A Missouri Congressman Defended A Proposed Abortion Ban By Saying Some Rapes Are 'Consensual'
Shortly after Hovis's comments, Democratic Rep. Raychel Proudie told members on the house floor that"there is no such thing as consensual rape."
Missouri's Republican-led house passed the bill on Friday, and Republican Gov. Mike Parson has pledged to sign it. If he does so, many of the bill's provisions would take affect in late August.Missouri is among a host of other states, including Ohio, Alabama, and Mississippi that have recently introduced controversial legislation to restrict abortions.
Hovis also told the AP that he'd misspoke and that he'd meant to say"date rapes or consensual or rape." He added that he believes there's no such thing as"consensual rape."."when you talk about consensual rape there's no such thing. It's either consensual or it's rape." "When you make a mistake and say something you did not mean to articulate it wrong then I want to make sure I apologize if I offended anyone and try to make sure I get my message out of what I was trying to say," Hovis told KCTV5."So if they're actually a rapist I'd tell you they're not a gentleman but until they're convicted of that then everyone would have their own decision to make on that," Hovis said.
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