potential prosecution of the rapist, she explained she thought rape kits somehow solved the problem of rape-causing pregnancy. we have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help a woman, it s basically cleaning her out. and, again, hopefully that will alleviate that. their belief in a magic cleaner out kit is why republicans did not include an exception for rape victims in their abortion ban. that is a terrible argument and not based in fact at all. but at least the democrats forced the republicans to make that argument out loud so now we all know that s what they think and we all know that s why there s no rape exception in the bill. that s what s happening in texas right now inside the legislature
the republicans were having none of that. and when the republican sponsor of the bill tried to explain her reasoning for why rape victims should not be spared, that s when things went awry. you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help the woman, basically clean her out, and, again, hopefully that will alleviate that. this is the sponsor of the big omnibus antiabortion bill republicans are trying to pass in texas. she says rape kits alleviate the problem. the exact quote was rape kits that will help the woman, basically cleaning her out. a democratic representative then interrupted and asked her to
reasoning for why rape victims should not be spared, that s when things went awry. you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help the woman, basically clean her out, and, again, hopefully that will alleviate that. this is the sponsor of the big omnibus antiabortion bill republicans are trying to pass in texas. she says rape kits alleviate the problem. the exact quote was rape kits that will help the woman, basically cleaning her out. a democratic representative then interrupted and asked her to please clarify, i m sorry, i m not quite sure i heard that. she said in the emergency room
the republicans were having none of that. and when the republican sponsor of the bill tried to explain her reasoning for why rape victims should not be spared, that s when things went awry. you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help the woman, basically clean her out, and, again, hopefully that will alleviate that. this is the sponsor of the big omnibus antiabortion bill republicans are trying to pass in texas. she said rape victims should not be exempted because rape kits alleviate the problem. the exact quote was rape kits that will help the woman, basically cleaning her out. a democratic representative then interrupted and asked her to please clarify, i m sorry, i m not quite sure i heard that.
republicans in the texas state house of representatives passed a bill that bans abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, limits abortions to surgical centers and requires doctors string abortion-inducing drugs to do so in person. a republican sponsor of the bill explained why she believes a rape exception is not necessary. you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help the woman basically clean her out and again, hopefully that will