John Kennedy Relentlessly Grills Pro-Choice Witness, Snaps At Sheldon Whitehouse For Cutting Him Off

At today's Senate Budget Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled witnesses about abortion.
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[@ginacarpenter6553]

Thank you Senator Kennedy for standing up for those can’t.

[@LakechB]

Indeed he raised his voice for the voiceless and helpless babies.

[@paulrichards6894]

he looks like he was evicted from the hills have eyes

[@mattyjay8896]

It's truly fascinating watching these people gaslight themselves into believing they're not insane.

[@artbytar1]

You can see it their faces...to answer the question is to admit insanity.

[@user-wv5rj8lh4r]

They're just evil and demand their sacrifice

[@lilmike2710]

​@@artbytar1Yep... I'll bet a few of them had to empty at least one box of wine and a couple Klonopin that night just to reset their cognitive dissonance that senator Kennedy had punched a hole into... To re convince themselves of all the gobbledegook mental gymnastics they've used to justify their positions.

[@glendakillough6726]

She's sick. For sure. How does she sleep.

[@glendakillough6726]

Baal is her God.

[@dominikwdowski3855]

Does she know that 'fetus' is Latin word for offspring?...

[@zanderblack4590]

Either they do and don't care or they don't and don't care

[@mynuttyme]

Got 'em!

[@chrisblanc663]

Probably not. I heard an atheist debating and refused to use the word faith, because he preferred “level of confidence”just for the Christian opponent to point out that the Latin for confidence is confidentia, which means: with faith. These were two highly educated academics and the atheist could never be bothered to understand the words he so readily sparces to try to make a faithless claims.

[@dabalishis1585]

Did you know that fetus is defined as a offspring of a human or other mammal IN THE STAGES OF PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT in America?..... Meaning a fetus isn't human yet, but a clump of cells.

[@dominikwdowski3855]

@@chrisblanc663 irrelevant in this case. We can play with language for hours, and it still will be s biological fact that human life begins at conception.

[@alisongray1067]

This is an amazing hearing. Kennedy is a hero for raising a topic that most shy away from. People need to hear this.

[@shannonmanning6166]

Ronald Reagan said it best, "I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."

[@leakekeritz8825]

That's a beautiful statement. Some people argue with examples from nature to justify abortion as a normal way of nature controlling life itself, like cows eating parsley roots to get rid of a calf inside of them. But even the cows only do it when their own life is threatened like in times of famine or dryed out landscapes. So let's call the creepy arguments what they really are. People talking of planning parenthood are simply focussed on their own egoistic ways without caring of any responsibility that will come with getting anything you want at all costs. Thak you for sharing R Reagans words.

[@Missmer796]

Yet he legalized it when he was governor of California

[@shannonmanning6166]

@@Missmer796 The bill he signed, reluctantly, was only for cases of health concerns for the mother, rape or incest. And he did so reluctantly. There are published letters from him to Peanuts author Charles Schultz on his dilemma.

[@MrSpaceMees]

wow and water is wet. what wise words.

[@shannonmanning6166]

@@MrSpaceMees A poor attempt at reductio ad absurdum. The two don't correlate. Good luck to you.

[@gardener3017]

I was a single teen mom 48 years ago. We lived a very, very humble life. I am now just above poverty level. All the money on this planet wasn't worth the life of my child. I am so blessed.

[@maryfrey]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rf4215]

That touched me. God bless your soul woman❤

[@sandypidgeon4343]

AMEN

[@pgpagaia]

I really enjoyed reading this comment. Bless you and your child.

[@kens.3729]

GOD Bless you for your Courage. 👍🙏

[@yuliavel9051]

This needs to be spoken more and more, louder and louder

[@myk5875]

Very evil…here in the UK people are being arrested for just standing outside these private abortion clinics and quietly praying for the life of the babies being murdered.

[@moosedawg71]

They are in America too. Just happened a couple months ago. People PRAYING and quietly singing hymns were thrown in jail.

[@JessicaNoelle.]

Yes there is an 80 year old grandmother awaiting a prison sentence of up to 10 years because she was praying outside of an abortion clinic. Oh, how far the west has fallen 😢

[@Coconutcountryliving]

The devil doesn't want these babies baptized

[@dabalishis1585]

Bruh just let grown woman do what they want with their body, not everyone wants children or wants to give birth yet.

[@adudeplayingadudedisguised6776]

​@@dabalishis1585 the babies are not afforded the same level of human dignity. It has been understood for all of civilization that there is another life created when a woman is pregnant. Now people redefine what a fetus is and dehumanize it in order to kill them without guilt.

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

An unborn fetus is still a child with a heart beat and feelings. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

[@janetbaker7848]

Yes I agree with your statement but at the same time why aren't we concentrating on the children that are already alive? And the ones who are suffering from malnutrition hunger or medical inattention? Personally I believe that those children are more important than the ones who haven't been born.

[@chyl0764]

Feelings?? 😂😂😂 gtfo

[@koiboybud-dbee4556]

​@@janetbaker7848All children are important, whether in the womb or not. Just because some people can't keep their legs crossed doesn't mean baby murder under the guise of Healthcare is okay.

[@bwnco]

​@@chyl0764yes they can feel pain is what they're talking about. Are you not smart enough to figure that out?

[@bwnco]

​​@@janetbaker7848umm ever hear of YMCA UNICEF Big Brothers Big sisters Toys for tots children's Cancer center the Ronald McDonald House food programs. Do you want me to continue and Go on I could list probably 100 organizations associations that help underprivileged malnourished kids.

[@kristinmoreno9203]

BRAVO!! Senator Kennedy drops a TRUTH-BOMB!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@deborahdoyle9723]

👍♥️🇨🇦

[@maxerica69]

bomb yes, truth no. He was asking someone who admitted from the start that she wasnt a doctor to confirm a procedure she knew nothing about. The 3rd witness was on HIS team so OF COURSE she is gonna say "as far as i know, yes" But thats the thing- She DOESNT know! thats not what they do or even how thats done at all. Maybe he should have asked the ACTUAL DOCTOR about that procedure.

