Donald Trump celebrated one year in office over the weekend.
The US president had reportedly planned a getaway to mark the occasion but was instead stuck in Washington at negotiations to try and end the government shutdown that came into effect at midnight on Friday.
Amidst all of this, he still found the time to speak at the March for Life in the US capital.
The first ever president to speak at the event, he shared some poorly-researched thoughts on women and pregnancy.
Addressing the crowds, he appeared to say that carrying babies to term was wrong.
“Right now, in a number of states, the laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong. It has to change.”
Genuinely confused by this. (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/3FT8SCQY5V
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 19, 2018
“Right now, in a number of states, the laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong. It has to change.”
Presumably, he meant to say ‘torn’ rather than ‘born’ but still, Twitter had a field day.
That’s kind of how childbirth works, yes https://t.co/e0G4XiiDU9
— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) January 19, 2018
Either our idiot President misspoke the lie that he was trying to tell, or he’s legitimately telling us that he’s about to outlaw birth in this country. https://t.co/bKwxkU40IE
— Farron Cousins (@farronbalanced) January 19, 2018
I mean, I had a baby in the 7th month. I don’t recommend it, but if you’re breaking the law by having a full term baby….
— JMac? (@kjemcgregor) January 19, 2018
And to think I did this twice!
— Maria Spinella (@mariaspinella) January 19, 2018
I’m not surprised because it is equally believable that he either misspoke or genuinely doesn’t understand basic human biology
— David (@crichton007) January 19, 2018
In the same speech he also decried the country’s abortion laws as “some of the most permissive laws anywhere in the world.”
The laws differ between different states but 19 states allow late-term abortions where the health of the mother is at risk while several require a second doctor’s opinion for a late-term termination to be approved, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Fatal health concerns are the number one reason for late-term terminations in the US, according to Quartz.
