After-Birth Abortions?

Governor Ralph Northam Gives Inaugural Address

During last week’s presidential debate, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump referenced a “former governor of Virginia” who supported “after-birth” abortion, or what’s more commonly known as infanticide. Many people were shocked to hear this and fact-check websites around the world went into playing defense to try to off-set the damage of a Democrat, pro-choice governor supporting infanticide. But Trump was not wrong.

The former governor in question is Ralph Northam, who served as governor of Virginia from 2018-2022. In a 2019 interview with the radio station WTOP, Northam made some controversial comments when asked about a bill that would allow abortion when a woman is “essentially dilating, ready to give birth.” The former governor’s full quote:

“If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and family decide, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother [over whether to end the life of the infant].” 

Fact-checkers, who almost always have liberal leanings, like AP News or Reuters, tried defending these comments on the basis of ‘missing context’ or the rarity of these types of procedures. But exactly what kind of context would be needed to justify the aforementioned quote, where a sitting governor (at the time of the comments) claimed that a baby would be delivered and then possibly killed, legally, depending on if it was wanted?

What we are seeing now is the logical conclusion of the pro-choice movement. Your value depends on the combination of how wanted you are and if you can live by your own means. We have firmly crossed the line from abortion to infanticide.

You can watch the full video of Northam’s comments here.