[@Davidwasghostedbyutube]

@@maxerica69 is the life of the ‘fetus’ killed?

[@happygolucky9004]

Eh I don't think he did a great job. She's right that the correct term is fetus and not baby. These are two different stages of human development. You wouldn't call a child an adult. Also he's misleading when talking about late term abortions. There are instances where it's medically necessary to have a late term abortions. There are and never have been legal voluntary late term abortions (outside of genetic disease). Anything after 25 weeks has always required medical necessity. I think he's referring to genetic anomalies of the fetus. That's where the fetus is healthy but may have a genetic disease or disorder. Unfortunately the current tests can only be done later in the stages of development. Maybe technology will allow for earlier detection of those diseases eliminating the need for this type of abortion.

[@joanjohnson9083]

Senator Kennedy is masterful!

[@harleygirl2050]

Thank you, Mr.Kennedy for advocating for the unborn precious ones! God bless you! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@shereeastuto32]

Interesting how all this man did was ask questions and people took offence he asked for clarity and he was cut off. What a wicked world

[@ardalwinterborn]

Always hilarious to see supposedly educated folks mentally lock up when presented with a straightforward question.

[@sappyjohnson]

"Educated" does not mean intelligent.

[@luislaplume8261]

​@@sappyjohnsonBullseye! How else can one explain Daniel Boone a frontiersman who got elected to Congress and complained about President Andrew Jackson when he believes the President was wrong in certain policies? He later died at the Battle of the Alamo.

[@nethanelmasters5170]

​@@luislaplume8261Daniel Boone wasn't at the Alamo nor was he in congress. That would be Davey Crocket.

[@purplepanther2771]

@@nethanelmasters5170 He was testing you. *He* failed. SMH

[@coachhannah2403]

@@sappyjohnson- As Mr Kennedy shows every time he opens his mouth.

[@johnlisborg3774]

She can't even say the baby is dead that is how far left the Democratic Party has gone

[@nICe-hr4rs]

They can’t talk about it plainly and what’s really happening either. They can do it and cheer for it but can’t say the words they did. Plain words

[@2380Shaw]

Whether she says it's a "fetus" or a "baby" they're both a young living human being.

[@RoyalC450]

And they know it's a life, that's what's so sick about it. when democrat politicians go up there and try to quote; "life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness", they take out "life" and just say, "liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" so much, they know what they're doing. they know that an unborn american is constitutionally protected.

[@Walker_Bulldog]

@@2380Shaw I agree with you. The Latin word "fetus" translates to English as "offspring." Either term means it's a child.

[@Vic-of8pd]

@@Walker_Bulldogyou are so right and abortion and murder are one in the same the world is lost I say come Lord Jesus

[@lobo1368]

Evil don’t want to answer

[@JakeFreeze-jj1jp]

This is one of the most disgusting procedures I can ever recall. Anyone performing or having it, should be in jail.

[@TuzBing]

How do you plan on preventing overpopulation in Jail? How do you plan on supporting low-income families who are struggling to find enough income for support? How do you plan on supporting low-income mothers who have developed a medical disorder from their pregnancy? How do you plan on supporting low-income pregnant mothers who are unable to work due to their pregnancy? How do you plan on supporting the 11yr old rape victim who got pregnant last year? Imagine throwing the 11yr old girl in jail, its her fault right? What is your morality for support? Death is evil, but supporting the helpless is optional?

[@Hope-ot1xy]

@@TuzBingyou talk about ‘planning’… the time for these women to have ‘planned’ is before they got pregnant.

[@veronicakardys7232]

@@Hope-ot1xyI absolutely agree!

[@KingdomFreedomMinistries]

​@@TuzBingAre you seriously trying to justify death? What if YOUR PARENTS would have decided to "de-populate" starting with you? Aren't you glad that they didn't grow up with your mindset? 🤦🏽

[@narikkirakinian1791]

​​@@TuzBingyou can manage all the things you mentioned without abortioy. The thing is there was never a discussion on how to do that stuff and suddenly we are being told the only way to do that is to allow ripping off the most fragile species fetuses on the planet. What about spending 10% of military witch-hunts and oil control conquest on providing natural based solutions to provide food for themselves? Or if really killing is a sacrifice we don't choose the top 1 billion people who are consuming the most of our resources?

[@SuperDagbo]

That is the sickest and most barbaric thing I have ever heard in my life.

[@immigrantveteran7340]

It's worse in video, which I wish he would have shown.

[@ceahlau]

I wish he was lying about the "procedure", but he described it perfectly... it's so disturbing that people still choose to be pro-abortion after hearing this stuff

[@NavvyMom]

@@ceahlau Yes! That is one of the main reasons I fear for our future. The US has to DESERVE to continue, and with so many people being okay with this evil, well, too many of us DON'T deserve it.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

Baal worship hasn’t really changed .

[@goranmacura1720]

Me too. I wanted to throw up.

[@zacharyfett2491]

I love how the woman got quieter and quieter as Sen. Kennedy went on. She knows it’s heinous.

[@5400bowen]

You mean as he continued to interrupt over and over?

[@zacharyfett2491]

@@5400bowen Because she was trying to weasel out of answering the question?

[@Desert-edDave]

@@5400bowen Not addressing the matter of the question deserves interruption.

[@bethnorris1361]

They're obviously on self destruct 😢

[@5400bowen]

@@Desert-edDave I guess your mother and father never taught you manners or Christian ethics. Do you teach your children manners and Christian ethics?

[@annawhite1762]

Look up the silent scream and that will tell you all you need to know

[@duo-bearingsafrica105]

I absolutely recommend this video. I watched it about 2 hours ago off another comment on a similar topic, and it blew my mind. All the way from Nairobi, Kenya :)

[@ralcst-1977]

SHE IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT "DATA," THAN SHE IS ABOUT LIFE!! THIS MAKES HER VERY DANGEROUS!!!!😲😲😲😲

[@smegmalasagna]

I don't think that her not seeing value in a fetus's life is proof enough to say that she is dangerous towards non-fetus people.

