John Kennedy Gets Into Tense Debate With Witnesses Over Question About Abortion At 34 Weeks

[@tmklunk]

If we had a moral society and government we wouldn’t be talking about this

[@elsmoehl-broeren9059]

This is as old as the world is.

[@TheEclecticFrogYouTube]

Since when was American a moral society.

[@gailfreese3849]

These people endorse promiscuity rather than birth control. When did responsible sexual relations become obsolete. That may sound old fashioned.

[@surlyogre1476]

That's not old-fashioned, it's _timeless_ .

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

Old-fashioned is not always wrong. In fact, it is almost always right. Especially as regards morality.

[@magoo9279]

Women in marriages with kids have abortions. But late-term abortions are usually because their is a medical problems. As we have seen with all of these causes in the news.

[@jamesevans9014]

​@MichaelSheffield-ox8y I'm sure you mean old fashion morality from the past like; slavery, civil rights, women's rights, sexual equality and on and on.

[@De_La_Mustache]

The problem is that once they defeat the choice of woman over carrying a child, they then follow up with trying to also remove birth control as a right to prevent said pregnancy. We have something proven to work a majority of the time, why is that not a protected right at least?

[@blakehendershot]

If the 34 weeks along abortion is so outlandish, why are the abortion activist so deadset against settings a limit on having an abortion? The lady said that 99% of abortions occurs prior to 21 weeks. If that's the case, why the reluctance to having a 21 weeks ban?

[@pam_rob0543]

How the fk do you get to 34 weeks and not have an emotional attachment?? 😳 Gotta be a monster

[@tmklunk]

Some don’t view life like we do!

[@JaneFleesTexas]

When/who does this happen to? This is ridiculous.

[@JC----]

It doesn't. Kennedy is being disingenuous.

[@VadulTharys]

@@JaneFleesTexas 297 times in CA, WA, OR, and NY in 2022, The report stunned the reporter who discovered it because their intention was to prove it never happens. Forgot her name but she is a good journalist even if she is a raging leftist.

[@pam_rob0543]

@@JaneFleesTexas it happens in Australia. Full term abortions are legal here

[@icydawn4257]

Why aren’t we talking about Birth control instead of murder?

[@billy-ef6fy]

who was murdered?

[@jackwagner547]

​@@billy-ef6fythe irony of this debate - that I have not heard ANYONE acknowledge- is that every single Lib that supports ending a pregnancy is a living example as to why we should ENFORCE it in some cases, ya know?

[@renatahenderson8270]

