Following her assertion that a child victim of incestual rape is a “perfect example” of why abortion should be banned, Tudor Dixon expanded on her dangerous comments with an “outlandish” argument that abortion incentivizes and allows sexual predators to abuse children. The Daily Beast broke down her latest attempt to justify banning abortion in virtually all cases, including rape, incest, and health of the mother.
As the piece notes, this is “not the first time she’s provided outlandish explanations to back up” the rabid anti-abortion extremism that has earned her the support of radical anti-choice groups like Right to Life and Susan B. Anthony List.
Previously, Dixon got caught claiming that Planned Parenthood has employed a “business model” to “introduce sex” to “7th graders” so they can profit off of “plenty of abortions in high school” – a baseless claim which she failed to offer any evidence backing it up.
See excerpts below on Dixon’s “especially striking” comments to support her vision of an “almost absolute ban on abortion” in Michigan and read the full report here.
The Daily Beast: Trump Fave in Michigan Thinks Child Predators Just Love Abortion
By Ursula Perano
Michigan gubernatorial primary candidate Tudor Dixon made an especially striking argument about why abortion should be outlawed, at a recent campaign stop.
During a conversation about a proposed ballot referendum this year that would guarantee accessible abortion in the state, Dixon said that doing so would create “a safe haven for any type of predator out there.”
“If you’re a predator there’s nothing you like more than abortion. And if you can get a girl an abortion without her parents knowing you can keep hurting her,” Dixon said at a meet-and-greet at Na-Lar Farms last week.
“So we have to make sure we protect people from predators in this state. We cannot let this constitutional amendment be passed and give predators a chance to keep preying on young women,” she added.
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last month, a decades-old state law banning abortion went into effect in Michigan, only providing exceptions for if the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother. While the law has been at least temporarily blocked in court, Michiganders have been left in limbo over the future of abortion access in the state.
Organizers for the proposed ballot referendum argue it’s a means to protect pregnant people from carrying unwanted pregnancies, including those caused by rape or incest. […]
But Michigan law already requires that physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, school staff and more must report suspected child abuse, including pregnancies in children.
Dixon supports an almost absolute ban on abortion—with only exceptions for the life of the mother—and it’s not the first time she’s provided outlandish explanations to back up her position.
In another interview with internet talk-show host Charlie LeDuff earlier this month, LeDuff challenged Dixon with a hypothetical, worst-case scenario: a 14-year-old who got pregnant as a result of incest by an uncle.
Dixon responded, “Perfect example.”
She went on to outline her rationale on why that hypothetical teen should be required to carry the pregnancy to term, arguing that the means of conception shouldn’t matter in how the law defines a life. “A life is a life for me. That’s how it is,” she said. […]
In another interview on the Guy Gordon Show this month, Dixon argued that access to abortion pills would allow child sexual abusers to hide victims’ pregnancies with little scrutiny. […]
“There are dangers with these things. We can’t let traffickers or predators have these pills that hide that there is a child,” Dixon said.
Dixon is backed by the largest anti-abortion rights group in the state—which she proudly touts on her campaign site under a page simply titled “Life.” […]
