'I'm saying 'no,' but it was too late': Democratic Rep. Cori Bush claims abortion providers performed procedure, ignoring her objections



Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, an outspoken pro-choice advocate, has disclosed that she had second thoughts before getting an abortion after getting pregnant at the age of 19 years old, but that when she expressed her desire not to move forward with the procedure, she was ignored and the abortion was performed anyway.

Bush, the author of the recently released book "The Forerunner," discussed her experience during an interview on "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover" — the lawmaker said that when she expressed that she was not ready to move ahead with the abortion she was ignored and told to calm down.

Bush noted that she "started to think, well one, I didn't tell the father that that was about to happen." She explained that, "I just felt like I needed more time. So I said, 'No, you know what, I'm not ready.' And the nurse ... wouldn't listen to me. And I said, 'No, I'm not ready.' And as I'm saying 'no,' they continue to pull the instruments and you know, get everything ready ... like 'No, calm down,' you know, 'No, you're gonna be OK.'"

She said "they absolutely ignored me, um, even to the point of you know, like, 'calm down,' as if I was the problem."

She said that she recalls looking to check whether there was somebody in the room who would listen to her. But "during this time they put the instrument inside me and started the instrument ... I'm saying 'no,' but it was too late because you couldn't stop once it started."

\u201c"I said, no, you know what, I'm not ready. And the nurse just wouldn't listen to me."\n\n@RepCori tells the "complicated" story of her second abortion, when her pleas to halt the procedure were ignored.\n\n"I felt like it was, 'Oh well, we know better. You don't know what you need.'"\u201d
— Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (@Firing Line with Margaret Hoover) 1665149219

Hoover asked Bush why she believed that the people did not listen to her protests.

"The same as, as other times where I haven't been listened to by a provider, um, or medical staff. You know, I was a young black woman," she said. "Multiple times I felt like it was, 'Oh well, we know better. You don't know what you need. You don't, you don't understand. We know better.'"

That was Bush's second abortion.

She previously had an abortion at the age of 18 years old after becoming a rape victim at the age of 17. During a congressional hearing last year, the lawmaker said, "in the summer of 1994 I was raped, I became pregnant, and I chose to have an abortion."

Rep. Cori Bush: In 1994 "I was raped, I became pregnant and I chose to have an abortion." www.youtube.com

China's state-run media ridicules critic of Communist nation Enes Kanter Freedom as 'ignorant and arrogant' after he was cut from NBA team



The Global Times — a media mouthpiece for China's Communist government — posted a blistering story Friday ridiculing NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom after he was cut from the Houston Rockets shortly after the Boston Celtics traded him last week.

Why? Because Freedom has been a vocal China critic, particularly in regard to its human rights abuses against the Uyghurs.

What did the paper say?

The Times wrote that upon hearing the news about Freedom, "netizens swarmed" to Twitter "mocking the player who has been ignorant and arrogant on China's core interests and internal affairs such as those involving Xinjiang, Xizang, and Taiwan."

The paper added a comment from Chen Weihua, China Daily's EU bureau chief, who said of Freedom: "Now you can be a full time John Bolton puppet."

World Daily added that Freedom's charge regarding Nike's "alleged use of 'forced labor' in China ... proved to be fictitious and fabricated."

The paper also included what it said was a comment from "another netizen" regarding Freedom's speaking slot at the Conservative Political Action Conference later in February in Orlando, Florida: "I always thought of you as someone that stood for freedom, and then I heard you're going to CPAC, the exact people that are actively taking away freedoms in the US."

And a Beijing-based sports commentator who requested anonymity told the Global Times that Freedom "didn't focus on basketball as a player and lost his job… And Chinese fans can expect to watch Boston's games soon."

The paper added that "Freedom repeatedly made false and irresponsible comments regarding China's Xinjiang in 2021. Meanwhile, he publicly declared his support for Xizang and Taiwan secessionists."

Anything else?

Freedom correctly predicted in an PBS interview last week that he'd soon be gone from basketball due to his views.

"They're going to do everything they can to, I believe, not sign me now."\n\nThe @Celtics' @EnesFreedom to @MargaretHoover \u2014 24 hrs before he was reportedly traded to @HoustonRockets and waived.\n\nHe says the NBA "for sure" wants to silence him for his advocacy & #China criticism.pic.twitter.com/GCJIW2KBOE
— Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (@Firing Line with Margaret Hoover) 1644533701

Freedom became an American citizen last year and decided to officially change his name to Enes Kanter Freedom to mark the occasion.

Last month, Freedom blasted Chamath Palihapitiya, a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, for brushing off China's oppression of the Uyghurs. "When genocides happen, it is people like this that let it happen," Freedom said of Palihapitiya.

Freedom added in a subsequent tweet that Palihapitiya's "disgusting" comments are "against everything the @nbastands for; I want the #NBA commissioner Adam Silver & @warriors board members to step in and push him to [sell] his shares."

Freedom also has boldly spoken out against NBA icons like LeBron James for cozying up to China and ignoring the Communist nation's human rights abuses.

(H/T: National Review)

Enes Kanter Freedom — NBA player and vocal China critic — suddenly has no team. Just like he predicted would happen.



Enes Kanter Freedom — the NBA center who's made headlines for criticizing China's human rights record, all while playing for a league that craves the communist country's cash — predicted in an PBS interview that he'd soon be gone from basketball due to his views:

"They're going to do everything they can to, I believe, not sign me now."\n\nThe @Celtics' @EnesFreedom to @MargaretHoover \u2014 24 hrs before he was reportedly traded to @HoustonRockets and waived.\n\nHe says the NBA "for sure" wants to silence him for his advocacy & #China criticism.pic.twitter.com/GCJIW2KBOE
— Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (@Firing Line with Margaret Hoover) 1644533701

"Soon" turned out to be 24 hours after his above interview with Margaret Hoover.

On Thursday, Freedom's now-former team, the Boston Celtics, traded him to the Houston Rockets — and with that, the Rockets cut him, Outkick reported.

"Coincidence?" the outlet asked in its headline.

In his PBS interview, Hoover asked Freedom, “Do you think they’re trying to silence you?”

With that, Freedom — who became an American citizen last year and decided to officially change his name to Enes Kanter Freedom to mark the occasion — replied, “Oh, for sure they are."

It's worth noting that the Rockets in 2019 were embroiled in controversy after then-General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong — a move that cost the team significant China partnerships.

Anything else?

Last month Freedom blasted Chamath Palihapitiya, a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, for brushing off China's oppression of the Uyghurs. "When genocides happen, it is people like this that let it happen," Freedom said of Palihapitiya.

Freedom added in a subsequent tweet that Palihapitiya's "disgusting" comments are "against everything the @nbastands for; I want the #NBA commissioner Adam Silver & @warriors board members to step in and push him to [sell] his shares."

Freedom also has boldly spoken out against NBA icons like LeBron James for cozying up to China and ignoring the communist nation's human rights abuses.

And just this week it was announced that Freedom is slated to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) later in February in Orlando, Florida.

"The world needs to understand! I do NOT care about politics. The only thing I care about is Human rights, Freedom and being the voice for the voiceless," Freedom tweeted Monday. "The question people should ask themselves is; Despite our differences, what can we do to make this world better, TOGETHER?"

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