[@joantreadway7557]

​@@smegmalasagnabut it does because she doesn't value a fetus bc the fetus is vulnerable. So why would she stop there. What about others that are vulnerable? Those who can't provide on their own. Those who need food, shelter, medical care. Those who like a parasite use tax dollars bc they cannot provide on their own. From an economist standpoint it would make sense. They would flourish if they didn't have someone feeding off of them. We are either called to protect the vulnerable or we are not. You may say it's ridiculous that we'd never go after the poor but nowhere in history did we ever think a 8 or 9 month pregnancy could be terminated because we know thats a baby! Give an inch & they take a mile. How many years til you or your parents become vulnerable? Thats where it goes next. Which side will you pick? And if you wait to long, who will be left to fight for you when you become the vulnerable?

[@eugene3484]

@@smegmalasagnayou mean value in a baby life not fetus. Fetus is a Latin language for the word baby. Funny how y’all like to combine English and Latin in the same sentence.

[@smegmalasagna]

@@eugene3484 Words sometimes get adopted by other languages. Fetus is one of those.

[@eugene3484]

@@smegmalasagna and fetus means baby. So a fetus/baby life is valuable

[@shellymitchell5232]

That is sickening, demonic. How could anyone do that?

[@berealrb1496]

True. It is demonic.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

It takes the mind of a democrat to support such horror.

[@chuckmccane9513]

⁠@@mikewurlitzer5217 They all are crazy and sick!!😢😢

[@gaidenshinji8969]

i just about got queasy listening to this. demonic is right.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Calling abortion "reproductive freedom" is like calling Planned Parenthood a humanitarian organization.

[@allysondoerfler2435]

Oh, but that's what the Left calls PP.

[@sickofallthecryingbabies]

Every woman should be in charge of her own body and it is no one business but her’s.

[@Primus54]

@@sickofallthecryingbabiesThat’s the standard pro-death mantra, but the fact remains that once pregnant there are two… not one… lives to be considered. The pro-death crowd can come up with all kinds of labels like fetus, zygote, or reproductive health to avoid reality all they want, but nothing changes the fact the a living organism exists and women and abortionists are killing it.

[@garyclark9618]

​@@sickofallthecryingbabiesUnborn babies are not the mothers body. If they were then they would just stay inside forever, right?

[@sickofallthecryingbabies]

@@garyclark9618 oh gosh I just love learning about a woman’s body from a man!! You are being ridiculous! Your opinion is just that your opinion and not that of a woman. Maybe the next scientific advancement should be that men can carry a baby and I am guessing you would have a different opinion then!!

[@BeyondTheQuest]

It is so sick that these people refuse to call the fetus a baby. As long as they can call it just a fetus, they give themselves a pass for getting abortions without regret.

[@marissamontalbo1996]

People choose not to know how it’s done or refuse to watch or be educated on the procedure so they can feel less guilty…

[@beaverinaneaglesnest1024]

Yep. Ignorance is bliss

[@eddiea2446]

Bingo

[@michaeltillotson3711]

No, it just doesn't matter. No one has the right to force another to let them use their body for survival

[@beaverinaneaglesnest1024]

@michaeltillotson3711 Im sorry but that truly is one of the dumbest comments on pro choice I have heard. Humans are made in the womb of a woman. Not some parasite or foreign matter to be killed at whim. How immoral and wicked.

[@gregorymatthies5297]

And these women are supposed to be educated ?????????????????

[@pirongia5168]

The Nazi's of WW2 were educated too.

[@duxbellorum2772]

Indoctrination is really a form of education. The problem is that what they have been educated is based in ideology rather than facts.

[@chargers0001]

Militant feminists.

[@elliotkane4443]

I think that's kind of what Senator Kennedy showed. All their education is being used to hide and obfuscate the horrible reality of what they're doing and what they support. Nonsense slogans such as 'reproductive justice is economic justice' require many years of careful indoctrination to swallow. Whereas the love of a mother upon looking into her baby's face for the first time cannot and need not be taught.

[@charlesmiddlebrooks8177]

@@duxbellorum2772 And a pro choicer would say the exact same statement about a pro-lifer. Neither side knows the right answer, everyones just making the best decision they can in their situations. There is no "fact of the matter" when it comes to abortion. Maybe in the future if we can prove such thing as a soul or when consciousness begins, until then alls anyone can do is assume they are correct and hope they are making the right decision. and of course, condemn the other side as evil.

[@donaldmcnulty]

I love senator Kennedy. He is brutally honest, and he speaks facts!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

I like how all the Redditors were having a meltdown this morning because they saw a video of Kennedy flying in economy class. They couldn't stand the idea that this guy actually has enough decency not to frivolously spend taxpayer money on 1st class tickets.

[@jamesmanuel6415]

Wow! Listening to this made my stomach turn.

[@Anthony-mh1oj]

Congratulations Senator Kennedy for your efforts in saving babies lives in the sanctuary of a mothers womb. The truth is hard to swallow for some people. God Bless you.

[@bradley-eblesisor]

As a person, baby born 1970 to a single mother who was shamed and ridiculed, I'm really glad that I have life. This is evil.

[@thetruthhurts7675]

So your mother did nothing except exercise her right to carry you to term. Why are you trying to deny to deny women the right to have that decision.

[@joeygang4136]

@@thetruthhurts7675 because he has mommy issues

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

The decision to end another's existance for feelings or money? ​@thetruthhurts7675

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@joeygang4136LOL

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@rebeccaconlon9743 Yes it is a womans perogative in almost every country in the world. France has just enshrined the right to abortion by women in it's constitution. Which means in effect the only person who can make that decision will be the woman in question. I think that should be case everywhere in the world.

[@shadowscott9910]

You can pretend you aren't ending a human life, but the fact is you ARE ending a human life. The fact that you can't admit it says that you know it is wrong.

[@kennmarie1]

EXACTLY they won’t even admit to it! In their vocab murder gets translated as an abortion, and baby gets translated as fetus.

[@marlenedial4418]

That’s the truth!!

[@RichardWhite-lh7yy]

Such Evil will be Judged!!! Jesus Christ is coming!!! Thank GOD🙏

[@monabo1]

Bullseye

[@saundradriscoll282]

It’s Murder!

