Video: Michelle Wolf Salutes Abortions, Fears Potential Roe v. Wade Overturn
Michelle Wolf on Sunday weighed in on the imminent departure of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and what it could mean for the future of female reproductive rights.
The Break host suggested that Kennedy’s exit could be “catastrophic,” noting that President Donald Trump will likely nominate a successor who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. “It’s so ironic that Trump could be the guy that ends legal abortion,” she said, alleging that POTUS “has been responsible for more abortions than the invention of back alleys.”
Wolf then went on to eviscerate pro-lifers, insisting that “pro-life” is “a propaganda term that isn’t real. These people are anti-abortion,” she said, “which means they’re anti-woman. If these people were actually pro-life, they would be fighting hard for health care, childcare, education, gun control and protecting the environment.
“About one in every four women by the age of 45 have had an abortion… which means abortions are super common and the stigma is bulls—t,” Wolf argued. “If women embrace the fact that they control life, that makes it a lot harder for men to control women,” and “of course men are uncomfortable with that. They won’t even let us control a little bit of Star Wars.” The segment then morphed into a full-on patriotic salute to abortions, which included a costume change and a four-piece marching band.
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Abortion takes a lot out of you.
It also leaves you with an empty feeling…
Both of you are disgusting.
Wolf is disgusting.
It finally hit me… she seems to be trying to do a Carrot Top impersonation. She has the hair, the look, the delivery, the facial expressions and the spasticness spot on but, and I never thought I would write this, Carrot Top is funnier. OK, he is funny a small percentage of the time, but at least he is occasionally funny.
Why does this warrant having a full story written up?
I’m hoping its because the people at tvline support a woman’s right to her own autonomy. And if not, they know a post about abortion will bring in the clicks (no shade btw) cause all the anti-choice crapbags come yelling
Anne, do you believe a mother should have the right the end the life of her week old baby after deciding she isn’t ready to care for it? If not, how is that different than a woman ending the life of the baby a few months earlier? The problem with arguing that abortion is about women fighting for the right to their own autonomy is that this is ignoring the fact that there is another, separate human body being impacted.
BECAUSE IT ISN’T A BABY THEN. It’s a fetus. Please read a science book.
It’s amazing how just changing the name you call a baby to something else makes you feel comfortable saying it’s okay to kill it.
and yet the fetus can fell pain and react to stimuli
So, abortion is killing a baby.. But, you won’t pay for birth control to prevent said pregnancy, healthcare to take care of mom and fetus so that it’s born healthy, give time off from work to bond/raise said kid, equal pay to pay for f-ing childcare or decent schools so the kid isn’t an idiot (like you equaling a baby with a fetus ). And thanks to all the environmental protections you republicans let Pruitt/Trump roll back, there won’t clean water or air the for kid anyway. Classy. Thanks TJ.
But Kay, how are unborn fetuses supposed to fight our perpetual wars? What are we supposed to use in their place? Drones? Diplomacy??? That’s kooky talk.
The problem with arguing that abortion is about women fighting for the right to their own autonomy is that this is ignoring the fact that there is another, separate human body being impacted.
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No. In fact, many women who have abortions are thinking of their unborn when they make this choice, too. If they’re considering an abortion for health reasons, they’re taking into account the potential health risks to their unborn, health risks they may not want to put them through, be it before or after the pregnancy ends. If they’re considering an abortion because of economic reasons, they’re thinking about the fact they may not have the financial means to care for the child (and yes, there’s adoption as an option, too, but so many kids wind up stuck in the foster system and have to deal with all the complications and issues that come with that, and I can see where a woman might be wary of putting her child through that stress). If they’re considering an abortion because of incest and rape, they’re thinking about the potential impact of those traumatic situations on their unborn. And so on.
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This is one of the big problems with this debate. Way too many people believe that women do not take all these important issues and topics into consideration when making such a weighty choice, when the facts prove otherwise. This is not a decision women make lightly, and people need to start paying better attention to and hearing them out on their reasons why they make this choice, instead of making false assumptions.
