Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had no answer Sunday when asked what victims of rape or incest should do under the state’s ultra-restrictive abortion law.Headed to the often GOP-friendly confines of Fox News Sunday, Abbott ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Chris Wallace, who repeatedly pressed the governor on whether he would sign legislation granting an exception to those victims.

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Texas Gov. Won't Budge On Abortion Exceptions When Chris Wallace Grills Him On 15,000 Rapes

Gov. Greg Abbott's crackdown bans abortions after six weeks even in cases of rape, and he refuses to commit to changing the law for assault survivors.

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Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday grilled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) about his promise to end rape in the state instead of giving abortion rights to victims of rape and incest.
	Abbott recently made the promise to end rape after his state passed a law to ban all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
	"In 2019, which is the last year that we have numbers for, almost 15,000 cases of rape were reported in your state of Texas," Wallace told Ab…

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Chris Wallace grills Greg Abbott for allowing 15,000 rapes before signing 6-week abortion ban

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had no answer Sunday when asked what victims of rape or incest should do under the state’s ultra-restrictive abortion law.Headed to the often GOP-friendly confines of Fox News Sunday, Abbott ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Chris Wallace, who repeatedly pressed the governor on whether he would sign legislation granting an exception to those victims. Wallace noted that Abbott’s answer in the past has been a pled…

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Greg Abbott Won't Support Exception in Abortion Bill for Victims of Rape, Incest

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday grilled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) about his promise to end rape in the state instead of giving abortion rights to victims of rape and incest.Abbott recently made the promise to end rape after his state passed a law to ban all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy."In 2019, which is the last year that we have numbers for, almost 15,000 cases of rape were reported in your state of Texas," Wallace told Abbott…

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Chris Wallace grills Greg Abbott for his hollow pledge to stop rape after signing strict abortion ban

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly pressed Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday over the lack of an exception for rape and incest in his state’s near-total abortion ban, wondering aloud if Abbott’s bizarre promise to “eliminate” rapists was “reasonable.”Earlier this month, the Texas governor defended his state’s sweeping and highly restrictive abortion law that eliminates nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy—an extremel…

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Chris Wallace Corners Greg Abbott on His Insane ‘Eliminate Rape’ Defense of Abortion Ban

Governor Greg Abbott was forced into a corner by the Fox News host's slew of disturbing facts.

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