[@rachelfree1083]

God bless this man for speaking the truth

[@user-nx2xm4he4j]

Inflammatory word. May God help them! Those are precious innocent babies. 😭praying for the end of this horrific tragedy of all these babies ❤️‍🔥🙏✝️✝️✝️

[@Oldtradio]

This man is not afraid to speak the truth. Thank God

[@brekedekdang39]

He is not afraid to speak his truth, which is a different truth than most Americans.

[@saundradriscoll282]

Amen

[@johntrosclair7329]

@@ItsNikkiii322huh?

[@joeygang4136]

@@ItsNikkiii322 republicans would hate Jesus if he was alive today

[@OpenSourceai-iv8jb]

@@joeygang4136 spewing a garbage Twitter/X copy pasta, expected

[@bk2524]

This is the most horrific thing in human history

[@sandyschneider6792]

Baby calves used to be more protected!!referring to a baby as a “fetus” is pure semantics/word salad!!

[@sandyschneider6792]

Go Senator Kennedy. Bring it in and present truth and honesty!!!!!!

[@BlueDauntless]

@@sandyschneider6792I would say ants are more protected. And people sure do get mad if you destroy an any colony.

[@Colorado_Native]

In many places democrats will fight to the... well, er.. death to keep a convicted murderer from being executed, yet in some places they are working to allow killing an unborn human baby under the guise of a woman's right (even though some democrats can't describe or recognize a woman), yet disregard the Constitution's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the baby. Go figure.

[@Reikimasterinfja]

I was a single teenage mother in the 80s.. he's 36 and I've been free to do whatever I want since I've been basically 35 .. if you just stay focused and work hard you can achieve great things..... As many struggles as we had...I wouldn't change a thing because we did it together ❤

[@yogurts_gurl]

u can see their faces become uncomfortable as he explains the process - now think about what ur advocating for ladies!

[@michaeltillotson3711]

Yeah. Less cases of that per year then abortions based on grape. So sorry that y'all hate women and think big gov is good

[@chuckrussell419]

Just horrific to hear this process can really take place.

[@RF1972.]

Thank you Senator Kennedy for exposeing the horrible truth about what this precious little life goes thru .. 😢😢

[@davebrown6552]

If you consider the life 'precious' then why not volunteer to take over looking after it. you could pay the mother to carry it to 24 weeks and the it could be induced put in an incubator and you could take over their care, or is it not THAT precious after all?

[@bigdaddyleroy1915]

​@@davebrown6552or maybe the whore could keep her drawers on until she is ready to take care of a baby. your argument is a whataboutism.

[@ShallowDepression]

You sound like a Dave.@@davebrown6552

[@richlew7768]

​@@davebrown6552it's called adoption. There are twice as many people out there literally waiting to adopt these babies then there are babies being murdered

[@dunexapa1016]

*THEY WILL CALL THAT BEING EVERYTHING BUT A HUMAN BEING. NO DOCUMENT AFTER AN ABORTION HAD THE WORDS 'HUMAN BEING' ON IT.*

[@JudyGurl]

Calling what John Kennedy described as a 'medical procedure' tells me all I need to know about Ms. Ford.

[@Ted_Sheckler]

It is a medical procedure. Just because you don't like what the procedure accomplishes, it doesn't change what it is. Your comment is not as profound as you think it is.

[@JudyGurl]

@@Ted_Sheckler What the 'procedure' accomplishes is the dismemberment of a living being that can feel pain. And it occurs while they are in the place they should feel the safest, most protected, so no, I don't 'like what it accomplishes'. Never have, never will. Maybe do some research on the reality of abortions.

[@mcwane1360]

SUICIDE can be considered a procedure,, so is cleaning a rifle,, because they accomplished what is needed or necessary... Who decides whatis necessary for an unborn child....Was there a paper written by a medical team, saying what is wrong with the woman carrying the baby... Or what is wrong with the child... Your problem is you were ,,,, shall we say TRIGGERED,, or maybe displeased with the crushing by pliers of the HEAD... BUT that is what happens.. COME ON MAN,,!!​@@Ted_Sheckler

[@sandypidgeon4343]

@@Ted_Sheckler ah no, it is murder. It doesn't change what it is.

[@melodeeplath8002]

​@Ted_Sheckler as much as i do not want government in my healthcare or making decisions for me -‐‐- it still is murder of a baby.

[@daisymae749]

God bless you 🙏 Senator Kennedy!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@dorinamihaita9741]

That is awful 😢 I have never heard how an abortion procedure is done!’ It’s evil 👿 Pure evil!!!

[@romelleabdulaleem283]

Excellent job, Senator Kennedy!! They blocked your time, but not your point!!

[@rhegafd]

How absolutely INSANE is it for that 2nd lady to say his question uses inflammatory language. How else could that question be asked? Do you support abortion up to the moment before birth? To then say that question erases these mothers grief should be a jail-able offense. What a bunch of clowns.

[@livingwell5892]

That part really stood out to me as well. Ridiculous

[@VickiSmith-eg9oo]

He said it as matter of factly as possible. If it's inflammatory, that just shows they know that it's murder. Hr could have asked if they support murdering fully developed babies just befpre birth.

[@jmusing]

They are using leftist tactics to bluff, gaslight or cancel you out like what's happening as of late in our society.

[@bateseanderson2667]

Fort states abortions are availble up to 22 weeks but most women who do get them already have kids or of not get them within a month or two of being pregnant. Most women in the 3rd trimester have their kids.

[@Leila-cu8ue]

The doctor calls it a medical procedure.oh right, her bread and butter

[@vayn2404]

He should have been given more time. He was depicting the reality of what’s going on. No one wanted to hear it, but it needed to be heard.

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Up to birth……..that is MURDER!!!

[@runits]

Right, that's why no one said that. Except Republicans

[@kathiestephenson4512]

​@@runitsBecause it is murder.

[@CarrotHawk]

It is murder at any point.

[@RedRonFJB]

IT'S MURDER AS SOON AS THE CHILD IS CONCEIVED.

[@arctain1]

Abolish Abortion NOW!

[@thomascope2119]

Thank you John Kennedy for showing them the gruesomeness of abortion

[@owstonlad3859]

But he really needs to narrow it down, rules are rules even if he is 100% correct.

