At a rally in Pennsylvania this week, Elon Musk responded to an audience member’s question about whether he would ever consider publicly supporting the pro-life movement. He responded with his frank opinions about abortion after viability, while critiquing the root causes of why women so often feel they must choose abortion.
“In my opinion, which is bound to offend some,” he said, according to the video, “If a baby can survive outside the womb, it cannot be aborted. If a baby can survive outside the womb, it is not abortion, it is murder.”
He added, “Part of the challenge is that the education system has terrified girls and women and relentlessly pushed the idea that getting pregnant is the end of your life. When you instill terror in young girls that getting pregnant is the worst thing that can happen, they’ll believe that if they’re just kids.” He has made this type of statement before.
Musk: ‘It is not abortion, it is murder’
Musk’s statement cuts against the grain of much of the mainstream media narrative and what is considered acceptable discourse on abortion. He’s right, yet doesn’t go far enough; induced abortion is always the direct killing of an innocent human being – and isn’t medically necessary.
In fact most Americans, like Musk, actually do support limits on abortion. As Live Action News reported, polling from May 2024 found that just 25% of respondents believed abortion “should be legal in all cases.” A Knights of Columbus poll from January 2024 found that 58% of all Americans favored significant restrictions on abortion. […]
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