The current discussion on birth control is, "how do we stop anyone from having access to birth control?" Republican Senators just voted against even having a floor vote on protecting the right to have access to birth control this week. That's the direction of the discussion about birth control in this country in 2024. Also, how is it murder if your fetus has lost its "heartbeat"? **technical note; heartbeat is in quotes because a fetus doesn't have a real heartbeat because its heart hasn't even formed the requisite chambers to be functional at 6 weeks. It has electrical signals that are picked up on the scanning equipment & show the fetus is viable. They call it the heartbeat because it sounds better than electrical signals that indicate your fetus is still viable. There's a woman in Texas who can tell you how she almost died in a pool of blood on her bathroom floor because Drs in Texas aren't willing to risk their licenses & a 99 year prison sentence if the ALL Republican Supreme Court in Texas decides the abortion didn't meet their ethereal, secret rules that they have refused to make public for when it's ok to save a woman's life. The fetus did NOT have a heartbeat, by the way. In your opinion, just how close to dead do you want the women in this country to be before it's not murder of a fetus, but saving a woman's life? Is it all the way dead or just nearly dead? How many pints of blood do women have to lose on their bathroom floors before it's life-saving medical care & not murder in your eyes? What part of 1% do you not understand? 1% of abortions are done AFTER 21 weeks. What part of catastrophic fetal deformity that will cause it to have nothing but pain & a struggle to even breathe for the few minutes or hours it survives after birth do you not understand? And that's if it survives the pregnancy to be born. Should women lose their ability to have children at all because some genetic issue affected one fetus & now they have lost their ability to carry another child because they were forced to carry a dead baby inside their womb & they lost their womb during the forced childbirth because people like you have gotten it into their heads that women just decide at 34 weeks they don't want a baby? You could ask Kate Cox, who was forced to flee Texas to receive her life & uterus-saving medical care how that feels because it's what happened to her. You could ask the 10 year old rape victim in Ohio how she felt about things when she was forced to flee her home state to get an abortion. Or do you believe that a 10 year old should be forced to have a baby? There's so much historical, medical evidence that pregnancy & childbirth are super dangerous for little girls. And a 10 year old is a little girl. But, she has to give birth anyway to keep you from saying she's a murderer. **fun historical fact; Henry VII, the father of the king everyone knows about because he had all those wives, some of whom he decided to behead, was an only child. That's not the unusual part. The unusual part is why he was an only child. His mother was married off when she was 12. She gave birth to Henry VII, the 1st Tudor king, at barely 13 & then never had another child. After the birth of her 1st child, she was barren. And even though she was married to 2 other men during her childbearing years, her 1st 2 husbands died, the father of Henry VII died before she gave birth, she never had another child. Drs believe that carrying & giving birth to that one child rendered her sterile. Yes, I know I'm talking about someone in the 15th century, but have you seen the maternal & infant mortality rates in this country lately? It hasn't gotten much better since then. Is that the future you look forward to? A future where your daughters, sisters, lovers, & friends have no autonomy over their own lives? They have no options because you "believe life starts at conception?" Because it's not just about our bodies, it's about our whole lives. Also, would you like it if some Buddhist was making the rules for you to live by based on their faith? That's exactly what you're doing when you make this kind of statement. And yes, it was a statement, not a question. And quite judgemental on your part as well since you haven't walked a mile in our heels. This is why you have no business telling women what to do about their health care. I lived through the Roe case back in the 70s. My Mom told me about good women she knew & worked with who ended up bleeding out on their bathroom floors with a coat hanger next to them. Women from all walks of life who were made desperate by the laws at the time & their life circumstances. Desperate people do desperate things & y'all are making sure that every woman who finds themselves in the situations I have described from real life today are desperate. Shame on all of you!

[@icydawn4257]

@@billy-ef6fy 75 + MILLION aborted babies… try to keep up🤓

[@slyoldowl]

​@renatahenderson8270 good rant but not correct. 1. Your talking about an ectopic pregnancy if the child is dead in the womb it's removing the child in safety of the mother. Not an abortion 2. Deformities can be corrected through medical procedures. To include early pregnancies. Not to mention mothers who "don't have an attachment" are sometimes doing drugs, drinking, or medicating themselves with unhealthy choices that bring the deformities in the first place. 3. It's more than 1% we live in a society that decides I can't afford the baby, I have no want for the child, and coerce young women that the child is a "parasite". 4. 1% of abortions are done on rape and incest. Very rare yet one side plays this boogeyman every single time. What really should happen is actually having self control on both sides and taking responsibility. Call it cliche but for men how about wrap it before you tap it. And for women use good judgement. Or how about see a doctor when planning for a baby. 5. If you think everyone is gonna panic and stick a coat hanger your wrong one it's stupid and two it's self inflicted. What do you think women go through when a child is ripped from them after an abortion. Some would think "oh, no big deal" the other side would think "what have I done". 4. The baby has a heartbeat after 6 weeks. My wife had a miscarriage and we managed to hear the heartbeat at 7 but at the 8th week we lost the baby. It tore us up but we have each other and support each. How dare you assume over some b.s. study that a baby doesn't have a heartbeat, does not deserve to live, and assume all mothers are going to self mutilate themselves. Murder is murder and we have a moronic society that can't put the pieces together over their personal feelings and mothers being constantly lied to about a baby being born. We need families, we need more children to rebuild and put us on the correct path from the constant fuckups your people have bullshitted. And most importantly we need God

[@Roundpeg-Squarehole]

They should talk about the tissue farming and the money they make from it.

[@OneMeanArtist]

Yup, agreed. It's a billion dollar industry.

[@kingdom4486]

Those are some sick people.

[@Ladybug923]

You mean like the man that was found guilty of SA. That’s kinda sick

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

"I'd rather be born first, and shot at later, rather than the other way around. Please inform my mother, she's supposed to protect me" -- unborn girl -- ,,

[@jamesstevenson1296]

Sadly these options represent the America of today.

