A far-right Republican state senator explaining his opposition to a bill that would grant an abortion exception for rape or incest told his fellow lawmakers, a “1-year-old could get an abortion under this.”Senator Bill Eigel, a pro-Trump Republican who is also running to become Missouri's next gover...

A far-right Republican state senator explaining his opposition to a bill that would grant an abortion exception for rape or incest told his fellow lawmakers, a “1-year-old could get an abortion under this.”Senator Bill Eigel, a pro-Trump Republican who is also running to become Missouri’s next governor

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “I don’t support the institutions of rape or of incest. But your amendment doesn’t address those,” Eigel said.

    “I’m 100% okay with having sex with a 1-year-old as long as it isn’t rape.”