MI GOP Governor Nominee: Having Baby Could Be 'Healing' For Teen Rape Victims

[In It to Win It]

HuffPost

Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial nominee said she does not support abortion being legal even for child rape victims, suggesting that having the baby could be “healing.”

In a segment aired Friday, Fox 2 news anchor Roop Raj asked Tudor Dixon, who has been vocal about her anti-abortion views, where she stands “when it comes to rape, incest and life of the mother.”

Dixon said she supports exceptions if a woman’s life is in danger, though she added that the “health of the mother and life of the mother are two different things.” Raj then asked specifically about rape and incest, providing the hypothetical example of a 14-year-old girl who has been raped.

“Why not allow that person to have an abortion?” he asked.

Dixon replied that her stance came from talking to rape survivors who have given birth, as well as people who are the children of rape survivors.

“I’ve talked to those people who were the child of a rape victim, and the bond that those two people made, and the fact that out of that tragedy there was healing through that baby — it’s something that we don’t think about,” she said.

[Ray Bruns]

1. 1. No she hasn't. 2. She's a liar.

[Biophilic]

2. These people are just f'ing horrible. So friggin' low and despicable.

They make me so angry.

[edhopper]

3. A very close to half the voters in MI

will vote for her. What is wrong with these people?

[bif]

10. The only explanation I can think of is

A lot of voters just vote straight R, without knowing anything about the candidates. Most likely because their parents were Republican.

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Murdering her rapist could be "healing" too

But no one recommends that!

[SCantiGOP]

5. I like hearing her say that

She is forcing people to think about the real life consequences of rape and forced birth, and I think a majority of people are horrified by that prospect regardless of their political leanings.
A sane Republican friend of mine (voted for Trump in 2016 but not in 2020) said that in his almost all white country club many members are griping that their wives, who have always voted R, are going to vote Democratic this year solely because of the abortion issue.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

6. A 14 year-old GIRL, raped, healed through being forced to bear the rapist's child???

Fuck these scumbags...all the way to hell and back, then back to hell and leave them there.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. Here's something else she hasn't thought about...

If x number of teens are raped, they will have x number of reactions to the rape and any pregnancies that might arise from it.

And a teenager's brains and emotions normally aren't fully developed enough to fully understand her own thoughts on the matter. Every case is different, and must be dealt with individually. Confusing her with various pronouncements will do no good at all.

And we haven't begun to talk about the crazies who might be lurking in her friends and family.

[aocommunalpunch]

8. She can demonstrate if she'd like to volunteer.

She'd probably object to the assault, but the healing, I've been told, is great! So, no problem, right, Toods?

[70sEraVet]

9. I wonder how many suicide victims she's talked to?

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. This woman has no redeeming qualities.

[cutroot]

12. We don't think about it. Because it's not true

Two door dicks in. Doesn’t have a chance here

[Efilroft Sul]

13. Tudor is from Mordor. That's why the Orcs like her.

[Bristlecone]

14. Gross on every level