Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Gives Gov. Greg Abbott A Biology Lesson After ‘Disgusting' Rape Claim

The New York Democrat slammed the Texas Republican for speaking from "such a place of deep ignorance."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) defense of his state’s extreme abortion law as “disgusting.” Abbott on Tuesday dismissed concerns the ban on abortions after six weeks after conception would force rape or incest victims to carry their pregnancies to term by saying they had at least six weeks to get an abortion and he would “work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas.” Ocasio-Cortez, talking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night, suggested Abbott was “not familiar with a female or menstruating person’s body” because if he was “he would know that you don’t have six weeks.”