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After facing intense backlash earlier this month for stating that he goes to the gynecologist with his teenage daughter each year to “check her hymen,” rapper T.I. defended himself this week during an appearance on the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk.” T.I. told host Jada Pinkett Smith that he thinks a “false narrative” about his comments has been “sensationalized” — but he also defended his choice to “protect” his daughter from “the little slimy, grimy, chubby-fingered little boys who want to just come and defile and destroy the sanctity that I have.” The rapper made the initial comments during...

Abortion doctor and commentator Dr. Jennifer Gunter said Wednesday that “abortion is a symptom of needing to not be pregnant.” Gunter, who is the author of the 2019 “The Vagina Bible” and a New York Times contributor, tweeted the statement as part of a series of tweets on “how to stop a civil war on abortion.” She has not responded to a request for comment on the medical accuracy of her statement. “Here is how to stop a civil war on Abortion: Mind your own uterus,” Gunter tweeted Wednesday. “Follow evidence based medicine, which includes affordable and easy access to...