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GOP extremist John Gibbs is making headlines once again, this time for taking his already out-of-touch stance a step further: Gibbs believes the U.S. should withhold aid from countries that allow abortion.
This comes as no surprise as Gibbs has said he’s “100% pro-life in all cases” and called the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “great news for women.” He wants to ban abortion even in cases of rape, incest, and when the mother’s life is at risk.
He has also been endorsed by Right to Life of Michigan, an extreme anti-abortion organization whose parent organization has already announced its support for congressional Republicans’ nationwide abortion ban, their latest attack on abortion rights across the country.
Read more about Gibbs’ unbelievable stance below.
American Independent: Michigan GOP candidate wants US to withhold aid to countries where abortion is legal
By Kaishi Chhabra
September 20, 2022
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“As a lawmaker, your job is to vote on legislation, so whenever anything comes up that involves pro-life, such as giving money to foreign countries that will let them perform abortions, we don’t want to do that,” Gibbs told a Michigan conservative political podcast in May.
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According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, “970 million women, representing 59% of women of reproductive age, live in countries that broadly allow abortion.”
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Just 24 countries prohibit abortion under any circumstances, including when the mother’s life or health is at risk.
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When asked how he is going to “fight that fight” against abortion rights, Gibbs also mentioned defunding Planned Parenthood and said, “anything that gives money to Planned Parenthood, we don’t want to do that.”
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Gibbs has made it clear he opposes rape and incest exceptions — a stance that is out of step with the vast majority of Michiganders, including Republican voters in the state.
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In May, Gibbs said the leaked Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade was “great news for women,” while adding that the leaked draft was “an attempt to create political ammo and social unrest ahead of upcoming midterm elections.”
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Gibbs has disregarded concerns that the fall of Roe put women’s health at risk, calling it a scare tactic. He claimed that it is rare for patients to require an abortion to save their life, and said there should be laws to ensure such situations should not “serve as a workaround” to promote abortion.
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“Every woman should have a gun,” Gibbs said. “We must protect women and give them concealed carry. The suggestion that making it harder to obtain a gun is simply false, no science behind it. Concealed carry lowers crime.”
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In reality, multiple academic studies have found that concealed carry laws have been linked to an increase in violent crime.
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