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Georgia Democratic Democratic governor candidate Stacey Abrams on Sunday declined to say whether she thought there should be restrictions on abortion or whether abortion was acceptable for up to nine months, saying it was a “medical solution” and should not be. to be political.
Abrams was pressured during an interview with Fox News Sunday to respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Rowe v. Wade on Friday and whether she believed there should be any restrictions on abortion.
“I believe that abortion is a medical solution. And I believe that it should be a choice between a doctor and a woman and after consultation with her family,” Abrams said. “But I think the challenge we have is that we continue to put that in the political arena. This is a medical solution. And the medical choices that need to be made need to be guided by what is best for this woman. And what is the best offer of advice from their doctor. “
Later in the interview, Fox News Sunday host Martha McCallum asked Abrams about the child’s life and safety, prompting Abrams to criticize Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, claiming he had “refused to expand Medicaid in Georgia.”
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Georgia’s Democratic nominee for governor, Stacy Abrams, declined to say whether she supported any restrictions on abortion. (Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“He refuses to support women at every stage of their lives when they try to make the best choices for themselves and their families,” Abrams said. “And the reality is that if we take care of medicine, if we take care of the medical needs of women, especially black women, then we have to take care of them all the time.”
McCallum went on to paraphrase his initial question about whether Abrams supported abortion for up to nine months, and asked at what point Abrams began caring for the baby’s life.
“What I would say is that this is a medical solution. I do not know a single woman who can get to the stage where this decision is easy. This is not so. So, this is a medical conversation. And while we are absolutely forced to have these difficult conversations, they should not be political, “Abrams said.
“I do not have to make decisions without a real understanding of the facts. Neither is any other political leader, “the Georgia Democrat continued. “It’s not a political issue. It’s a medical issue.”
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Georgia’s Democratic candidate for governor, Stacy Abrams, has warned companies looking to do business in Georgia to “take very seriously the danger” that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp poses to women in Georgia if the abortion ban goes into effect. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
When asked if Abrams said abortion should be allowed for up to nine months, depending on the woman, the Georgia Democrat said: “I didn’t say that.
“I said it was a medical decision. And the medical decisions that need to be made need to be made in context. This is a grim approach to try to unravel the whole argument, but the reality is that abortion and reproductive care are personal and are the only number and should be done between a woman and her doctor, “Abrams concluded. “I have neither the experience nor the capacity to know what is happening to others.”
Abrams also appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday and was asked if she thought businesses should suspend operations in Georgia if the abortion ban goes into effect.
“I would tell anyone, whether you are a business or a citizen, who thinks of being in Georgia to take very seriously the danger that Brian Kemp poses to the lives and well-being of women in the state,” Abrams said.
“The abolition of Roe is a direct result of decades of a strategy to deprive women of reproductive health and full autonomy over our bodies,” Abrams wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “As governor, I will veto any anti-election legislation and work to repeal existing anti-election legislation.”
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Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, which effectively ended the recognition of abortion as a constitutional right, came after a draft opinion expired last month, signaling that the Supreme Court would overturn Rowe.
Cameron Cothorn is the editor of Fox News Digital
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