On Saturday morning the Miami Herald called out Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for a story he told during Wednesday's Republican Party debate about an abortion where he got the facts entirely wrong in order to make his anti-choice point.At issue was a tale about a woman he called "Penny" who survived an a...
What I took from the article is, the story that Desantis told is a well known anti-abortion story. I gather that because they say it’s been around since before Rowe vs Wade. He got the name right, but changed the facts of the story to fit a more up to date narrative.
As someone that has had a partner that had to make that tough decision. I can tell you that his story is already fabricated just from the details gleaned from this article.
First, almost all abortions involve taking 2 pills. That’s it. No surgery. No vacuum. It’s 2 pills. You take one at the office, and one at home. It’s done.
Second, they DO NOT let anyone go back with the pregnant woman. The reason for this is they want to make ABSOLUTELY SURE that she is not being forced to do this by someone else. Grandma never would have been anywhere near an aborted fetus.
Had to do some more digging, but I couldn’t understand why the article insisted that the paper debunked the story about Penny. The detail I was missing is that it was actually her nickname, and not some case of mistaken identity. Thanks for helping to clear that up.