[@jannanijland5336]

Oh you mean the military needs canon fodder

[@miguelgomez3452]

😂😂😂

[@ChristopherMario-z8t]

Where did the "Unborn Girl" (unborn isn't a word) learn how to read/write/communicate if she was never born?

[@rondasparks]

You mean ran through a wood chipper

[@jman1853]

Only the last person, the doctor, seem to know what she's talking about.

[@picklesgherkin]

what sickens me in this day and age, there's still people out there that think it's okay to murder a baby they don't want...

[@ninadaly7639]

Don’t be so gullible.

[@ninadaly7639]

@NickYankee They wouldn’t kill the baby per se. They would just let it starve once it’s born.

[@GaryJohnstone-dx5sv]

Happens every day

[@Famr4evr]

@@ninadaly7639 In March 2024, Candelario was sentenced to life in prison for the starvation death of her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn. Candelario left Jailyn alone while she went on a 10-day vacation to Detroit and Puerto Rico.

[@stevenwalker4923]

What about the father? It takes two to tango.

[@davidwillis44]

Wee have no choice until after birth

[@davidwillis44]

We have no rights until after birth

[@bloocifer]

​@@davidwillis44are u uhhhh sure about that champ.? 😂 just take a few minutes. Think about what you said.

[@misterwallace3479]

@@bloocifer Let's hear your rebuttal on how he's wrong?

[@DaisyChain3339.]

​@bloocifer explain yourself

[@elisadelaurenti2516]

Millstones. Lots of Millstones.

[@MR._REAPER]

How is late term abortion not murder?

[@davebrown6552]

How is it more murderous than contraception? Every Human is the result of the combination of a specific egg and a specific sperm. If any combination finds an environment that will allow it to thrive it gets a chance to grow, if it does not find a suitable environment to survive then like all other humans it dies. Billions of possible humans are 'murdered ever day by crusty socks or on the end of a tampon or the womb being occupied or by a doctor with a baby blender or someone who refuses to offer a spare kidney or perform an operation for us long after we were born. No matter how any life is terminated that unique combination is gone forever we all can only live as long as we can find a suitable environment and we die when we cannot find that suitable environment. A fetus is exactly the same as the other billions of possible combinations (human babies) it was just insanely lucky and found a suitable environment that it could survive in for a bit longer than its billions of brothers An aborted baby just lost access to a suitable environment a bit later than those that were 'murdered' by contraception, sock or another pregnancy and a bit earlier than those of us that made it to the birth. A kid that drown in a pool dies because it lost its suitable environment A car crash victim just lost their suitable environment even latter. when we die of old age it is still because we lost our suitable environment. As humans we do get the chance to ask someone else to volunteer to look after us and help us survive in an unsuitable environment but we do not have the right to force someone else to look after us if they choose not to (except for 9 months in some jurisdictions). If I ask you to donate a kidney because I will die without it, you are not murdering me if you choose not to help. (even if you had previously said you would) the same applies to the doctor who decides not to perform the transplant and the same is true of a pregnant mother who decides that she also no longer wants to help.

[@stephaniehampton3525]

It is murder! Whenever you end a life it's murder but that's only if you believe in a higher power!

[@VladimirBlarp]

It is murder, and that's not up for debate

[@sidali2590]

No it's no screw up anti choice forced pro birther

[@sidali2590]

No it's not screw up

[@wollace4339]

when anyone says with all do respect.....its bullshit

[@mattcavanaugh6082]

Especially when followed by a snide lecture -- to a US Senator!

[@kanderson4353]

If a woman gets to 30+ weeks, you might as well carry to term AND PUT IT UP FOR ADOPTION! If you don't want it, fine; give it a chance to go to someone who *does* want it.

[@frankcastle7036]

This guy is married? The generosity of women never ceases to amaze me.

[@libertybell8852]

Which guy?

[@frankcastle7036]

@@libertybell8852bald headed beard guy

[@icydawn4257]

Leave our Constitution ALONE 🇺🇸💯🙏

[@PalmSpringsDiva1]

what exactly does that mean?

[@icydawn4257]

@@PalmSpringsDiva1 try thinking, it really aides in life…🙄

[@ninadaly7639]

Are you kidding? Your candidate wants to rip up the Constitution.

