3-30-2016 trump update. said women that have abortions should be punished. then said they shouldn't be. denied that there is difference between first and second statements.
He said that
if abortion were illegal, then there would need to be "some sort of punishment" for women that abort. That's true. It's also not a politically correct thing to say - which is why "Mr. I'm Totally Anti-PC" promptly retracted.
There is an intelligent argument to be had on this issue - sadly Trump is not smart enough to correctly engage in such an argument. Too bad Trump didn't read "The Thread," or he would have been better prepared for this and all manner of other idiotic pro-abortion "trap questions" from liberals.
When answering this question, as with most abortion questions, it is clarifying to begin with the "5 minutes before/after" analysis. First, the after: Should there be criminal punishment for a woman who gives birth to a child and then promptly suffocates it, throws the child out a window, etc.? Most people - human beings at least - would say yes. Now what if a 9 months pregnant woman ingests a bottle of Plan B pills or asks her husband to hammer away with a baseball bat? Why should punishment be different? Again, most people would say "well in
that case, sure."
So next you get the question of where to draw the line. From a legal standpoint, that will vary by state, just as the legality of different abortions at different stages varies by state.
I hope everyone will keep this in mind the next time they are approached by a snotty MSNBC host.
