Published 20:13 IST, July 9th 2020
Kanye West tweets & deletes photos and his take on abortion rights: netizens angered
Kanye West recently tweeted an anti-abortion message which he later deleted on receiving backlash from netizens. Read on to know more details.
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Kanye West’s recent tweet about abortion put many people off as the singer supported an ‘anti-abortion’ message. Kanye West's presidential bid led to him sharing his opinion on abortion rights. The tweet grabbed many eyeballs and attracted instant criticism not only for his anti-abortion message but for the statistically incorrect facts that he shared. Soon, he deleted his tweet and took down the pictures of the fetus and uploaded pictures of his kids.
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Kanye West Tweets 'pro-life message'
On July 8th, Kanye West took to his social media handle where he expressed his ‘pro-life’ views. As Kanye West announced that he is running for president 2020, he shared some illustrations of unborn fetuses and attached an anti-abortion statement with them.
The rapper in his post wrote “These souls deserve to live” through which he wanted to send an anti-abortion message. The tweet also had a screenshot of a google search in which Kanye had searched “what does a 6-month fetus look like”.
Kanye West deletes the 'pro-life' tweet
The tweet drew instant criticism as many netizens were of the opinion that abortion is a right of a woman and pertains to what she wants to do with her body. However, the criticism grew as netizens saw that Kanye West’s message was factually incorrect. Kanye’s fans were upset that he did not look up facts about aborting a fetus, which after certain weeks of pregnancy is extremely rare.
Netizens react to the tweet
Kanye just admitted to being anti-abortion/pro-lifer, an anti-vaxxer and confirmed his Trump support was genuine but his fans will still cling to this “genius” fallacy that we haven’t seen since 2010. 🗿
— Girls. (@BassieM_) July 8, 2020
Kanye is anti-abortion and anti-vax 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
— sarah (@sarahdvv) July 9, 2020
Anti-abortion, anti-vaxxer Kanye . Really NOT the chosen one.
— suzanne moore (@suzanne_moore) July 8, 2020
I'm gonna cancel Kanye myself for that abortion comment. How you got daughters and are still prolife????? Get this dude outta here
— Jake Simpson 🖇 (@saintlightyear) July 8, 2020
Seeing the rage among netizens about the factually incorrect and irresponsible tweet, Kanye deleted the tweet.
According to a leading media portal, Planned Parenthood reports say that one can get an abortion later than 24 weeks only in rare cases for medical reasons. Reportedly, the CDC also reported in 2014 that only 1.4 percent of abortions are performed at or after 21 weeks.
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20:09 IST, July 9th 2020