[@Neilfachman1234]

It’s disrespectful to the murdered baby!!

[@davidlesley8884]

I am against abortion! Seems like people don't care about babies. If you abort a baby , you and the people doing the process need to get arrested for murder

[@billy-ef6fy]

what murdered baby...? you sound dramatic, rather than intelligent.

[@Neilfachman1234]

@@billy-ef6fy what happens to the baby? If it’s nothing then no need to terminate, right?

[@dosman3458]

It's not a baby

[@Neilfachman1234]

@@dosman3458 well then don’t kill that thing that is not a baby. Why do you have to end its life if it’s not a baby?

[@patriciajaeger6323]

If "it never happens" then it can be outlawed without hurting anyone, can't it?

[@ericwood1569]

HAHA that would be the obvious logic.

[@jayez5117]

This lady says it's only 1% and shrugs her shoulders. It's 1% of all US births annually that's actually a very large number. Even if it wasn't large 1% is still a life.

[@jamesanthony5257]

Doctors are supposed to do their job honoring the hippocratic oath, which is to do no harm.

[@rondasparks]

They do sex changes to children! What’s moral about that ?

[@rosemary-i2p]

it takes two if you dont want kids dont have unprotected sex common sence

[@thunkjunk]

Similar principle if you don't want herpes.

[@susannaalam8849]

Or take the day after pill

[@characterchange6793]

You do know that contraceptives are on the chopping block.

[@dontdrinkthekool-aide]

Agreed

[@ruthnovena40]

9 months to deliver a full term child is equal to 40 weeks, At 34 weeks , why go that long unless there is great health Risk to the mother and no other choice why go that long?

[@VadulTharys]

normally coercion or threats from employers, but in 297 cases the women (28-36 weeks) simply had abortions because they no longer wanted to have a kid. One case resulted in prosecutions because the doctor was not legally authorized to give the abortion and the woman had lost custody already due to her abuse of her other children that came out in her divorce.

[@magoo9279]

​@VadulTharys We did you get this info.

[@VadulTharys]

@@magoo9279 WHO, CDC, NIH all keep records of these.

[@VadulTharys]

@@magoo9279 Realize there are an average of 500k to 1 million abortions in the US a year so 297 cases is microscopic comparatively

[@magoo9279]

@@VadulTharys I just checked the CDC. No, where does it say there were 297 later term abortions. Where are you getting your made-up # from? Also, the CDC did not distinguish if the later term abortions were by choice or medical necessity. So again made up info.

[@kellyk3889]

how do you get to 6, 12, 18, etc weeks and not have an attachment?

[@Ken-yp1dg]

The Mother represents the Child's interest, not the State.

[@Famr4evr]

And should be the first to protect the child from any harm!!

[@toniwalser3989]

Also, when I was pregnant with my son, I felt him moving and his "life" inside me very early on. I used to be pro-choice when I was younger and ignorant to the life of a baby in the womb.

[@danielmartin7838]

One thing I find troubling is the lack of dialogue surrounding medically necessary abortion numbers compared to those used as pure contraception and those who come in the wake of sexual assault.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

There are no "medically necessary" abortions...👈🤔

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

....and before you go there...👈🤔.. No woman has died, from complications in the last 17 years... Though you wish you had ONE example...👈🤔

[@spacecoastz4026]

That's because most abortions is about getting rid of an unborn baby. Almost never medically necessary.

[@kevinkanter2537]

@@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592 and you make that statement out of whole cloth --- and it is completely tangential--- medically necessary abortions are highly evaluated and are about fetuses who are not viable

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

@@kevinkanter2537 There are no "medically necessary" abortions, until you can produce a corpse, who died WHILE getting the "lifesaving medical care" that everyone gets in all situations... You have had no corpses for 17 years...👈🤔... As for the "agonized, going to die anyway" life, 👈🤔 you don't get to make that call until you've broken every casino in Vegas, proving you can predict the future... Nobody promised anybody their child would be free of medical problems...👈🤔... ...and let's not forget crack babies, and alcoholic narcissistic moms...

[@FyreStarting]

I disagree with promiscuity being a good enough reason to allow this practice.

[@foxman1546]

So there are women and doctors who are ok with tearing apart a viable child. What does that say about them.

