Debate on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” caught fire Monday night after a guest proclaimed that a fetus is not a human being.
When host Chris Cuomo gave Christine Quinn, the former speaker of the New York City Council, the last word, she said a fetus is effectively a body part. Her comments drew Cuomo, Quinn, and guest Rick Santorum into a heavy debate over Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments about whether a newborn baby should be permitted to live and New York’s new late-term abortion laws.
“When a woman gets pregnant, that is not a human being inside of her. It is part of her body, and this is about a woman having full agency and control of her body and making decisions about her body and what is part of her body with medical professionals,” Quinn said. “Those are the facts and that is the law.”
Santorum replied: “So the baby is their property and they can do whatever they want to it. They can maim the baby or torture the baby.”
Quinn shot back: “This is about a woman’s body. Rick, you’re spinning fake stories. You’re so desperate here, you’re so desperate here. You’re bringing up fake stories. “
Satorum said he was “not desperate. I’m just asking questions.”
Cuomo said Santorum was not trying to have a true discussion and was just asking provocative questions.
“All I’m saying is you guys go too far when you pervert the facts. We have a president of the United States saying that a baby is born at the end of full term swaddled in a blanket and then they decide whether or not to execute it. You know that’s b.s.,” Cuomo said.
The Buffalo News reports New York’s Reproductive Health Act abortions are now legal through 24 weeks of pregnancy — “or at any time when necessary to protect a woman’s life or health.’’
