WATCH: After encounters like this, it’s a wonder Lindsey Graham ever leaves his house
Lindsey Graham isn’t letting things like common decency and public opinion affect his quest to roll back abortion rights even further.
But he’s going to have to get used to interactions like the one he just had with a protester.The anti-LGBTQ senator has launched a proposal for a nationwide ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, vowing to take up the issue in Congress if Republicans gain control of the House and Senate in November.
If that’s not an advertisement to vote Democrat, we don’t know what is.Related: Tucker Carlson defends Texas abortion ban by attacking trans people in new lowDuring a recent event, protesters confronted Graham over the plan.
Ashley Beasley was among them; she explained that she chose to give birth after doctors told her during her 16th week of pregnancy that her baby would not survive.Her son died eight days after being born, but she says it was vitally important that it was her choice to give birth.Speaking directly to Graham, she said: “We were allowed to make that choice for him.”Related: Lindsey Graham has outburst on senate floor, is warned to follow decorum rules“You would be robbing that choice from those women,” Beasley added. “What would you say to someone like me?”Looking visibly uncomfortable, Graham responded: “[The] world has pretty much spoken on this issue.
