Micah Beckwith Supports Rape Exceptions To Anti-Choice Laws, On One Condition
Earlier this month, far-right Christian nationalist pastor and Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith appeared on the "Shively & Shoulders" program to discuss a range of issues.
Among the topics discussed was abortion, particularly the idea of allowing for exceptions when enacting anti-choice legislation.
Co-host Pat Shoulders grilled Beckwith about the view stated by James Bopp, a fellow Hoosier and general counsel for the National Right to Life, who declared in 2022 that a 10-year old girl who had to travel from Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion after being raped should have, instead, been forced to carry the pregnancy to term.
Beckwith responded by proclaiming that he supports exceptions in cases of rape, provided that the rapist is charged with murder for the ensuing abortion.
"I believe in the case of life that life begins at conception," Beckwith said.
Co-host Pat Shoulders grilled Beckwith about the view stated by James Bopp, a fellow Hoosier and general counsel for the National Right to Life, who declared in 2022 that a 10-year old girl who had to travel from Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion after being raped should have, instead, been forced to carry the pregnancy to term.
Beckwith responded by proclaiming that he supports exceptions in cases of rape, provided that the rapist is charged with murder for the ensuing abortion.
"I believe in the case of life that life begins at conception," Beckwith said.
There's horrible things that happen in life, though, so when things like rape—especially rape of a child happen—there needs to be severe consequences for the person who did that.
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