A new report from the American Independent reveals shocking anti-abortion statements made by conspiracy theorist Sigal Chattah. During an appearance she made on a right-wing podcast she equated abortion to murder and insinuated that abortion should never be a decision left to the individual. Chattah’s comments make it clear that she is an anti-freedom extremist who is unfit to serve as Nevada’s attorney general.
American Independent: Nevada GOP attorney general nominee said a pregnant person is a ‘vessel’
Emily Singer
09/27/22
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Sigal Chattah, the Republican nominee for attorney general of Nevada, promoted anti-abortion rhetoric equating abortion to murder on a right-wing podcast in July.
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Bruchhagen and Chattah agreed that whereas having a medical procedure such as a vaccination should be left up to individuals to decide, the decision on having an abortion should not.
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Bruchhagen: “You know, unfortunately, I have a problem with that. Because I just don’t feel like a woman who’s pregnant, that’s, that’s another DNA. That’s another blood type. It’s another, it’s not her body.”
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Chattah: “Right.”
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Bruchhagen: “So her body is a vessel—”
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Chattah: “A vessel.”
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Chattah has made similar comments about abortion rights in the past.
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“As somebody that is pro-life, I would definitely take the position that life begins at the time of fetal heartbeat, and really, the way I look at it is the same way that we do sentencing enhancements on unborn children, and victims of unborn children. I would marry it to that. I have a problem with that inconsistency,” Chattah said during a May Republican attorney general primary debate.
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Chattah tweeted in September 2021, “If abortion is healthcare – murder must be population control.”
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Chattah is facing Democratic incumbent Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford in the general election in November.
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Responding to Chattah’s comments on abortion and the law, Ford tweeted in July: “These are the facts: As Nevada’s Attorney General, I will ALWAYS support a woman’s right to an abortion b/c I support women’s fundamental freedom to make decisions about their own bodies. The Republican running for AG wants to prosecute and imprison women who seek an abortion.”
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He added: “This isn’t just morally wrong, it’s a dangerous affront to the belief that reproductive rights are human rights and that abortion is health care. She can’t become Attorney General of Nevada.”
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