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Bette Midler — the outspoken left-wing activist who's also known for singing and acting — posted a tweet over the weekend actually claiming Planned Parenthood "isn't killing children" and that the National Rifle Association really is to blame for their deaths:
pic.twitter.com/JsigC6xdys— bettemidler (@bettemidler) 1652025905
“Planned Parenthood isn’t killing children,” Midler's tweeted meme states. “You’re thinking of the NRA.”
The Daily Wire pointed out that while the NRA supports legal and responsible gun ownership and provides firearms training, it doesn't sell guns or ammunition.
But according to Planned Parenthood's most recently available stats, the organization performed 354,871 abortions in its 2019-2020 fiscal year — and a number of commenters on Midler's tweet argued in that spirit, saying Planned Parenthood certainly does kill children.
And then there was this comeback:
List 10 People The @NRA has ever killed. We'll wait...pic.twitter.com/f47fekILtx— \ud83c\udf4a\u274c Dont TreadOnMe \u274c\ud83c\udf4a (@\ud83c\udf4a\u274c Dont TreadOnMe \u274c\ud83c\udf4a) 1652032052
Midler's tweet was far from her only social media activity in the wake of last week's news of a leaked draft decision from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal across the country in 1973:
#SCOTUS has revealed itself to be just another political tool, as the three new unabashedly biased conservatives plus the old push the court to undermine women\u2019s rights. Shameful. They will never recover from this; it\u2019s right up there with #DredScott and #PlessyVFerguson.— bettemidler (@bettemidler) 1651583455
Out of 9 justices, 7 on #SCOTUS are Catholic. (Neil Gorsuch was born Catholic, but in a burst of #Anglophilia, is now #Episcopalian). Does that scream \u201cdiversity of opinion\u201d or \u201cability to be objective and fair\u201d to you given the historic #RomanCatholic antipathy to abortion?— bettemidler (@bettemidler) 1651619251
These \u201cJustices\u201dwant to condemn thousands of unwanted kids to lives of untold heartbreak, misery & neglect. They presume \u201csafe haven\u201d kids get adopted. Well, they don\u2019t. Do your homework, you fools. They\u2019re stuck in limbo until they age out, with no families no skills no hope.— bettemidler (@bettemidler) 1651812689
This wouldn't be the first time Midler opened her mouth a tad too wide: