Virulently Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Scared to Say ‘the A-Word’

In February, he told a conservative talk show host that if he were elected governor, he would favor banning all abortions in the state — no exceptions for rape, incest, the health or life of the pregnant person. “If I had all the power right now — let’s say I was the governor and had a willing legislature — we could pass a bill saying you can’t have an abortion in North Carolina for any reason,” Robinson said. Before that, he called abortion “murder,” a “moral evil, like slavery,” and asserted that once a woman is pregnant “it’s not [her] body anymore.”

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