Critics slam Texas governor for 'disgusting' comments about rape and abortion: ANALYSIS

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made comments about rape and the state's new abortion law that prompted backlash.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is under fire for comments he made about rape and the state's new near-total abortion ban that critics say defied realities of both rape and reproduction. The Texas law bans abortions after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, and has no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. During a public appearance Tuesday to sign a bill restricting voting access, Abbott pushed back on a question from WFAA's Alex Rozier about why a rape victim would have to carry a pregnancy to term. "It doesn't require that at all," Abbott said, "because, obviously, it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion."