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RandySF

(86,397 posts) Fri Aug 19, 2022, 09:44 PM Aug 2022

MI-GOV: Republican says rape victims "will have their babies to help them heal". [View all]

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MAGA nominee for MI Governor Tudor Dixon is asked why she is against a 14 year-old rape victim being allowed to get an abortion. She says the bond that rape victims will have with their babies will help them heal.

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MI-GOV: Republican says rape victims "will have their babies to help them heal". [View all] RandySF Aug 2022 OP

Speechless. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #1

Me, too. n/t EndlessWire Aug 2022 #12

Ms. Dixon must be lucky enough not to suffer a sexual assult. PA_jen Aug 2022 #2

I'm so sorry I can't imagine the pain you have endured. Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #6

Thank you. I am very grateful I was able to escape PA_jen Aug 2022 #8

Is he speaking from experience? PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2022 #3

Sickening DET Aug 2022 #7

Tudor Nixon. roamer65 Aug 2022 #4

A baby that looks just like your rapist Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #5

Is that what Tudor would tell her daughters and female family members? keithbvadu2 Aug 2022 #9

Dixon is a sociopath. area51 Aug 2022 #10

Heal? mzmolly Aug 2022 #11

Sure. Nothing says healing by looking at the result of the rapist assault on your body daily. scarletlib Aug 2022 #13