Last July, I had the chance to interview John Brownlee and he had this position on abortion. At the time, his position appeared pretty clear:
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A few days later, after Shaun Kenney criticized Brownlee on the life issue, in a telephone interview with Brownlee he responded to the criticism by stating:
“We both believe that life begins at conception and that abortion should be illegal unless it is to protect the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest,” said Brownlee.
Then, recently, in the Roanoke AG debate, a source produced and sent me this video, based on the above quote:
You’ll notice that in the original podcast, Brownlee does not mention rape or incest, but in the quote he does. Therefore, is the Brownlee position consistent and I’m just a bad reporter? Or, as this quote has not been challenged by Brownlee, and it’s been there since last July, is “in cases of rape or incest” also his position on life?
