ATLANTA – Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams is pushing back on the recent criticism she's faced on the campaign trail regarding her stance on abortion, as well as previous comments surrounding the results of the 2018 gubernatorial election that she lost to incumbent Republican Gov.
Brian Kemp. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital following a rally with supporters in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Abrams objected to what she referred to as "artificial time constraints" when it came to putting limits on abortion, but suggested she might support some limitations on later-term abortion when she reiterated previous statements that she supports women having the ability to make a decision regarding pregnancy alongside their doctor "up until the point of viability." She also argued that her comments about the 2018 results, specifically that it was "rigged" and "stolen," were taken "out of context." "I accepted the results in 2018.
And the premise of the question always presumes that I did not accept the results," Abrams said when asked about the criticism she'd received over her election comments. "Despite the cherry-picking and the decontextualization of what I've said, at the top of my speech I said that I acknowledged that Governor Kemp was the governor of Georgia." Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams speaks with Fox News' Brandon Gillespie following a rally with the Asian-American community in Gwinnett County, Georgia on October 7, 2022. (Brandon Gillespie) Abrams has faced criticism after insisting she never challenged or denied the outcome of the 2018 results, which showed her losing to Kemp by less than 60,000 votes.
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