{"id":42378,"date":"2022-10-20T18:12:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=42378"},"modified":"2022-10-20T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:14:13","slug":"the-public-record-did-stacey-abrams-say-abortion-could-fix-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=42378","title":{"rendered":"The Public Record: Did Stacey Abrams say abortion could fix inflation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The News:<\/strong> Stacey Abrams<\/a> came under fire from republicans this week after comments she made that many pundits took as a statement that abortion could curb inflation, after Abrams linked abortion to economics and inflation during an interview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Setting:<\/strong> Abrams was being interviewed on Morning Joe on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Question:<\/strong> Abrams was asked the following question during the interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile abortion is an issue, it nowhere near reaches the level of interest of voters in terms of the cost of gas, food, bread, milk\u2026 what could you do as governor to alleviate the concerns of Georgia voters about those livability, daily, hourly issues that they\u2019re confronted with?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Answer:<\/strong> Below is Abrams’ response, which is drawing fire. You can read her answer and watch teh video for yourself to form your opinion of what she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let’s be clear, having children is why you’re worried about your price for gas, it’s why you’re concerned about how much food costs. For women this is not a reductive issue. You can’t divorce being forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy from the economic realities of having a child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s important for us to having both and conversations. We don’t have the luxury of reducing it or separating them out. But we also have to talk about what a governor can do. A governor can address housing prices. A governor can address the cost of education. A governor can put money in the pockets of everyday hardworking Georgians instead of giving tax cuts to the wealthy. That’s what I talk about on the trail, and that’s what’s resonating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But let\u2019s not pretend that women \u2014 half the population \u2014 especially of childbearing age, they understand that having a child is absolutely an economic issue. It\u2019s only politicians that see it as simply another cultural conversation. It is a real biological and economic imperative conversation that women need to have.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Video:<\/strong> You can watch the video of the interview below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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