[@thomascope2119]

@@owstonlad3859 define narrow it down

[@owstonlad3859]

@@thomascope2119 From six minutes to five, it's quite simple really hombre.

[@nicholaslucas5183]

Life starts as soon as the sperm enters the egg.

[@owstonlad3859]

@@nicholaslucas5183 No it doesn't, that's just conceived, life starts at the moment of birth.

[@madelinethomasian9156]

Love this man. Very sensible

[@vickybailey7687]

Heartbreaking.

[@LiffeyKing]

The awful paradox self evident here is that if a birthing mother was to deliberately terminate her new born child just after giving birth she would be charged with murder. Yet if a so called medic/doctor terminates the unborn child just before giving birth (ie full term abortion) they just walk away to do it again and again, without any criminal charges. The audacity to refer to such murder as reproductive health is beyond words. WHAT INSANITY!

[@j.t.7697]

The word “birthing” is superfluous and playing right into their agenda.

[@bethnorris1361]

Murder is evil, yes!

[@melindatarnow5713]

All about location.

[@JessicaBlaze89]

And also these Drs take an oath to save not kill...

[@karenkatz9923]

Absolutely horrible- God is going to turn us over to a reprobate country for what is being done to our children. Babies are a blessing and the most beautiful and pure of humans. God save the children.❤

[@angelavanaernam4660]

He's remarkable at calmly and respectfully dismantling narratives using logic and common sense! Thank you!

[@joeshithragman3264]

No he's not. He's not even asking questions regarding what this hearing is about. Why is he talking about abortion when this is a hearing about the harm done to women's reproductive freedom?

[@godsdozer]

he voted to send billions to ukraine while our borders are porous and veterans are homeless over Raytheon, Lockhead ect dumb as# wars. Yea, he is a really good republican.

[@princessfunkytown6459]

@@joeshithragman3264he’s stating the facts. You may not like to admit it, but it’s true.

[@joeshithragman3264]

@@princessfunkytown6459 He didn't even listen to the facts of the harm done to women's reproductive freedom. You think they will stop at abortion or IVT? They are already talking about outlawing contraception.

[@kgar5String]

@@joeshithragman3264Abortion is not reproductive, it only produces death.

[@treesareshady]

Yes or no questions are real hard to answer these days

[@ChrisDavidson-kt1bq]

These people are pure evil!!!

[@angiewalker6009]

My daughter had my grandson at 14 years old. Abortion was never on the table. She and his dad, aged 13, shared time and responsibility in caring for my grandson under the watchful eyes of both sets of grandparents at respective homes. Today, 12 wonderful years later, he is an amazingly smart, kind, and conscientious young man. And his momma has a degree in microbiology that she uses to make more money than i do. A fetus is a child. Not a tumor or a lump to be removed in a so-called "medical procedure". Its murder by parent. And its thoroughly evil.

[@owlfethurz8377]

Thank you for being supportive during a very trying time. Thank God for you and your husband, and the other Grandparents for caring. I'm so thankful that your grandson is in this world!

[@theresas2520]

👌✝️❤️

[@Pet1717]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jannaredington88]

I was sixteen, my parents made the appointment, I refused. They threatened, coerced, begged, and bribed but I still refused. She will be 44 this year, my greatest blessing, and her grandparents greatest joy during their life. They thought she would ruin my life, but she inspired me. I am a college graduate, she never held me back.

[@cheshirelizzy]

@@jannaredington88Beautiful!

[@johnpatrick1588]

Having one abortion is sad. Having more than one makes you a serial killer.

[@davebrown6552]

Are you admitting to being a serial killer, After 24 weeks most kid could be induced and you could take over the responsibility for looking after them. are you guilty of murder because you choose not to?

[@robyoung-pl1gq]

Not your call.

[@MikeClemons]

@@robyoung-pl1gq only God should judge who lives and dies.not ur fking call also

[@kgar5String]

@@davebrown6552 You know better than that, because you don't have a good answer you attack the person.

[@sappyjohnson]

@@davebrown6552 You're not very intelligent, are you?

[@All.to.Him.]

Thankful for this man going thru facts for those precious little ones!

[@mell2613]

God help those women who have their babies ripped from their bodies. How can they live with themselves after doing that?

[@Lulu-xl5cm]

I believe most women don't know. They get talked into it, made to believe its a simple procedure. It's the doctors who do this evil, I wouldn't want to be them on judgement day.

[@gohomehero]

God let's it happen. Hes not going to do anything.

[@Lulu-xl5cm]

@@gohomehero People are quick to blame God. They forget he gave humans free will. And let's not forget satan has power too.

[@polina_piter]

I’m a woman and I didn’t even know about this at this late stage. It absolutely should be shown to high schoolers.

[@brekedekdang39]

That's because it is rarely used, and only used by politicians for their political agendas. They are, and have been, using this to get themselves elected for decades now.

[@saundradriscoll282]

Absolutely !

[@daveken9936]

Abortion is a right. It's a fetus.

[@forthehomies7043]

@@daveken9936 Were you once a fetus?

[@daveken9936]

So what. If it cant live outside the womb its not a baby. Stop reading that silly book and pick up some biology texts.​@@forthehomies7043

[@bja1012]

Inflammatory statement? by referring to the unborn as a baby! These people are insane!

[@denistremblay3117]

Do you mean an unborn is not a baby?

[@lubnafawzy-qureshi4075]

He was awful. He was inflammatory. He wants to legislate personhood to a fetus. I’m guessing if that ever comes to fruition he’d be the FIRST to DENY tax exemptions, food aid, childcare, and health insurance to the supposed “person”.

[@denistremblay3117]

A fetus is a living being a baby.

[@PJRayment]

@@lubnafawzy-qureshi4075 "He was awful. He was inflammatory." False and false. "He wants to legislate personhood to a fetus." He proposed no legislation. Rather, he simply acknowledged reality, that a "fetus" (a medical term for a *baby* ) IS a human being, i.e. a person. "I’m guessing if that ever comes to fruition he’d be the FIRST to DENY tax exemptions, food aid, childcare, and health insurance to the supposed “person”." So your opinion is based on guesses? You have NOTHING in the way of a valid argument.

