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Abortion, Generally

Masters Supported Overturning Roe v. Wade

Masters Called Roe V. Wade A “Horrible Decision,” Said Abortion Was “Demonic” And Supported Overturning The Ruling And Banning Abortion

[AUDIO] Masters Said Roe V. Wade Was A “Horrible Decision” That Was “Responsible For Killing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Babies A Year” And Should Be Repealed. According to Relatable, “Yeah I’m unapologetically pro-life. I think that’s just obvious. Obviously, the correct position. It’s so important. I think Roe v. Wade needs to be repealed yesterday. I think it’s a horrible decision. It’s horrible jurisprudentially. You know they just invented some right to privacy out of thin air and then said somehow that covers abortions. I think just on the legal merits. Horrible decision, of course horrible policy too and just responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of babies a year. So we’ve got to get rid of that.” [Relatable, 9/23/21] 210923_ASP_164_A

Masters Claimed That Pro-Choice Supporters See Abortion As A “Religious Sacrifice” And Said “I Think It’s Demonic And I Think We Have To Put A Stop To It.” According to Tucson Weekly, “He added that abortion rights supporters see abortion as a ‘religious sacrifice.’ ‘I think it’s demonic,’ Masters said. ‘And I think we have to put a stop to it.’ Masters campaign manager Amalia C. Halikias did not reply by deadline regarding whether Masters supports an exception to his proposed abortion ban when the pregnancy results from rape or incest.” [Tucson Weekly, 10/7/21]

[VIDEO] Masters Claimed Abortion Was A “Sacrificial Ritual” To The Left. “And it's not 50- 50, because even if they get to 50-50, the liberal project doesn't stop there because they don't even like the distinction between men and women. Right. There's three hundred genders or however many of your eight year old is learning about in school today. Right. And so, I mean, I think you're so right. You said God shaped hole in the size there, in the human heart. And I think there is a religious impulse. right. And I think that's why it happened. But I'm a Christian, too. I think that's God trying to pull us back to him in some sense. But for the militant atheists. For the secular liberals progressivism. Right. That's become the new it's a new age in the church. And it's doing all the same work. And you have the sacrificial liturgies. And I think this is why the left is so obsessed with abortion. Right is the sacrificial ritual. And it's I mean, it's ghastly, right? The problem is there's no redemption. There's no forgiveness. This secular progressive religion doesn't have any of the benefits of actual religious truth and beauty. And it's and so it's a dead end. But people believe in it. People believe in it. And I mean, I think this is just, it's the communist impulse.” [Interview with Congressman Madison Cawthorn, 1/20/22]; 220120_ASP_329_A

Masters Opposed The Right To An Abortion But Said He Did Not Arrive At That Position Through Religion, But Rather Said “I Thought That Intellectually.” According to transcript, “Some people are illogical about it . Some people are religious about it . Some people are not. There's going to be disagreement on this issue in America . But for me , it's very clear. I felt it. I thought that intellectually. I thought that seriously before and after having kids , three beautiful boy. Actually , my one year old was brought home during the pandemic back when we thought covid, it actually may have been really bad. But seeing my baby boy born at home , you know how anyone could think that.” [Pima County Republican Club, 08/03/21]; 210803_ASP_083_A

Masters Said Abortion Rights Were “Invented By A Liberal Court.” Blake Masters tweeted, “Because the 2A is in the Bill of Rights and ‘abortion rights’ were invented by a liberal court.” [Twitter, @bgmasters, 12/4/21]

Masters Linked Abortion To Genocide

Masters Said That “There’s A Genocide Happening In America” Due To Roe V. Wade. According to The Daily Wire, “Masters continued that trend on Thursday by releasing a campaign video imploring the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade. Masters said the country needed to ‘get back to not killing babies’ and provided a special emphasis on the impact that abortion has had on the black community. ‘There’s a genocide happening in America. Under Roe v. Wade, the federal government recognizes a ‘right’ to kill babies in the womb,’ Masters stated in the video. ‘And so every year, hundreds of thousands of young lives are destroyed.’ ‘Thirty percent of black babies are aborted in this country. We’re talking 20 million babies since 1973. We got to get back to not killing babies,” he added. “And it starts with overturning Roe.’” [Daily Wire, 12/2/21]

Masters Repeatedly Attacked Mark Kelly For Supporting Reproductive Freedom

Masters Attacked Mark Kelly For Using “Clinical Stock Phrases” Such As “Reproductive Freedom” And “Health Care Decisions” And Said “But Worse Than Being Boring And Generic – He’s Dead Wrong. Abortion Is Not Healthcare.” Blake Masters tweeted, “Clinical stock phrases from Mark Kelly, as always. ‘Reproductive freedom.’ ‘Health care decisions.’ But worse than being boring and generic — he's dead wrong. [Twitter, @bgmasters, 9/2/21]

Masters Attacked Mark Kelly For Being “Indebted And Loyal To A Party Led By Abortion Extremists.” Blake Masters tweeted, “It would be easy for me to dunk on this man — someone who is indebted and loyal to a party led by abortion extremists. But the harder thing is to recognize that so many people support abortion out of a misplaced sense of empathy. We have to actually reach those people.” [Twitter, @bgmasters, 9/2/21]

Masters Called Abortion “One Of The Most Awful And Painful Things That Happens In Our Society.” Blake Masters tweeted, “Abortion is one of the most awful and painful things that happens in our society. It's terrible for the child, who is killed. And it's terrible for the mother. Too many women learn this too late.” [Twitter, @bgmasters, 9/2/21]

Masters Waffled On Whether He Would Support Exceptions to A Ban On Abortions

Masters Said “Absolutely No Abortions,” Called Himself “Unapologetically Pro-Life” And Said Congress Should Pass A Law To Halt All Abortions, But Qualified That A Compromise Could Be Made That Would Allow “Some Abortions.” According to Tucson Weekly, “Tech edgelord Blake Masters, who is making his political debut backed by bazillionaire Peter Theil, told the Relatable podcast last week that he’s ‘unapologetically pro-life’ and believes Roe v. Wade was a ‘horrible decision.’ He said he believed Congress should pass a ‘personhood law.’ ‘Absolutely no abortions,’ said Masters, who then qualified that a compromise might allow states to allow ‘some amount’ of abortions.” [Tucson Weekly, 10/7/21]