Popular conservative anchor Sean Hannity told viewers that some abortion views touted by Republicans do not fall in line with most Americans’ views.
On Tuesday night, Ohio voters elected to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution after the Republican legislature and governor imposed a six-week ban. The provision states that abortion may be banned after fetal viability, or around the 23rd week of pregnancy.
“If we’re really gonna honest about this – and I consider myself pro-life, but I understand that’s not where the country is – I would say first trimester, 15 weeks seems to be where the country is,” Hannity said. “And these issues will be decided by the states.”
Hannity noted abortion law will not be decided in Congress but at the state level.
According to Mediaite, the Fox News host previously warned that some of the anti-abortion measures being enacted around the country are out of step with where most people are. In August, Republicans in Ohio tried to raise the threshold for amending the constitution via referendum from a simple majority to 60%. That measure failed, prompting Hannity to offer a warning.
“I believe in the sanctity of life, but I think politically that there is– Republicans have gotta say as Bill Clinton once said – I never thought I’d quote him – ‘rare,’ ‘legal,’ and I’d add the word[s], ‘very early in a pregnancy,’” Hannity said at the time. “That seems to be – politically – where the country is. Maybe I’m wrong. But we’ll see. That vote in Ohio is pretty, pretty sobering.”
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