[@garygemmell3488]

If the woman is the sole arbiter of whether or not she wants to have a baby, she should also be the baby's sole means of support.

[@moogoogaipan4107]

Waaah, you're taking away my manly rights!! You probably would abandon the baby anyway.

[@zkeletonz001]

@@moogoogaipan4107 Good job completely ignoring the issue and being the actual whiny person.

[@JaneFleesTexas]

The women is the sole person actually risking her body and health… Men can petition to relinquish parental rights and half of child support ordered to be paid by the courts ISNT.

[@elizabeth.601]

​@@JaneFleesTexas fathers have attachments to their own children. As if murdering their babies has no effect on them 🙄

[@JaneFleesTexas]

@@elizabeth.601 Cool, so when the artificial womb is perfected “fathers” can risk their bodies/lives for their “baby” during pregnancy… Pregnancy isn’t health neutral. It’s also antithetical to human rights to coerce people into medical decisions they aren’t fully informed about. Since first trimester abortion care is 10-14 times more safe for a woman’s body than pregnancy/childbirth, and no woman knows beforehand if a pregnancy will kill her/damage her body, she has every right to choose whether to carry to term or not. You’re also equating an embryo/early fetus to “a baby” which is disingenuous and intellectually lazy. Calling abortion care “murder” when there’s no mention of health issues is also disingenuous. Or how about this - remove that “baby” at 13 weeks or less when most elective abortions occur. There’s no difference between that and a born baby, right? Why do you even need a woman’s body when there’s ‘a baby’ at fertilization? Please use better logic, maybe read a book or ten on the topic as I have.

[@tclodfelter8789]

Once AGAIN... KZbin deems it necessary to install a Wikapedia DISCLAIMER banner under the video!!

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

Ikr 🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄

[@rondasparks]

SCOTUS said leave it up to the states

[@lindatalty6500]

MANY PEOPLE WOULD WANT THAT CHILD!

[@kahlarenee7417]

What i don't understand is why women can't simply use birth control, or get their tubes tied if they really don't want to get pregnant. Why fight so hard for the right to murder a defenseless baby and fight for preventative measures? Calling abortion "care", is abhorrent. I've lost 3 babies and I can't imagine actually being the reason for their deaths...

[@jannanijland5336]

Inform yourself on the actual abortion cases.

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

​@@jannanijland5336 well there's ACTUALLY a lot of women who use abortion as a contraceptive... Most of the time, they just don't want the baby. Which is why OP said what she said

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

I'm sorry for your losses 😔

[@RestoringtheArts]

The first and the last were the best answers

[@edwhite7457]

How would democrats draft a law about abortion, when they cant define what a woman, female, mother is? And what about the fathers rights? What about personal responsibility? We know whaat causes pregnancy and we know how to prevent it.

[@quichequiche4274]

Maybe ask Trump about personal responsibility. You love him, and he takes accountability for absolutely NOTHING. #tryagain

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

​@@quichequiche4274 lmao I could say the same about 99% of Democrats 🤣🤣🤣

[@foofzilla]

What a chucklehead. If this is the best Louisiana can offer, we are in serious trouble

[@rondasparks]

Why because he has common sense ?

[@tclodfelter8789]

Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments. - Charles Carroll of Carrollton

[@juantomas3630]

Why does the man not have a say in his if his baby ?? Men men need to start standing up for their baby(s) !!!!

[@davidlesley8884]

All babies feel pain

[@vetterburns1048]

It's easy. Don't have unprotected sex, if you don't want a baby.

[@keithhoss4990]

Babies can be aborted until they can survive outside the womb. Well, last I checked, no child would survive without an adult feeding them until at least 7 or 8. So I guess that’s the standard now.

[@crimony3054]

But then if a tiny fetus can survive outside the womb with the assistance of medical technology, abortion at week 1 is murder.

[@shihichishawneeconner9563]

Thoughts from a man

[@acrane1100]

@@shihichishawneeconner9563also thoughts from all pro life women. Ad hominem aside why is he wrong?

[@1nfamyX]

​@@shihichishawneeconner9563 awfully quiet now that your identity politics has been thrown out.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

"I'd rather be born first, and shot at later, rather than the other way around. Please inform my mother, she's supposed to protect me" -- unborn girl -- ..

