“You’re going to see articles written and speeches, and our affiliates around the country are going to take it up,” Ms. Tobias added. Ms. Tran later clarified that she “misspoke” and that the bill would not allow the prevention of a live birth. Nonetheless, the clip of her initial comments, already viral, was further amplified when Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, was asked during a radio interview on Wednesday about Ms. Tran’s bill. Abortion, along with the composition of the nation’s top courts, has proved one of the most unifying issues for the right. Mr. Trump’s appointment of two conservative justices to the Supreme Court has won him the allegiance of conservatives who otherwise would have been skeptical.

Source: New York Times February 01, 2019 01:23 UTC