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7. Here's a link, it was indeed Mike Johnson

Sun Nov 12, 2023, 10:42 PM

Nov 2023

https://www.fastcompany.com/90972962/new-house-speaker-mike-johnson-thinks-abortion-access-costs-economy-able-bodied-workers-why-hes-wrong

In a clip circulating from a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Johnson said that “Roe v. Wade gave constitutional cover to the elective killing of unborn children in America.” He went on to discuss the supposed implications of not having “all those able-bodied workers in the economy.”

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Can someone please help me remember who made this loathsome anti-abortion argument? [View all] pnwmom Nov 2023 OP

Perhaps this? AncientOfDays Nov 2023 #1

Thank you! nt pnwmom Nov 2023 #8

Was it this Repuke wackjob? ARPad95 Nov 2023 #2

Thank you! nt pnwmom Nov 2023 #10

Not sure if this one of them Sailingdiver Nov 2023 #3

I'll look for him. Thank you (and welcome to DU!) pnwmom Nov 2023 #11

Or this? AncientOfDays Nov 2023 #4

Thank you! (And welcome to DU!) pnwmom Nov 2023 #12

It was Mike Johnson WENSTJDON Nov 2023 #5

Here's a link, it was indeed Mike Johnson Bettie Nov 2023 #7

Thank you! pnwmom Nov 2023 #14

Thanks! And welcome to DU! pnwmom Nov 2023 #13

Mike Johnson blm Nov 2023 #6

Thank you! pnwmom Nov 2023 #16

There Was A State Legislator Many Years Ago Who Bemoaned VernaF Nov 2023 #9

Thank you! And welcome to DU! pnwmom Nov 2023 #15

Welcome to DU KS Toronado Nov 2023 #17