[@latinastaire]

Remind me why government needs to be involved in family health conditions decisions?

[@mattcavanaugh6082]

petitio principii

[@realwickedbrew]

Because, as a society, we have deemed murder wrong.

[@stuckerfam]

Since murdering a child is wrong, the government has the responsibility to protect that child. Life is a right and should not be taken without due process.

[@ShowMeSomething1]

⁠@@realwickedbrewThat IS and already HAS been illegal everywhere, for a LONG time.……this is not the same. If what you are saying were true that would mean a HUGE portion of the female population would be in jail….and they are not because it is not. You are welcome. 👍

[@ShowMeSomething1]

@@stuckerfamThe right to life is for BORN individuals. 👍

[@REG3305]

8:24 That's ONLY BECAUSE after 24 weeks HAS BEEN ILLEGAL! BUT.... if it's legal it WILL HAPPEN MORE!

[@magoo9279]

New Mexico has late-term abortions. A report from the New Mexicos health department said about 8% were after 24 weeks. Doesn't state if they were cause the mom changed their minds. I wish it did give that info. To debuke your silly comment.

[@jimszczech9034]

What about the BABIES right to live What about the father's right?

[@cord6733]

What about the rights of the father!!!!!????

[@dellaniblett5532]

Men speaking about the health and welfare of a woman or a mother is sick. Where is the man's role and responsibility in this other than to tell her what to do. Situations occur that can harm the mother, these are neither doctors nor mothers and therefore should not make decisions on the matter.

[@robbinsgamingchannel]

Of all the things discussed in this video, that’s what you find most sickening?

[@christopherskipp1525]

Wow, the last witness seemed to have some moral sand.

[@shihichishawneeconner9563]

I want to speak for the babies

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

"I'd rather be born first, and shot at later, rather than the other way around. Please inform my mother, she's supposed to protect me" -- unborn girl --

[@ShowMeSomething1]

You can speak for your own baby. 👍

[@JaneFleesTexas]

Cool… you do that 🙄

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

@@JaneFleesTexas The babies say you suck....👈😳... Just imagine what grownups think... 🤔

[@vickycastle735]

The first trimester i have no problem...after that NO!!!

[@shihichishawneeconner9563]

No the spirit enters the body the second the sperm enters the egg

[@prestonbinder637]

@vickycastle735 🤢

[@acrane1100]

Explain why you’re against it after the first trimester?

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

Nope...👈🤔...none, under any circumstances...

[@realwickedbrew]

This is not something that can be addressed at the federal level. There are obvious equal protection concerns, if not for the child, for the father.

[@davidaroberts3175]

Finally got an honest answer

[@karensterton9780]

I personally witnessed it! My neighbor had a "friend" who decided she hated the father,so she searched Southern California till she found a doctor to abort a healthy baby at 5+ months. I bumped into her a few times and I'll NEVER FORGET- she said "Ow, it's really kicking today." She was clearly showing,rounded belly...I asked her why not just finish the pregnancy and she said she hated the father so NO WAY. Her name was Jessica.

[@christinalambert5837]

She has guts!

[@kiddvegas]

One of the witnesses mentioned it’s only about 1% in regards to Kenny’s example about having an abortion at 34 weeks 1% of what? Wish we can get an actual number. Seems like they’re floating 1% as a low sum

[@zzztek]

it does not happen at 34 weeks so we should allow it to happen. WTF?

[@lukesilletta9295]

This whole issue has been muddied by radicals on both sides. The majority of people are fine with an abortion early in the pregnancy AND the majority of people are fine with NOT letting someone have a very late term abortion. But of course... the extremes are the loudest.

[@iupetre]

Most abortions are elective.

[@R.C.A.T]

All abortion is extreme it always ends the life of an innocent human being.

[@billwood6168]

John.... these people's mothers are hoping to get it extended for up to 48 years... they too seem to have some regrets

[@matthewrmyers]

John Kennedy is the classiest man in Congress!

[@robbinsgamingchannel]

Yes, he really is.

[@EKowallis]

Say that to the person who died in the abortion.

[@jamiesteele9241]

Excellent

[@kodibaird-ke8pn]

no way its insanity

[@axebox]

Can we have people at the table that haven't gotten an abortion? Or is that not possible at this point? Horrifying.

