U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson did not say that a woman’s duties include giving birth to able-bodied workers, according to his spokesperson, despite posts online sharing the quote.
The quote attributed to Johnson in a post on Instagram (archived), reads: “Every Woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker.” A similar quote was shared on Facebook (archived).
In a May 2022 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Johnson did suggest that abortion deprives the national economy of potential “able-bodied workers”, during a discussion of the Supreme Court’s anticipated overturning of Roe v. Wade.
We’re all struggling here to cover the bases of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and all the rest.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has previously suggested that millions of able-bodied workers were lost to the economy due to abortion, but has not stated publicly that a woman’s duty is to give birth to able-bodied workers.
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