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Justice Sonia Sotomayor Falsely Claims Abortion Bans Don’t Have Life of the Mother Exceptions
Life News ^ | April 24, 2024 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 04/24/2024 1:09:56 PM PDT by Morgana

Every single state in America with an abortion ban in place allows abortions in emergency circumstances if necessary to save the life of the mother. There is no pro-life state in America that forces pregnant women to put their lives at risk.

But during an abortion debate at the Supreme Court today, Justice Sonia Sotomayor lied about this.

She falsely claimed some states prohibit abortions to save the mother’s life.

During an exchange with Idaho attorney Joshua Turner, who is defending the state’s pro-life law in court from an attack by the Biden administration – which wants to overturn the law to allow all abortions in Idaho – Sotomayor made the false statement.

“What you’re saying is that no state in the nation — and there are some right now that don’t even have that as an exception to their anti-abortion laws — what you’re saying is there is no federal law on the books that prohibits any state from saying even if a woman will die you cannot perform an abortion,” she said.

Turner had to correct the liberal justice.

“I know of no state that doesn’t include a life-saving exception,” he explained.

Turner is correct.

According to the Charlote Lozier Institute, every pro-life state in America allows abortions in the very rare instance where it might possibly be necessary to protect a woman’s life.

Twenty-five states have one or more strong gestational limits on abortion that are either in effect or are enjoined while in litigation. Each of these states permits abortion in those rare and heartbreaking circumstances when it is necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

Physicians can make this determination based on their “reasonable medical judgment,” a standard very common in the medical profession and used for any case involving medical malpractice litigation.

Meanwhile, abortion advocates are spreading the dangerous lie that life-saving care is not or may not be permitted in these states, leading to provider confusion and poor outcomes for women.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife; sotomayor
FReepers is this not the one a decade ago they called "a wise latina"?
1 posted on 04/24/2024 1:09:56 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Obama misspoke. She is the “wide latina”.


2 posted on 04/24/2024 1:13:50 PM PDT by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Againt Alliteration Abuse)
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To: MortMan

Oh OKAY “Wide Latina” as in she has a fat head?


3 posted on 04/24/2024 1:25:59 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Lucky for her that she’s a liberal or the media would be calling for her removal.


4 posted on 04/24/2024 2:56:04 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: Morgana

And this woman decides what laws are constitutional....🙄🙄🙄


5 posted on 04/24/2024 4:18:17 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Morgana

Their opening gambit is always slander, and nothing they say can be taken at face value.


6 posted on 04/24/2024 7:13:07 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Morgana

Not he brightest bulb there huh?
Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox huh?
She got the job for being a very ugly Latina.


7 posted on 04/25/2024 5:32:20 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 Be Kind.)
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To: Morgana
Ectopic pregnancies excepted, is there any other condition that would require an early termination to "save the mother's life"?
8 posted on 04/25/2024 5:38:57 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Morgana

She applied the term “wise Latina” to herself. I continue to use it ironically, along with “Jewish lesbian” and now “Negro non-biologist” to describe the three nutcases.


9 posted on 04/25/2024 5:39:53 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana

She could afford to eat a little less fry-bread, and get a little more exercise.


10 posted on 04/25/2024 5:41:51 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana

Which Supreme Count Justice is the least intelligent, Sotomayor or Jackson-Brown?


11 posted on 04/25/2024 8:22:04 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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