Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said that pro-abortion activists who want conformity are not the real feminists.
“Unfortunately, many on the left use the abortion debate to divide women and demand conformity. They do this in the name of feminism. But that is not real feminism,” Haley will say in her speech at the Susan B. Anthony List’s Life Gala on Monday, according to a leaked transcript from Axios.
“The idea that women must adhere to a particular set of values is one of the most anti-women ideas in today’s culture. It is a rejection of the ideas of equality and tolerance that the women’s movement is supposed to be about,” she said.
The former governor added that being anti-abortion was not anti-woman but rather being for the “baby’s right to live.”
“As a pro-life, female governor, I was blessed with a unique platform, and I made every effort to use it appropriately. Not to lob attacks at people who disagreed with me, not to diminish the other side, but to reframe the debate. To explain that being pro-life is not about being for or against women. It is about being for a baby’s right to live — the most basic right there is,” Haley said.
The event she is keynoting is the 12th Annual Campaign for Life Gala for SBA. President Trump headlined the event last year for the organization, which is the political action arm of the anti-abortion movement.
A dozen states have passed abortion laws this year restricting abortion, including Alabama, which banned abortion in all trimesters, except when the life of the mother is in danger.
