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121 Seconds Of Molly Ivins On Late Term Abortion – This Video May Change Your Views



For decades, anti-choice Republican lawmakers have tried to chip away at the legal reproductive rights of women, and the battle continues today. When it comes to late-term abortion, the topic is more difficult even for some Liberals/Democrats. The reason for this is because late-term abortion is highly misunderstood.

The late Molly Ivins was never known to hold back on her thoughts and beliefs. The journalist, columnist, humorist, and author, raised in Texas, had a brilliant gift of getting her messages across while adding streetwise realism with a lot of wit.

Here she is speaking about late-term abortions at The Connecticut Forum’s “A Changing Political Landscape” in 1996. Ivins explains late-term abortions in a way I’ve never heard before, and in a way I will never forget.

Here is the video’s text:

You have those late-term abortions, because either the mother is going to die, the child is going to die, or both are going to die. These procedures are incredibly rare. I only know of two in the state of Texas since Roe v. Wade was passed. They were both what they call cases of babies with no brain. The brain, the child’s brain stem had developed, but then something went horribly wrong and these children literally had no brains. Now, is that an easy call? Is that simple to you?

I am really, I’m… let me try and calm down – it’s not going to do any good for me to get excited. If the choice… These are women who want their babies, they want the babies, terribly. What would you do, and I’m talking to the women in the audience. If a doctor said to you,

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