Angela, first of all, clips like the one above don’t exactly bolster the arguement that women, generally speaking, but a lot of thought into it before getting an abortion. I’m sure many women do think long and hard, but Wolfe’s clip reinforces the opposite idea. And second, would you be okay with a mother of a newborn baby, after careful thought and consideration of the life that baby will live etc, deciding to kill it?
First off, you completely missed the point of her bit-it was meant to be satirical. Second, even if she was actually serious with her celebration of abortion…that’s one woman’s opinion. Most women would not feel that way. Do not conflate one person’s viewpoint with all women’s.
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And second, would you be okay with a mother of a newborn baby, after careful thought and consideration of the life that baby will live etc, deciding to kill it?
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Uhhhhhh, no, because It’s an actual human being at that point, capable of surviving on its own. Do I seriously need to explain to you the blatantly obvious difference between a baby that has already been born and a fetus that’s just a few weeks old inside a woman’s body? The two situations are not comparable.
Angela, no matter how you define it, that is still a human being inside the stomach. You say it would be wrong to kill a newborn baby because it’s capable of surviving on it’s own at that point. I would argue that a newborn baby is most definitely not capable of surviving without the help of others, and that actually, the baby in the stomach is able to survive with less attention needed than the newborn.
Um, Teej, the womb =/= the stomach. Just a lil’ anatomy lesson for ya.
By “survive on its own” I mean that a newborn baby can breathe on its own and can do all other bodily functions on its own. Something a fetus in the very early stages of development would not be able to do if it were separated from the woman’s body. That is the rather notable difference you need to focus on. Again, the two situations are not comparable.
Angela, you keep mentioning an unborn baby in the very early stages of development, so I assume you are only okay with abortion very early in a pregnancy. Regardless, it is very comparable because it’s the same being, just in different stages of development. If not stopped by an abortion, one becomes the other.
TJ, I don’t see anything newborn-like about a fetus. I think it’s more akin to a parasite until the point of viability. And no one objects to the removal of a parasite. I even referred to both my babes in utero as parasites because they sapped my strength and energy so very, very much at the beginning. They were tapeworms with more potential. Some people were shocked with my declaration, but they also couldn’t disagree with the assessment.
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Also your statement about it being harder to care for a newborn than a fetus, I think suggests that you’re either not a woman, or a woman who has never had a difficult pregnancy. If pregnancies were short, you might have a point that it’s an easy enough to just endure the pregnancy. But, they’re not. In many parts of this country, maternal death rates are on the rise. Being a pregnant woman is exceptionally risky. No woman should be forced to assume those risks. You want to end abortion? Then you should be looking at all the things listed above like improved access to birth control, etc. that have been proven to reduce abortions. Making them illegal isn’t going to stop them. Acting holier than thou isn’t going to stop them. All you’re doing is adding risk for women who lack the means to travel to more open-minded states or countries. Those with means will just take a little vacation and add parasite-removal to the itinerary. Those without the means will take big risks in back alleys. . .with drugs from the black market. . . or with other “home remedies” they’ve seen on the internet. You’ll just be adding to the lives lost, if you really want to consider the parasites as lives.
Making the problem worse isn’t the answer. It took Ireland 30+ years to realize what a massive mistake they’d made. We should learn from their mistakes. . . not repeat them.
I have no issue whenever a woman chooses to end a pregnancy. Each person can decide what to do with their own body. Not my uterus, not my opinion.
Conservatives do not care about babies and children in the slightest, otherwise they would also support welfare programs and programs to make sure said babies are fed and have shelter and they would have problems with babies being separated from their parents and being put into prison camps and denied care. Anti-abortionists only want to control women, not protect children. Full stop.
Pro-choice is such a BS term it’s pro-abortion, I mean with all the birth control and the morning after pill there’s no reason really to need an abortion (baring the against consent cases) unless your just stupid or lazy, and partial birth abortions are just plain murder no if and or but’s, If the baby is viable outside the womb it’s murder. and the stories I hear about them about how they stab the baby in the back of the head and drain it, if a fetus can feel and react to pain it’s just not humane.
Pro-choice is such a BS term it’s pro-abortion,
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Wrong. Pro-choice means exactly that: I am pro-choice. It means that whether a woman decides to keep her baby, put it up for adoption, or have an abortion, that I will support any one of the three choices she makes. And whichever choice she makes, it should be HER decision and hers alone. Nobody else has the right to make any one of those three choices for her.