[@mikecross4350]

Murder is murder

[@redone8232]

“Goods and services”

[@krose9748]

Is abortion wrong? Yes. Have i had one? No. Did i support roe vs. wade? Yes. I think abortions should be legal up to 12 weeks. There needs to be limits. Not as a form of birth control. By definition, i’m an “old school liberal”. However, in the day and age that we live in, things have gotten way out of hand. I have more “conservative” views on things.

[@bradmckay8464]

If you didn't want to get pregnant ; why didn't you take responsibility "NOT" get pregnant

[@leealan6416]

1% is to many, and I am pro abortion when it has morality attached. Up to 21 weeks may be ok, but 34 weeks has some serious moral issues that these people ignore. You cannot answer the question ignoring the fact 34 weeks is a possibility. Some people struggle with reality.

[@crintraian]

21 weeks is a crime in 2/3 of the countries on this planet, most of normal world is 12 weeks, the US has no morals

[@quichequiche4274]

So the moral issue isn't that the forced birth ppl also don't have a problem with the child starving after birth?!

[@rondasparks]

How is this disrespectful to the mother ? They shouldn’t have got pregnant in the first place ! Isn’t it disrespectful to the baby at 21 weeks?

[@DigimontamerB]

Fascinating

[@nancyarenson4549]

I wish Senator Kennedy had not interrupted the 2 witnesses after opening his question to the panel. There seems to be dispute among the panel about the reasons for late term abortions. I can see the arguments of both sides 1) that only 1% of abortions are late term and most, if not all, are for serious medical conditions affecting either the mother or baby, and 2) that 1% is too many. What’s missing, and what I want to know more about, is how many late term abortions are truly elective in that there are no serious health consequences to either mother or fetus. I suspect there is broad agreement among people who are not politicians that medically necessary or advisable late term abortions should be available. Let’s focus time, energy, and resources focusing on defining the circumstances under which late term abortions should be permitted, as well as providing support and resources for alternatives to late term elective abortions that protect the health of the mother and the baby. My guess is there is not the political will to do that kind of heavy lifting.

[@joshuamangham4889]

If a woman has the right to abort a child without the father of that child having a say in it then I think a man should b able to give up his rights to a child without the mother having a say...

[@NatalayaTube]

I have no qualms judging someone based on how they treat the helpless.

[@kodibaird-ke8pn]

no way dont pass any policys on abortion

[@dbenitez3030]

I'm not gonna get into the abortion aspect cause it's my opinion...HOWEVER...why is it whenever I watch these committee hearing vids there are only ever like 4 congressman there? The Senate Judiciary Committee has like 20ish members, the rest too busy? Doing what?

[@Bythegraceofgod1646]

At 34 weeks, it’s easy to feel your baby kicking & squirming within your womb. At 34 weeks, many babies have had to be delivered, for one reason or another, and those babies may need extra care for a short while, but they are healthy & thrive. At 34 weeks, the only way women can go from pregnant to not pregnant is to deliver the child. The only question is whether they will deliver the baby alive or dead. At 34 weeks, there is never a reason to kill a baby in the womb. There are zero severe medical circumstances requiring women to kill their baby. Yes, some may need to deliver early. None will need to kill and give birth to a dead baby. Lord have mercy on our nation, and thank you for men like Senator Kennedy standing for the truth and protecting the dignity of life.

[@lisajacobs285]

A referendum depends on what state you live in. Try Indiana, not happening.

[@DennisPatterson-yf6fy]

No, she should not be able to have an abortion. She does however have the option to put the baby up for adoption. Use some common sense!!

[@kodibaird-ke8pn]

that in my eyes is murder!!!!

[@CLNS_Nick]

His “aw shucks” routine is so transparent

[@jmrocks49]

John Kennedy is so sanctimonious. He knows that getting an abortion at 34 weeks is unrealistic and he really doesn’t want to hear challenges to his hypothetical question. Why do questioners always go to the extreme ends of the issue and present them as ‘realistic”?

[@leslienewton2773]

Vote on what? Shouldnt we know before voting😡🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@andyknight115]

A 15 MINUTES RULE SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. 5 MINS IS BUNCH OF CRAP.

[@johncoulombe6626]

It is not médical reason, it is mental reasons..

