The potential vice-presidential candidate claimed that ‘abortion care’ is part of men’s ‘freedom.’
(LifeSiteNews) – Vice President Kamala Harris’ support for abortion makes men “more free,” according to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
The Cabinet official made the comments last night during an online fundraising event called “White Dudes for Harris.”
Men need abortion in order to be free, according to Buttigieg. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor is considered a potential vice-presidential pick for Harris.
Democrats are “for freedom,” Buttigieg said.
“I’m so glad she has made freedom the theme of her campaign because I think in so many ways that’s what’s at stake,” Buttigieg said.
“And yes, women’s freedom is Exhibit A, after Donald Trump demolished the right to choose,” he said, with reference to the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
“But of course men are also more free in a country where we have a president who stands up for things like access to abortion care,” he said. “Men are more free when the leader of the free world and the leader of this country supports access to birth control and access to IVF.”
Buttigieg is “married” to a man with whom he acquired twin babies through adoption, depriving both kids of a mother.
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His comments about abortion drew criticism from pro-life and conservative leaders.
“Children shouldn’t have to die just so men can use a woman’s body for pleasure with no consequence,” Abby Johnson wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “That’s a disgusting concept.”
“Um, yes,” Allie Beth Stuckey wrote on X. “Deadbeats are definitely freer to be deadbeats when they can have unprotected sex with a woman then pressure her into an abortion.”
“Pete Buttigieg just attended a segregated rally to declare that men are ‘more free’ when they abort their offspring,” conservative radio host Vince Cogliagnese said. “Forget weird. This is wicked.”
“Abortion allows and encourages neglect, coercion, and the abandonment of women while simultaneously ending a life,” pro-life speaker Christine Yeargin wrote on X. “This is anything but freedom.”
Pete Buttigieg says men are more free when women have access to abortion.
Abortion allows and encourages neglect, coercion, and the abandonment of women while simultaneously ending a life.
This is anything but freedom. pic.twitter.com/qPJsiasObW
— Christine Yeargin (@christineyeargs) July 30, 2024
Both Buttigieg and Harris share radical positions on abortion, including opposing restrictions.
During a 2019 Fox News town hall he said that he opposes any government limits on when a woman can have an abortion.
“(D)o you believe — at any point in pregnancy — whether it’s at six weeks or eight weeks or 24 weeks or whenever — that there should be any limit on a woman’s right to have an abortion,” host Chris Wallace asked Buttigieg.
“You know, I think that the dialogue has gotten so caught up on where you draw the line that we’ve gotten away from the fundamental question of who gets to draw the line? And I trust women to draw the line when it’s their own bodies,” he said.
When pressed, he claimed late-term abortions are “hypothetical,” before saying they were a small amount.
He has also claimed that the Bible is not clear on abortion. Additionally, as mayor he opposed the building of a pro-life pregnancy resource center.
The “White Dudes for Harris” fundraiser reportedly raised more than $4 million. It included left-wing celebrities such as actor Jeff Bridges and corporate leaders such as Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn. Hoffman reportedly wants to see the current chair of the Federal Trade Commission fired. Lina Khan opposes Big Tech power, according to Reclaim the Net, and Hoffman wants Harris to fire her if she wins in November.
Left-wing politicians, including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were on the virtual fundraiser as well.
Both are potential running mates for Harris as well.
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