Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., a 2020 presidential hopeful, dodged on whether she’s against late-term abortion while appearing on “The View” Friday.
The Minnesota senator was pressed by co-host Meghan McCain, a Republican, on whether she agreed with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments on late-term abortion, which he later said were mischaracterized.
“If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen,” Northam, a Democrat, said earlier this year about a now-tabled measure that would have significantly loosened restrictions on late-term abortions.
“The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother,” he said in January.
Klobuchar claimed she had not heard all of Northam’s comments, but she was in favor of “women having the right to make a choice about her own body.”
“It got a lot of publicity,” McCain said.
“Here’s the deal, that’s not what we’re talking about,” Klobuchar said. “The real cultural conversation is what they’re doing in Alabama and Georgia and in Missouri. They’re actually taking away a woman’s right to decide at all.”
“I don’t think it should be that hard to say I’m not for late-term abortion in the third term. I don’t think it should be that controversial to say,” McCain responded.
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