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I mean with all the birth control and the morning after pill there’s no reason really to need an abortion (baring the against consent cases) unless your just stupid or lazy,
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Yeah, that’s great, except for one little problem: we have politicians trying to restrict women’s access to birth control and the morning after pill. There are pharmacies where people can refuse to sell that stuff to a woman because of their religious beliefs. Some types of birth control, if not covered by insurance, are very expensive, making it harder for low-income women to obtain it. Now, Planned Parenthood offers a lot of those types of birth control at low cost, or makes it completely free, but oops, hard to get it there when you shut down the Planned Parenthood clinics. And many politicians see the morning after pill as a form of abortion, so they’ve tried to restrict access to it for that reason as well.
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So pray tell, what are women supposed to do in those instances, then? How is other people denying them the opportunity to buy birth control their fault?
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Also, you do know that even when people use birth control, it can occasionally fail, right? So how about we stop with the “women are too stupid and lazy” BS already?
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As for partial birth abortions, first off, quit with the scare tactics about the “back of the head” stuff, ’cause no, and second, partial birth abortions are extremely rare and only ever happen when there is a deeply serious, life-threatening emergency. Most abortions happen in the first trimester, well before the fetus can even properly survive outside the womb. Maybe before spouting off, you should get your facts straight.
Angela, I love you. Your logical, well thought out snd scientifically accurate responses…I love you so much. Thank you for this.
At the end of the day, a pregnant woman has a baby growing inside of her stomach, a baby who has a body separate from her own. You can call it different names and pretend it’s not actually a baby, but that doesn’t change what it is. So being “Pro-choice” means being in favor of it being an option for a women to end that babies life.
And, just as you told someone else, try reading up on partial birth abortions before spouting off and dismissing what someone else says about them. The head is actually cracked open. Dr. Leah Torres recently bragged about how she makes sure to cut the vocal cords as she doesn’t have to hear the baby crying.
I would think that what Angela said would be common knowledge in the year 2018, or even the year 1918. I would think that, wouldn’t I?
“Womb”, Teej, “womb”. I don’t need to call it a different name.
““Pro-choice” means being in favor of it being an option ”
That’s the only thing you’ve said that is true.
Okay That’s What She, explain what part of partial birth abortion I got wrong? You said none of it was true, so explain yourself.
I just explained the part you obviously got wrong. The rest I lay upon the Burder Of Proof (TM). That means you.
You go on ahead and pretend a partial birth abortion is a friendly little procedure where nothing ugly happens and you get a lolly-pop afterwards. Maybe if you cover your eyes and yell real loud you can pretend a baby isn’t being pushed most of the way out of a womb(see, I called it the right name for you that time), having it’s head cut open and it’s brains suctioned out.
IDX first involves administration of medications to cause the cervix to dilate. Dilation usually occurs over the course of several days. Next, the physician rotates the fetus to a footling breech position. The body of the fetus is then drawn out of the uterus feet first, until only the head remains inside the uterus. The physician then uses an instrument to puncture the base of the skull, which collapses the fetal head. Typically, the contents of the fetal head are then partially suctioned out, which results in the death of the fetus and reduces the size of the fetal head enough to allow it to pass through the cervix. The dead but otherwise intact fetus is then removed from the woman’s body.
👏🙌 you have done well this entire post. Thank you for fighting the good fight.
Above comment is for the poster fighting the pro-choice argument. Realize its not clear
This is not appropriate.
Whether you are pro life or pro choice, no one celebrates the idea of terminating a pregnancy. It is not “fun” like Ms. Wolf is trying to portray it as here. It is a serious decision that women feel they need to make.
As Reagan so keenly pointed out, all the people who support abortion have already been born. This woman dancing around in support of killing babies wouldn’t have the right to mouth off on her show like she does, or any other rights, if her own mother had decided to get an abortion. Just because a baby is still inside a mother’s stomach does not make it any less of a human being. In fact I would say that innocent baby is more of a human being than this woman, based on her comments and actions.
