AOC on Texas governor’s ‘disgusting’ abortion remarks: ‘He is not familiar with a female body’

Congresswoman explains basic biology to Greg Abbott after he claimed six weeks was ample time to get an abortion

Democrats including New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have decried Greg Abbott’s “deep ignorance” after the Texas governor inaccurately defended his state’s new anti-abortion law, saying that it does not require victims of rape and incest to carry pregnancies to term because it provides ample time for a person to get an abortion.

The law, which took effect on 1 September, is the most extreme anti-abortion measure in the US and essentially bans most abortions, offering no exceptions for rape or incest.

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Source: The Guardian