Tomi Lahren Quotes
When we talk about more access to birth control, a lot of times that means more funding for Planned Parenthood, and we know that's a touchy subject, so I certainly see that perspective and agree with a lot of conservatives on it.
Lahren, Tomi. Interview by Byron Pitts. Nightline, ABC, 13 Apr. 2017.
Churches are political organizations too and are subject to the forces of their membership. In the case of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1971 they passed resolutions to assure the right of a woman to have an abortion to protect her health. The position on abortion changed steadily thereafter to even pass Constitutional amendments to ban abortions except to save the life of the mother. See {614356},54122, {614358}, {614359}, {614360}, {614361} for the dynamic history of the change.
This quotation is important for two reasons. First, it illustrates a typical political exaggeration about the opposition party priorities. The birth control insurance issue was far from the Republicans’ “single most important issue” with many others such as smaller government and tax reduction given much more priority. The majority of Republicans did not even see this as a significant issue. However, there were a few right wing religious extremists for whom this and abortion (which they saw as the same thing) was of the highest priority. Second, it illustrates how the radical right wing – the Tea Party – of the Republican Party sufficiently intimidated the rest of the party so that for that time, almost the entire party acted as if the birth control insurance issue was a very high priority. If the normal Republicans did not support the Tea Party ultra conservative issues, the Tea Party threatened to run a more conservative candidate against them in the Primary election—thus controlling the regular republicans including and especially the leadership. So Warren’s accusation appeared to be true based on the words and deeds (votes) of the majority of the Republican Party.
Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren is an American conservative political commentator and former television host. She hosted Tomi on TheBlaze, where she gained notice for her short video segments called "final thoughts", in which she frequently criticized liberal politics. Many of her videos went viral, with The New York Times describing her as a "rising media star". Lahren was suspended from TheBlaze in March 2017 after saying in an interview on The View that she believed women should have legal access to abortion. Shortly thereafter, she began working for Great America Alliance, an advocacy organization that supports Donald Trump, and, in August 2017, she joined Fox News as a contributor and currently hosts a talk show on Fox Nation, No Interruption (2018–).