IT IS A WOMB, not stomach. Men have stomachs and yet they cannot carry a baby. If you are going to spout and push YOUR beliefs than at least educate yourself on terminology. Also education yourself on why partial termination is used, or for that matter late term abortion where as you so ignorantly try to explain how it happens. Seriously if you don’t believe in abortion, don’t have one if you are a women. If you are a man then keep it zip. What one choose to do with their OWN BODY is NONE of your business, between her and her doctor. I guarantee you if men were able to carry a baby this wouldn’t even be up for discussion. Oh if her mother had made that choice, IT WAS HER RIGHT – your analogy is ignorant at best.
she’s a sick piece of trash
I’m pro choice, but this is gross.
I know she thinks she helping make the case that abortion should stay legal, but she’s actually doing the opposite. I feel like she and that Samantha lady are each trying as hard as possible to be more controversial than the other. It’s sad, and it hurts the real fight for woman’s rights.
Appalling how many miss the point entirely. Wolf isn’t celebrating abortions or suggesting they’re “fun” (for Pete’s sake!) – she’s using satire to put the lie to the anti-choice talking points, long since disproven, that abortion causes all this physical and psychological trauma, that women always come to regret it. It doesn’t, I didn’t, no one I knew who had one ever regretted it or experienced these mythological “consequences.” Nobody WANTS to get one, and the idea that women use it as some kind of birth control alternative would be laughable if it weren’t so tragically slanderous. Abortions will absolutely continue post-Kennedy on the court. They just won’t be *safely* performed, and women will die as a result.
While I’m pretty sure abortions can at least sometimes have complications that cause physical trauma to the women getting them, I’m absolutely certain they cause physical trauma to the baby involved. And regardless of what point Wolfe was attempting to make, she was most definitely endorsing and celebrating abortion in that clip.
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Well, I’d say yes. A young mother didn’t get an abortion, but gave her baby up for adoption–and that’s how I was given a younger sister. There are other options to find homes for children when the mother don’t feel they are able to care for it. This “sketch” was not satirical–just inappropriate and totally unfunny. My whole family was blessed to get my sister and grateful for the chance. You don’t speak for all womankind, just yourself…
That is great for your family and sister, but there are over 130,000 children in the foster system waiting to be adopted so why don’t all these pro birthers put their money where their mouth is. I think you are missing the point she speaks for PRO CHOICE – if you don’t want one you are free not to have one, but if you did it is NOBODY BUSINESS. It wasn’t inappropriate but I guess the message went above your head.
And you just couldn’t leave a remark without adding a nasty retort–obviously, your way is the only way because you are oh, so superior to us mere mortals. Your message (sand intent) didn’t go over my head–quite the contrary–thanks for proving AGAIN how uncivil your side is…and it was still unfunny.
Hypocrisy
hy·poc·ri·sy [həˈpäkrəsē]
the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense.
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Annie, bravo to you too. Science, sadly, is a weak weapon against ignorance and religion.
Science goes out the window when people say it’s a clump of cells and deny it’s a baby. Science can be so inconvenient at times.
Behavior like this is why Democrats lose and will continue to lose.
Because Democrats are all over the place with opinions without much focus, while Republicans slavishly follow the almighty, trickle-down dollar and the unaborted whims of a madman.
This! I’m a gay white male moderate/conservative Democrat who time and time again doesn’t understand this behavior. It’s not needed and uncalled for. I don’t care your views but this isn’t the way to get them across. Until people in her position understand this we will continue to lose.
she is so not funny
Abortion is not birth control. But it is murder. Period. It puts an end to a beating heart. The child is created by two people. Why shouldn’t two people have input into decision to kill the child. At least that way both parents are responsible.
What about the seeds that are prevented from gestation because of the use of latex, or the millions of those seeds gone to waste for the chance of one seed to reach an ovum, or the millions of seeds gone to waste because Baywatch was on? WHERE’S THE LOVE FOR THOSE MURDERED, BEATING, BLEEDING HEARTS? OH THE POTENTIAL! OH THE FUTURE EINSTEINS AND NEWTONS AND UWE BOLLS!
Not the same thing. A sperm isn’t human yet, and neither is an egg. Also, millions of sperm go unused and die anyway without ever escaping the testicles.