[@JustAnAverageWoman69]

​@lubnafawzy-qureshi4075 An unborn baby IS A PERSON!

[@billiegodfrey8395]

God bless this man. Also protect him.

[@girllovefilms8338]

This is wicked 😢

[@jamesg1974a]

They always say it doesn’t happen which isn’t true. Ripping a baby out piece by piece is much more inflammatory than Kennedy asking about abortion

[@Dreama40]

Oh my goodness I had no idea it was that horrible, thank you Mr Kennedy for educating me to this barbaric practice! Those poor babies 😪😪😪😪😪😪😥😥

[@thethrillofpattaya8404]

It is truly the work of The Devil!

[@Jimthefurryworm]

what did you think what was happening?

[@drhane]

I'm glad your eyes have been opened now. But I'm truly baffled as to how there can be so many people who are similarly in the dark regarding what occurs during an abortion. It isn't just some 'reset' button that gets pushed.

[@imonthewinningside8281]

​​@@Jimthefurryworm I believe my first (little girl) very vague concept of abortion was that the baby was just taken out, or maybe labor was induced, and because it was preterm, the baby just didn't live. Evil, yes, but without any realization of a living, feeling baby being literally torn apart! People really do need to be educated!

[@carmenneves9250]

I work in healthcare and I got all kinds of hospital surgeries ready for many years. I had sopher clamps in my hands countless times. Yet, I always believed from outside the operating room that the baby was painlessly euthanized first with drugs before removal. I am shocked and ashamed that I never asked. Thanks to God in the State I work now this horrible sin is illegal. I am wondering how many of us are deceived about what really happens during an abortion from the baby's side! May the Lord have mercy on us all!

[@texasfamilylife8397]

Heartbreaking. I hope everyone is able to hear this all the way through.

[@acmthere3674]

Thanks sir for being so brave.

[@justanotherinternetexpert7743]

I consider myself a pretty tough man i am 40 years old and not had a easy carefree life, i have seen people violently murdered in front of me, and have had to use violence to defend myself and my loved ones, I am not someone who is quick to emotions, and what Mr. Kennedy just described made me physically ill and brought me to tears. If a stoic, life hardened man, like myself could not get through that description without a emotional response just watching it on KZbin, how EVIL are these witnesses to sit dry eyed in the same room with him discribing it?? If I was ever in doubt of the existence of evil and Satan, those womens lack of response just cleared that doubt away.

[@patriciamargaret19565]

Women have become SO hardened. Incredibly so that they could remain unmoved by the facts of what happens to a baby in this murderous so-called medical procedure.

[@L1011MD11]

I agree it is pure EVIL.

[@imonthewinningside8281]

Praying healing for your wounds.... and thank you for remaining a real MAN through it all. I was almost holding my breath, wondering if he's going to show the actual procedure. 😢 It seems a person would have to be terribly ignorant, or have chosen to embrace evil! to not be moved by the torture and termination of innocent life!

[@vpej8508]

I agree with you! As a mom of a preemie, when I was told my baby needed to be delivered early. I told the Dr. please just do a c-section and cut me open, I don't care about my risks, but I cared about my baby's risk. So I requested a c-section so my baby would not be harmed, by inducing early and trying to deliver as you would full term. Luckily my almost 3 pound baby was delivered safely via c-section and spent the next few months in a NICU. I can tell you mothers and fathers of NICU preemies spend so much time worrying about their baby, and praying they make it. Such a difference in how life is valued by parents. 😢

[@ianbell4527]

Well said bro.as men we need to rise up

[@Beeppoop]

Supporting abortion up to the moment of birth with a healthy mother is a hard question to answer… disgusting

[@susanshew2373]

That shouldn't even be allowed.

[@daveken9936]

It has never happened. Grow up

[@jordy65056]

Fun fact: not a single state support abortion past 6 months just for the hell of it, its only in emergency cases allowed

[@Whyarewehuman]

​@@daveken9936so people should only pass a law if it does? You heard him say it's legal in some states. It only takes one messed up individual to go through with it and those times are coming. Especially if those two can't even answer the question of if they're okay with it or not🙄

[@Beeppoop]

@@daveken9936 she wouldn’t answer the question. Wake up

[@decentdes]

This is what we do in a so called civilized nations, it is horrific when you actually hear about and see the graphics, the selfishness of man. May God have mercy on us

[@cookiecracker2]

The best thng she said was "i dont think" truest statement ever uttered by her.

[@keepingtheswineinline7126]

Thank you Senator Kennedy for standing up for what’s right and just!

[@saundradriscoll282]

I had no clue to the procedure. It truly is insanity.

[@Howdyall]

​@@saundradriscoll282I've known about this procedure for 40+ years. People don't want to know. At abortion "clinics" we were threatened, spit on, had things thrown at us, etc. because people hate the truth. Js

[@Howdyall]

God bless Senator Kennedy.

[@e.r.6147]

Then they talk about going “over time” There is all the time in the world to discuss important things

[@aphrodieMonkey]

@@Howdyall Ha, the grief-stricken women trying to enter for their well-being can say the very same. Js

[@darryldanzinger9996]

He should have asked: If the fetus is not a human, then why is it called a double murder if both mother and fetus is killed?

[@vetzaaak]

And why can’t a pregnant woman drive in the carpool lane?

[@trueneutralmage]

​@@vetzaaak this is funny

[@sidali2590]

Lame argument abortion is healthcare

[@thekittenfreakify]

Only in a very narrow scope of cases.

[@Lavenderrose73]

​@@sidali2590I'm sorry that you think mutilating a baby literally to death is considered "healthcare"! 😡😡😡

[@lunacielo7680]

I'm proud to say that thanks to this video, I went from pro-choice to PRO-LIFE! I never knew the baby felt the pain of every cut, of getting her skull crushed and limps being chopped off!!! I always thought it was somehow put down first? This is barbaric 😱😱😱😱 As someone who was ignorant of this. I suggest you start letting people know this one major fact.

