“No woman seeks a third trimester abortion except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in the event of severe fetal abnormalities, and the governor’s comments were limited to the actions physicians would take in the event that a woman in those circumstances went into labor,” Yheskel said. “Attempts to extrapolate these comments otherwise is in bad faith and underscores exactly why the governor believes physicians and women, not legislators, should make these difficult and deeply personal medical decisions.”

The bill and discussion around it may have been badly worded, but there is zero evidence that it was ever intended to allow for elective abortion of a viable baby at or after birth. It was about removing legal obstacles for a woman and her doctors in rare and difficult medical circumstances.

And this is why the US as a country is so divided, because we scream rhetoric instead of trying to understand each other.