That’s why this issue is impossible to resolve: it hinges on each individual’s definition of where life truly begins.
And add me to those that have never found this woman to be amusing, let alone funny.
Yeah, you and everyone combined could fill almost a quarter the space of the National Mall. #fakevacancy
While I fully agree the Roe v. Wade issue is worth focusing on regarding any new potential judge, I’d also like more discussion on whether or not Trump’s pick will favor him depending on how the Mueller investigation plays out. If we have a judge that’s willing to let Trump’s shady crap pass, that would be deeply concerning as well.
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Frankly, given the fact we’ve got the Mueller investigation going on, I don’t think it’s wise for Trump to be making any picks at this time for that reason alone.
Depending on how Democratically voters may change the current Congress, more states may have enough leverage to allow Planned Parenthood clinics to thrive without the help of federal legislature. That’s a huge “if”, though.
I have been pro-choice for years, considering I don’t have a uterus so I don’t really feel like my opinion matters. Pro-lifers (who I feel like are more pro-birth, than pro-life considering they’re argument stands on the baby’s life and not on the mother’s as well) seem to forget that birth control isn’t always reliable; condoms rip, birth control pills don’t always work, etc. Then being pregnant takes a toll financially and physically on the mother. If a mother isn’t financially reliable to care for herself when pregnant or after birth, why force her to have the baby? And if we bring rape victims in to the equation (which we should), should a victim who was impregnated due to her attack be forced to carry a reminder of the worse thing to happen to her for nine months?
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As much as people want pro-choice to mean pro-abortion, it doesn’t. It gives mothers another option on the table, just like adoption and foster care does.
Wow! That is a ‘woman’ who will NEVER EVER need an abortion! Don’t women that ugly usually have ‘great personalities’? How did she lose so bad on both counts?
You sound charming.
The answer is simple, Bob: She never wants to attract the likes of YOU.
Dear Robert Mueller (Mueller? Mueller?),
(deep breath)
YOU’RE TAKING WAY TOO ****** LONG ON THE OBVIOUS. GET. ON. WITH. IT.
Sincerely,
Sanity
Yes, Mr Mueller, hurry up! Get that report out by Monday. I mean, President Trump’s about to pick a second Supreme Court Justice, you’re our only hope! Children are being ripped from their parents! (Not the ones being aborted, we’re okay with those) The minimum wage still isn’t $15 an hour, college isn’t free, and felons are being denied their rights to gender reassignment surgeries! When will the craziness end? You’re our only hope!
Sincerely,
Insanity
I believe strongly in pro-choice. But I cannot say that I salute abortion. And to say so trivializes the pain many women feel when they have to make that choice. Or the pain and loneliness when they realize that the men can walk away and leave it for women to deal with
This is about more than just aborting a fetus. Allowing ROEVWADE to be overturned sends a dangerous message to every woman in this country. That message,……….. YOU ARE NOT COMPETENT ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF DECISION. The worse part is the impact it will have on women, especially young women…………………feeling less worthy, less valued.
If it is (and I mean IF) all it means is that it will be a states issue. That means every state will make their own choice. And really, in some states that will take years.
Read the 10th Amendment. Whatever is not in the constitution is left for the states.
I consider myself pro-choice (actually, being a man, I consider it the woman’s choice), but, wow, way to make what should be very personal and intense decision a dog and pony show and trivialize it at the end…
is this still on? damn that irritating voice, and the rest off her also
What it apparently boils down to, according to these comments:
Anyone who love women must hate babies, and anybody who loves babies must hate women. You can ONLY love babies OR women, not both. Pick a side!
Good gravy, Michael. I realize Wolf is on TV, and this is TVLine, but you know this always devolves into yet another Us vs. Them, You’re-Wrong-No YOU’RE Wrong, steaming pile of Comments nonsense. Why stir the pot?
She is a disgusting piece of garbage. She is celebrating murder. Yet she still has a show.
TJ, these sickening women always like to preach about needing us, aka the government to take care of them. They want free health care, free birth control, free abortions, free daycare, free nannies, so they can go out and spread them again. How about stepping up and taking responsibility for your actions.