[@NovusIgnis]

It's because they don't want you to know. Satan and his minions have always loved having children sacrificed to them, and this is just their latest plot to make that happen. They used to sacrifice babies to the demon Moloch, on a bronze statue with burning hot hands. The babies would often roll out of the burning hands and into the flames themselves in an effort to save themselves. Today, they cut them out of the mother before they even get the chance to fight for themselves.

[@Jennifer-me7mu]

Eitherway it's still murder but thankful this changed your view on abortion 🙏

[@nomvelomercy5605]

Thank you for telling the truth to the world that doesn’t want to hear it. Truth is never simple for people who don’t want it

[@Lgalitz]

What the hell do you mean full term abortion doesnt happen ?! Full term abortion was legal in the conservative state of NE for 3 decades ! It was finally stopped. Look it up and please don't have the nerve to tell me it doesn't happen. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. In 1973 my 16 year old cousin aborted a live baby girl at 7 months pregnant that lived briefly and died from neglect on a hard cold table in another room. These people are monsters !

[@drintx5734]

😔😭

[@Mary-lg8mj]

Yes, and there is a pay day coming...judgement day!!!

[@sfcarp9418]

That is satanic !! 😢😢😪

[@CDRhammond]

Any time a Lib like these 3 things speak it should always be considered as a lie. That is all those things know how to do.

[@brekedekdang39]

Late term abortions are rare, and when they do happen, there is usually a reason, like some sort of problem with the pregnancy that may risk the life of the mother, child or both. These are difficult desicions that ultimately are none of your business because they are protected under HIPAA.

[@kathrynsham9682]

I'm shocked at the number of people, especially women, who don't know how abortions are done.

[@georgiakritikos4955]

They PLAY STUPID REAL WELL❤ SIR ❤

[@georgiakritikos4955]

Maslows Theory is a disgrace for any sort of intellegence ❤

[@jonmunch3298]

Well I would say half of them can't seem to figure out how pregnancy happens.

[@user-mq6tx2qq7v]

"I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is." - Sister Joan Chittister Benedictine Nun, Author & Speaker

[@kathrynsham9682]

@@user-mq6tx2qq7v Exodus 20:13: "Thou shalt not kill." If your argument is that there are no social programs to help women who need it, you're misinformed. There are literally billions of dollars allocated for such programs nationwide. But the real problem is, the undermining of the family by government bureaucrats who want everyone on the government dole and not relying on family and our local community to help each other.

[@ladyjas77]

If we all had John Kennedy’s courage and stand your ground attitude 🙌🏽🙏🏽

[@kaitlinbeevers2092]

This is so disturbing to hear. I hate that this happens.

[@rojoloco]

The fact they're so uncomfortable answering basic questions is evidence enough that they know exactly what they're promoting.

[@ayanned]

These "economists" want to destroy the building block of humanity. It's fetuses. Given that USA is going old and having less of young cohort of the population, it is imperative for the government to protect all fetuses since they are the key for continued existence of the government and the concepts of country, civilization, and society.

[@glenmerwyn5195]

Yes, that's true.

[@ayanned]

These "economists" want to destroy the building block of humanity. It's fetuses. Given that USA is going old and having less of young cohort of the population, it is imperative for the government to protect all fetuses since they are the key for continued existence of the government and the concepts of country, civilization, and society.

[@heidibee501]

They are uncomfortable because they follow a script of contrived rhetoric. This man's clear and honest description of the real horror of killing a baby in the womb does not fit into their denial of this ugly procedure. They have not received a memo to cover this.

[@kathierouse6046]

Yes, you're right! They know what they promote! Because the real motive for these barbaric acts is *sacrifice*. This is no different than what the ancient Babylonians did to their children, sacrificing them to the gods they worshipped by throwing their live babies into flames. As King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, "There's nothing new under the sun." 😢😮

[@sarahoxen5232]

This is so sick. I feel so sorry for all these babies. These people should be ashamed for killing these babies!😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@thedarthrage]

Ashamed? They should be prosecuted!

[@terrancebettencourt-in7xg]

You should be ashamed for letting mothers die just to save the baby inside her

[@robertmccartney4303]

Ashamed ? They should be prosecuted.

[@karengallese8145]

A fetus is not a baby. A fetus can not survive outside a womb.

[@tynytian]

​@@terrancebettencourt-in7xgthat's a strawman. People aren't arguing to kill the mother to save the infant. In fact, abortion to save the mother is the only exception I've heard offered on the right. We all know that 99% of abortions are elective, so quit lying to cover for this evil.

[@arnelcrisostomo163]

My knees are buckling hearing this... But it has to be said...

[@belizegal29]

Such a gruesome, despicable thing. God help us.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@kevine.lemaster8473]

Absolutely disgusting..... This is was evil looks like.

[@brekedekdang39]

I agree, Senator Kennedy is the epitome of evil.

[@edanderson8413]

The thief cometh not except to steal, kill and destroy John 10:10

[@brekedekdang39]

@@edanderson8413 Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

[@sidali2590]

The evil is the anti abortion movement

[@AlleneSR]

I love his direct approach! He is revealing to the public what horrific procedures are done to innocent babies.

[@thebipolarbear1]

OMG this is disgusting any doctor that does that is a monster. Horrible.

[@judy809]

Thank you for bringing this important message to the forefront of women’s minds.

[@dianaloose1964]

Heartbreaking to listen how a baby is tortured during an abortion. Heavenly Father please 🙏 help stop the murdering of unborn babies! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@puppyupper4565]

God stopped the violence on earth when it rained for 40 days. God is going to stop the violence again with 7 bowls of wrath. Until then, abortion will continue. It might stop sooner in the US if it gets nuked. But China, Russia, Vietnam kill far more than the USA. 73 million babies are butchered world wide every year. The USA accounts for about a million per year but it growing since the morning after pill has been available. So maybe your prayer to the Father should be Come Lord Jesus Come.

[@burgesj7]

You don't need 'god' to stop this. Even us 'heathens' know this is beyond reproach.