[@markportnoy6290]

Does Kennedy know how rare his hypothetical is?

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

It's even rarer that a woman dies from pregnancy complications.. In fact, nonexistent, in the last 17 years in the US...👈🤔

[@mattcavanaugh6082]

Why does the rarity of it matter?

[@realwickedbrew]

It’s only rare because it was illegal to do before Roe was overturned.

[@markportnoy6290]

@@realwickedbrew it's rare because it's rare. Not a thing.

[@mattcavanaugh6082]

@@markportnoy6290 Cannibalism is rare, but we still made it a crime.

[@marlynmiller8639]

One thing I fail to understand when they talk about late term abortion is that no matter what the baby will be delivered. So why not deliver the baby alive and place for adoption? Why does the baby need to be terminated?

[@tclodfelter8789]

“Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years in pediatric surgery I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life. . . . If, toward the end of the pregnancy complications arise that threaten the mother’s health, he will take the child by inducing labor or performing a Caesarean section. His intention is still to save the life of both the mother and the baby. The baby will be premature and perhaps immature depending on the length of gestation. Because it has suddenly been taken out of the protective womb, it may encounter threats to its survival. The baby is never willfully destroyed because the mother’s life is in danger.” - Surgeon General C. Everett Koop 1982-1989

[@kathyabernathy467]

Why kill the baby? At 34 weeks, the child can live outside the womb deliver the baby. Anything else would be murder 😒

[@_iLLuSiv3_]

How can this solely lie on the mother's decision to abort a child? The father (if known) should also have the input, because I am pretty sure it takes two people to make a baby.

[@WHEELSRT7]

And the father?

[@randyharbaugh7819]

they never talk about the father, why is 1/2 of the babies dna never discussed

[@VladimirBlarp]

Fathers have no rights. If a woman doesn't want the baby but the father does, he has no say so. If a woman wants the baby, but the father doesn't, he has no say so.

[@knowyourworth236]

Thus, the term *"OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE."*

[@ShowMeSomething1]

@@VladimirBlarpMen always have a choice…..they usually just walk away….its not their body that’s stuck with anything. They are not forced into anything and majority are not in jail for not paying CS. 👍

[@VladimirBlarp]

@@ShowMeSomething1 maybe not jail, but they do garnish up to 60% of his wages, put liens on property, and make him voluntarily turn in financed vehicles.

[@ShowMeSomething1]

@@VladimirBlarp….no they don’t….and if for some reason some do then it’s still not a fact….SOME men and ALL men are completely different. This affects ALL individuals with working wombs…..nothing has ever affected ALL men when only “the few” go to jail or pay…..if you want it to be comparable it would have to be that ALL men HAD TO or are FORCED to pay CS no matter what OR THEY DO GO TO JAIL. …majority of men are not in jail and they don’t pay. 👍

[@samueldelaney385]

Human Resources must be preserved, nurtured, and repeated.

[@MrJocky82]

Why don't they answer the question. WHAT IF?? What if a woman wants that at 34 weeks? What happens to the babies rights as a viable human being?

[@JaneFleesTexas]

Tell me who is having an elective abortion at 34 weeks??

[@MrJocky82]

@@JaneFleesTexas hopefully no one. Ever. But IF someone desires one, should it be allowed?

[@nacarreira777]

How about a referendum....let we the people vote on it.

[@sharonfleming-lt2qh]

If this issue stayed with the scotus it would be a blanket decision,giving it to each state you can get different decisions so if one state doesnt accomodate another will and you can travel into these states ,a much better system.

[@jynxsecret1996]

Abortion should only be allowed before eight weeks. You not "knowing" doesnt make you "eligible". If you were sexually assaulted, child will have deformities that will cause them to live in pain or have to have almost 24 hour care etc or mothers life at risk are things a woman is entitled to. Other than that no. Before anyone says anything read my comment closely and clearly..

[@Ladybug923]

It’s so amazing the GOP using words like moral and ethical… then endorse Trump… GTFOH!!!

[@kodibaird-ke8pn]

do not let dociety decide that would cause chaos

[@rondasparks]

Have it and give it up for adoption at 34 weeks simple !

[@mdaenen123]

She complaining about it being the 1% yet they always say “rape and incest” which is also the 1%.