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Stacey Abrams identifies a limit on abortions she supports in interview with Fox News
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Stacey Abrams identifies a limit on abortions she supports in interview with Fox News

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams appeared to walk back her radical abortion with no-limits position in an interview in which she indicated she might support some restrictions on late-term abortion.

Abrams told Fox News on Wednesday that she believes politicians should not restrict abortion with "artificial time constraints," repeating a position she's taken before. She affirmed that "abortion is medical care" and should be a decision between a woman and her doctor, with politicians uninvolved.

But when pressed if there should be any limit at all, she did say that women should have the right to an abortion "up until the point of viability as determined by a doctor."

"And as of that moment, if the woman's life is in danger or if her health is in danger, then there should be a decision made to protect the life of that woman. But otherwise, the point of viability. But what I object to are artificial time constraints that do not conform to biology or logic," Abrams said.

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Abrams is running for governor in a rematch against incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who defeated her in 2018. Like other Democratic candidates this cycle, her campaign has placed a strong emphasis on defending abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. She has attacked Georgia's fetal heartbeat law, which restricts abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy and denied that unborn babies have a heartbeat at six weeks.

She has also said that in medical emergencies where the mother's life is in danger, abortion should be legal "until the time of birth," and claimed that supporting abortion rights is "part of my faith."

Fox News also asked Abrams about her false claims that the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election was "rigged" or "stolen." Abrams says she was taken out of context.

"I accepted the results in 2018. And the premise of the question always presumes that I did not accept the results," Abrams told Fox News. "Despite the cherry-picking and the decontextualization of what I've said, at the top of my speech I said that I acknowledged that Governor Kemp was the governor of Georgia."

Abrams said what she "always objected to" was the claim that thousands of black Georgia voters were denied access to the ballot box by state voting laws. She cited a court ruling from last month in a case brought by her organization Fair Fight Action to support her contention.

Though the federal judge who decided the case threw out Fair Fight Action's lawsuit, the court said that Georgia's election system was "not perfect" and, Abrams argues, highlighted how black people are disproportionately impacted by the Georgia's voting laws.

"We were right. And my intention is to always fight for access, but I am not entitled to the outcome. And I have never claimed that I did. Now, people have taken language that I've used out of context. I've tried to make certain that people across the state always understood the importance of their power. When they showed up in [2018], they changed the future of the state. And I will always celebrate their victories and the changes they were able to make in our elections," she said.

Kemp has consistently led Abrams in polls of likely voters through September and into October. The election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8.

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