Corbett denies support for ultrasound bill

[modrepub]

Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett’s support for a controversial 2012 bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion continues to dog him: “You just have to close your eyes.”

On Tuesday, a “tracker” from the Democratic PAC Fresh Start caught the Republican governor on tape denying he’d ever backed the legislation, designed to discourage abortions with images of the developing fetus.

“I never did,” he said, when asked if he still supports the idea. “I didn’t sign the bill.”

Corbett didn’t sign the bill because it stalled in the legislature; he did support it at the time, making his infamous remark at a news conference. (To be fair, the governor was arguing in response to a question that an ultrasound requirement would not unduly burden women because they would not be forced to look at an image. All the attention, however, went to his clunky phrase.)


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[Curmudgeoness]

1. Of course he denies it.

He figures that everyone has forgotten about it, so he will deny it. The fact that it was one of the stupidest things that he ever said (and that is saying something) makes it even more likely that he will deny it.