One of the things that saddens me the most
in and around the conversation
of women’s reproductive rights in America
is the fact that it has been distilled into a catchphrase-y,
nuance-lacking conversation that I think robs
all of society, and women in particular,
of the conversation that an issue deserves, you know?
I hate it when people are like, “Oh, pro-life, pro-choice.”
It’s so flippant, you know?
“Are you pro-life, or are you pro-choice?”
What does that mean?
Who’s not pro-life? Huh?
Which asshole out there is like, “Oh, I don’t like life”?
“Yeah, I don’t like life.”
No. What you’ve done is you’ve created a false binary.
It’s not just pro-life, pro-choice.
That’s not what it is.
It is a complicated and painful conversation to have.
It’s not fair.
It’s not good.
And it’s not just women.
That’s what I also don’t understand.
One night, one mistake, one anything.
And people like to make it seem
like every pregnancy is known.
No. No, it’s not.
A condom can break.
A birth control pill can not work
because you’re taking some other kind of medication.
The hormone might not work on that.
You don’t know.
Nothing is 100%.
And then people will be like, “Well, then don’t have sex.”
Just because you don’t have sex
doesn’t mean everybody else mustn’t have sex.
“Oh, then don’t have sex.” No.
What are you doing? You know?
And that’s why I think, like, there’s so much frustration,
understandably, like, around the Democrats.
In a weird way, the Republicans said
they were gonna do something,
told everybody they were gonna do it,
and then just kept on trying to do it,
and then they did it, you know?
That’s what they did.
But it seems like every single time,
Democrats in America seem more concerned
with preserving the civility of the conversation
around what is happening
as opposed to getting the thing done.
People make this seem like it’s a majority issue,
and it’s not.
It’s not. If you’re fair, you’ll realize that it’s not.
Most people in America, most people in America,
will say, “Hey, we are for a woman having her choice.”
You can discuss the weeks and the where –
that’s a different thing –
but most people in America will agree on that,
not a total ban.
And many conservatives have said that.
Even Trump, I’ve seen. It’s been reported that in private,
he’s gone, “This is a mistake.”
He said that.
He’s like, “This is...”
You know how you know he knows it’s a mistake?
He went on to Fox News. They congratulated him.
They said, “Congratulations on your victory.”
And he was like, “No, this was God.
This was God.”
When has Donald Trump not taken credit for something?
’Cause even he knows.
He’s like, “I don’t wanna be the guy...”
What, you’re gonna run for president now
as the guy who banned abortion,
told every woman in the nation
what they can do with their own bodies?
I don’t care how religious you are, that’s your belief.
Good. Have it.
But you don’t put that religion on somebody else.
You don’t force them to live
by your morals and your standards.
That’s it.
It’s truly one of the most frustrating things.
You know, this is what I realized the one day,
is, like, sometimes – I know it wouldn’t be conducive
to anything – but sometimes I feel like you wanna call people
on their bluff in the most extreme way possible.
This is what I would propose.
I would propose in every single one of these states
where they’re making it illegal
and they’re saying they’re gonna prosecute providers,
and they’re gonna – Let’s go with that. OK.
But let’s do this. Let’s do this.
Put your money where your mouth is. Let’s do this.
Every single conservative, every single Republican,
every single person who said it’s illegal,
“You’re killing a baby” – they’ve said that, not my words
they’ve said that, right? Let’s do this.
Why don’t we write a law retroactively
to say that every single Republican lawmaker
who has facilitated or been part of an abortion
should also be imprisoned?
Why don’t we do that?
Because...
Because you said it’s killing babies.
And if I’m assuming correctly, you’ve never done it, right?
Right? So why would you...
Like, if you said to me, as Trevor –
if you said, “Trevor, we’re gonna write a law,
and the law says that every person you’ve choked to death
in the street, we’re gonna investigate and you’ll go to jail.”
I’ll be like, “Yeah, go ahead.
I know I’ve never choked anybody to death.”
I would go to every single one of those Republicans
who’ve written those laws –
anyone, your family member, anyone that you’ve been a part...
anyone anywhere, you go to jail.
See how many of them would sign that law.
See how many of them.
Because we’ve seen time and time again
they’ll have a mistress, they’ll have a woman they’re seeing,
they’ll have somebody, and all of a sudden,
“Oh, pro-life.
Oh, no. I didn’t mean it like that.
Oh, this was an exceptional cir...
Oh no, this is the devil.”
No, there’s only one devil in this conversation,
and it’s you.
Only one.