The anti-abortion activist accused Planned Parenthood of racism and described abortion in graphic language.
Minutes before her speech, she continued to tweet in defense of her head-of-household voting position.in which she defended racial profiling. In the video, she says that her adopted brown son was “statistically more likely to commit a violent offense” than her white sons and that it was “smart” for police to be more careful around him.
In the past, she has also co-opted the language of the Black Lives Matter movement to advocate for the end of abortion. “I think maybe it’s time for me to lead a campaign to paint ‘Unborn Lives Matter’ outside of every abortion clinic in the country,” she in July. “I’m not much for getting arrested, but I’m feeling like maybe this would show the blatant hypocrisy running rampant in our society today.”Johnson cannot be trusted to tell the truth about safe, legal abortions.
“While Republicans will continue to lie and stigmatize sexual and reproductive health care services, Planned Parenthood Votes will continue to shine a light on President Trump’s and Vice President Pence’s unconscionable health care record and fight to protect access to reproductive health and rights at the ballot box,” she said.
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