkansas law makes it very clear that abortion is illegal and penalties are for the provider. It isn’t possible to punish the woman. That is not the target of what we have nor should it be— 

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KEILAR 

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KEILAR 

HUTCHINSON – No, you don’t want to chase the woman. That’s not the target of that. It would violate Arkansas law if someone sent the medication to them, whether they were a provider or an internet provider. However, there is no punishment for that woman. We are sympathetic for her. We wish to see her health improve. We will help them to make good decisions, and care for the child.