[@Tony-Soprano]

Abortion is child sacrifice 😢

[@Tony-Soprano]

KZbin is deleting my comments. I keep posting “Abortion is child sacrifice”😢

[@burgesj7]

@@Tony-Soprano I saw a couple pop up. Trust me I have the same problem with many comments I have that are 'controversial'

[@mikespain8655]

Didn't realize that is how a doctor aborts a 5 month old baby. That is sickening, painful, and murder.

[@alweinhofer5453]

Murder is a legal term. It is sinful.

[@anniacraig9656]

That's what the left does wonderfully, playing with words. Abortion, choice, killing babies, reproduction rights. God cannot be mock.

[@franeliseo]

Is all over the internet now days. I saw those videos in the year 1999 pretty raw.

[@louiscyphre2267]

If a fetus can’t survive out of the womb it’s not really murder.

[@aliyarubinstein6587]

If a person can't survive without life support, is forcefully unplugging them really murder? If a person cannot survive without medical treatment, is refusing to give it to them truly murder? Your comment makes no sense. Being dependent in order to survive in no way signifies that the baby/person isn't alive.

[@PDXDiamond]

God bless this man, defender of life in a modern holocaust

[@longshankdrills8799]

His description was *100% true !!!!* The so-called sensitive and compassionate people, aren't really very sensitive and compassionate are they. *Purely narcissistic !!!!*

[@saundradriscoll282]

Evil and Greed Totally!

[@janetplanet5564]

Exactly!! These people hide behind false names

[@GamingProspector84]

They’re pure evil

[@Suresh_Kamath]

But you have absolutely no problems supporting death sentence. Apparently that life is not created by god.

[@jordy65056]

He forgot to mention its only done in emergency cases

[@HushingDonner]

When somebody is pregnant, what do they normally say? "I am going to have a baby", right? Do they say "I am having a fetus"?

[@annalanzotti-venrick3989]

Exactly! But they think using the term fetus minimizes their despicable evil actions. They will answer to God.

[@dev5576]

When you order a steak, do you say, "I'd like the slaughtered and butchered, seared, buttered cow?"

[@BigMamou367]

Any time I was pregnant I never called my babies Fetuses 👶.

[@sarahs7253]

Ive sure never called my baby a steak when pregnant..​@@dev5576

[@Eph5wife4life]

​@@dev5576no many people wouldn't have a problem saying it. Sure for some reason cows have other words but fish is fish, chicken is chicken, we easily call it what it is when we order they grilled chicken or the fried fish. So no, no problem calling it cow of that's what you want. But yeah at least meat eaters can actually be honest with themsleves more often than pregnant women can. I say that as a pregnant woman myself right now lol. And I love me some steak! Animals are NOT equivalent to humans though.

[@mgw9562]

Brilliant questioning

[@elzelinakriek-breet3092]

That is so sickening! How do they live with themselves.

[@RonFella]

We need clear language like this. People need to see the reality of what others want to normalize.

[@moonshadowessentialssoapsn5287]

Someone should tell the economist that the word fetus is Latin for baby!

[@onetime359]

Great response. Thanks.

[@glock4121]

The exact Latin translation for fetus is… ””Offspring” so yes, baby

[@annefrank9170]

​@@glock4121which is children right?

[@kimberlywoods4177]

Fantastic! Thank you✝️

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Life begins at conception when the human being becomes a member of the species, homo Sapiens, the species to which all human beings belong. The only difference between the human being in it's adult stage and it's undeveloped stage is one of form not being.

[@StevenSoto]

Listening to this while holding my 3 year old’s hand was painful.

[@kennyporterfield9630]

They really don’t act like they have a conscience!

[@cyberjoe77]

Hate to say it but fetus is baby in Latin.

[@JimNorkas-qx4nt]

I didn't know that. My ignorance.

[@terrifiorelli9819]

Yes, a fetus is a baby no matter how they want to spin it to support their evil narrative.

[@TSandstrom30]

Why do you hate to say it? It's great to say it

[@mandihyatt]

Imagine telling a woman who had a miscarriage "its just a fetus"

[@charlesmiddlebrooks8177]

Also imagine telling a 10 year old rape victim she HAS TO BE a mother as well.

[@JustAnAverageWoman69]

​@charlesmiddlebrooks8177 The baby can be given up for adoption, she doesn't HAVE to be a mother. Don't act as if abortion is the only way out.

[@dreymak4071]

@@charlesmiddlebrooks8177 There are other ways around this, you're just looking for an excuse to justify the killing of the innocent!

[@charlesmiddlebrooks8177]

@@JustAnAverageWoman69 Oh right, there is the other obviously correct option. The 10 year old girl can just "give the baby up for adoption". Totally reasonable. I'm sure the next nine months of carrying her rapists baby and then going through labor wont have any further physical or mental scarring on a child. Its a good thing you care so much about the lives of children, I would have missed it. Theres a reason "Pro-life" is a term that is constantly mocked as only caring for an unborn life, and not at all for a life after its born.

[@AHLuxury]

@@charlesmiddlebrooks8177 The Elliot Institute surveyed 192 women who conceived during a rape or incest. Of those victims, 70% carried the baby to term and either raised the child or made an adoption plan, 29% had an abortion, and 1.5% had a miscarriage. 43% of these women said they felt pressured to abort from family or health workers. 78% of those who aborted had regrets and said that abortion was the wrong solution. None of the women who gave birth said they regretted their decision. Care to give your thoughts on this?

[@toniwalser3989]

Also, this witness doesn't seem to be able to.clearly answer the questions

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

If its not a child, what is it? A kitten? A guppy? A puppy? She knows darn well its a child. These callous heartless monsters are frightening.

[@davidfrey5654]

It blows me away that so many woman would fight so hard to murder their own babies. It's so strange and totally abhorrent.

[@lawrence1318]

The bible says that in the last days people shall be "without natural affection". (2 Timothy 3:3).

[@paccur1252]

Exactly..and not fight one second to keep their baby

[@joeygang4136]

​@@lawrence1318the Bible also said that a guy walked on water.

[@ramtigerfalcon8387]

​@@joeygang4136Enjoy your trip down de-nile .

[@actuallyKriminell]

This is as old as time. In earlier centuries women who performed abortions were called witches. Nothing new under the sun