Gov. Northam: ‘I Don’t Have Any Regrets’ About Infanticide Comments
Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said he doesn’t regret statements he made appearing to condone infanticide and late-term abortion at a Thursday afternoon press conference with Virginia Democratic leaders.
A reporter asked Northam if he has any regrets about his comments or the way he said them, to which Northam replied, “No, I don’t.”
He later added that he doesn’t regret what he said and blames media for misconstruing his words.
“No, I don’t have any regrets, but I do find in my comments, when I answered that question, I regret that those comments have been mischaracterized,” Northam said at the press conference. “The personal insults towards me I find disgusting.”
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— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 31, 2019
Northam also described the comments that have been made as “nothing more than political points.”
His Thursday statements follow remarks on late-term abortion he made in a Wednesday morning WTOP interview.
“If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother,” Northam said in the interview.
The governor received an onslaught of criticism after the interview aired.
Northam responded to the media storm by tweeting in defense of his character Wednesday night. The tweet does not address his position on abortion until birth.
I have devoted my life to caring for children and any insinuation otherwise is shameful and disgusting.
— Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) January 31, 2019
Northam’s initial comments regard Virginia’s HB 2491 which would allow a doctor to perform an abortion when a woman is about to give birth. The measure eliminates the state’s requirement that second- and third-trimester abortions be performed only to preserve the health or life of the woman.
A woman seeking to abort would no longer need to obtain an ultrasound before having an abortion, under the proposed law.
Currently, three physicians must conclude that a third-trimester abortion is necessary to preserve the health or life of the woman.
Those requirements are stripped under the proposed legislation, which also removes the state’s mandate that second- and third-trimester abortions be performed in hospitals.
“‘Do no harm’ is supposed to be the first rule of medicine, and clearly, clearly, Governor Northam didn’t get that memo,” Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said in a Thursday interview. Cassidy is a doctor and member of the Senate health committee.
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