'Go knock someone up!' Daily Show slammed for 'offensive' tweet after Texas abortion ruling

superbeets · Jun 28, 2016

[h=1]'Go knock someone up!' Daily Show slammed for 'offensive' tweet after Texas abortion ruling[/h]

Daily Show tweet caused Twitter uproar with some saying it was out of line
Tweet came after Supreme Court struck down Texas abortion law
Show's tweet said 'Go knock someone up in Texas' after SCOTUS ruling
Twitter users said the show's tweet was 'distasteful', 'shameful' and 'vile'

By VALERIE EDWARDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 03:56, 28 June 2016 | UPDATED: 05:25, 28 June 2016

superbeets · Jun 28, 2016

The Daily Show was slammed for a tweet that many said crossed a line shortly after the Texas abortion ruling.
'Celebrate the #SCOTUS ruling! Go knock someone up in Texas!,' the show's tweet read.
The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas abortion law imposing strict regulations on doctors and facilities in the strongest endorsement of abortion rights in America in more than two decades.
Several Twitter users immediately criticized the show's comment calling it 'vile' and 'shameful'.

The Daily Show was slammed for a tweet (pictured) that many said crossed a line shortly after the Texas abortion ruling

Several Twitter users immediately criticized the show's comment calling it 'distasteful'

Others called for the show's Twitter account to be deleted

And some said the person who wrote the 'offensive' tweet should be fired

Twitter user Meghan McCain called the tweet 'vile'

One Twitter user said the show crossed the line 'at 120 mph'

superbeets · Jun 28, 2016

Others said the tweet was 'disgusting' and 'distasteful no matter what your stance on abortion is'.
The show responded on Twitter shortly after coming under fire for the tweet: 'Friends, we're certainly not promoting abortions. Just excited about #SCOTUS reaffirming right to choose.'
However that response was met with many saying that they are 'pro-choice', but 'abortion is not a laughing matter'.
It's still unclear who wrote the post as the show didn't immediately return Daily Mail's request for comment.

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It's still unclear who wrote the post as the show didn't immediately return Daily Mail's request for comment (file photo)

The show responded on Twitter shortly after coming under fire for the tweet: 'Friends, we're certainly not promoting abortions. Just excited about #SCOTUS reaffirming right to choose'

However that response was met with many saying that they are 'pro-choice', but 'abortion is not a laughing matter'

And some believe the show was hiding 'behind the pro-choice movement' after their response

The 5-3 ruling held that the 2013 Texas law placed an undue burden on women exercising their right under the US Constitution to end a pregnancy, established in the court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The abortion providers who challenged the law said it was medically unnecessary and specifically intended to shut clinics.
Texas officials said it was intended to protect women's health. The ruling means similar laws in other states are probably unconstitutional and could put in jeopardy other types of abortion restrictions enacted in various conservative states.

superbeets · Jun 28, 2016

President Barack Obama, whose administration backed the abortion providers in the court challenge, said in a statement that he was 'pleased to see the Supreme Court protect women's rights and health' and that restrictions like those in Texas 'harm women's health and place an unconstitutional obstacle in the path of a woman's reproductive freedom'.
Conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the court's four liberal members in the ruling, with the remaining three conservatives dissenting.
The court declared that both key provisions of the law - requiring abortion doctors to have difficult-to-obtain 'admitting privileges' at a local hospital and requiring clinics to have costly hospital-grade facilities - violated a woman's right to an abortion.

Writer Joe Heim gave suggestions to the show and the words he believes they should've used in their response such as 'sorry' and 'ill-considered'

Several individuals who are pro-choice didn't find the show's tweet funny

The Daily Show's tweet came just after the US Supreme Court struck down a Texas abortion law imposing strict regulations on doctors and facilities. One viewer called the tweet a 'Trump-level post'

Since the law was passed, the number of abortion clinics in Texas, the second-most-populous US state with about 27 million people, had dropped from 41 to 19.
The Supreme Court has appeals pending in two cases involving admitting privilege laws in Mississippi and Wisconsin on which it could act as soon as Tuesday.
The Texas law required abortion doctors to have 'admitting privileges,' a type of formal affiliation, at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic so they can treat patients needing surgery or other critical care.
The law also required clinic buildings to possess costly, hospital-grade facilities.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Twitter called the ruling 'a victory for women in Texas and across America.'
'This fight isn't over: The next president has to protect women's health. Women won't be 'punished' for exercising their basic rights,' she said, a dig at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who once suggested women who get illegal abortions should face 'some sort of punishment.'