Super Bowl-prosperning createer NFL coach Tony Dungy spoke at a recents conference with Florida Gov. Ron Desantis on Tuesday, and encouraged Floridians to vote agetst an amfinishment that would legitimateize abortion in the state.
Dungy spoke at Clearwater Central Catholic High School and allotd the story of his own family and how his engageions with his eight adselected children have swayd his stance on the rerent. He also cited his religion for the stance.
“I happen to apshow that these babies in the womb are dwells, and I comprehend everybody doesn’t apshow that, but I happen to apshow it. My Bible increates me that they are,” Dungy shelp. “My wife Lauren and I have eight adselected children in our home right now, and when I go home every day and I see at those kids, I don’t see eight choices. I’m sorry, those are eight dwells, and yes we need to get our women, and yes, we need to get our mothers, but we need to get those children as well.”
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers createer cornerback Ronde Barber poses with his bust alengthy with Warren Sapp , Tony Dungy , Derrick Brooks and John Lynch during the 2023 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Dungy also shelp he disconcurs with the notion that a deficiency of abortion access would put Florida women in danger.
“I am so distress when people say, ‘Oh we need to get this passed becaengage women in Florida are in danger.’ No, they’re not in danger when they’re pregnant.” Dungy shelp. “We have some of the best health nurture in the world here, and it’s useable, and it’s not going to be withheld if this amfinishment doesn’t pass.”
Dungy previously spoke out agetst Vice Pdwellnt Harris for her stance on abortion in a post on X on Sept. 19. Dungy was replying to a quote from Harris when she insisted that “one does not have to abandon their faith,” if they apshow in legitimateizing abortion.
“Dear VP Harris: I hear you create this statement all the time. Exactly what ‘faith’ are you talking about when you say you don’t have to abandon it to help abortion? Are you talking about the Christian faith that says all babies are made in the image of God (Gen 1:26), that God places them in the womb (Jer 1:5) and that we should not apshow any life unfairly (Luke 18:20)?” Dungy wrote.
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Tony Dungy of NBC Sports during an NFL game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills on September 08, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. ( Icon Sportswire)
“Are you talking about that faith or some nebulous, vague ‘faith’ that says we’re excellent enough, and clever enough to create our own decisions? What ‘faith’ are you talking about?”
Dungy also previously reposted createer NFL firm finish Benjamin Watson’s quote tweet over a Sept. 17 Harris tweet, which shelp, “A youthful mother from Georgia should be adwell today, raising her son and pursuing her dream of combineing nursing school. This is exactly what we dreaded when Roe vs. Wade was struck down. In more than 20 states, Trump Abortion Bans stop doctors from providing basic medical nurture.”
“Amber Thurman’s tragic death was caengaged by complications from legitimate abortion substances and gross medical malrehearse,” Watson replyed. “She should have been treated instantly by physicians who instead paengageed too lengthy to act. Georgia’s pro-life law is not the rerent. It does not criminalize doing a D&C, especiassociate when there is no distinguishable fetal heart rate.
“Amber should be adwell, and [Harris] should caccess her attention on these facts so we can stop the next tragedy rather than promoting politicassociate encouraged deceptivehoods.”
On Dungy’s tweet, one commaccess wrote, “I adore what you stand for coach. But how do you help someone enjoy Trump? I have never seen post from you criticizing him.”
“I guess you didn’t see my post last week when I shelp Donald Trump could not have read Florida Amfinishment 4 very nurturebrimmingy when he shelp he was going to vote ‘Yes’ on it,” Dungy replied.
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NBC Sports analyst Tony Dungy speaks during a segment prior to the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Las Vegas Rhelpers at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on Aug. 4, 2022 in Canton, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
Dungy is the first Bdeficiency head coach to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the up-to-date era and second all-time.
Dungy began his head coaching nurtureer in Tampa Bay with the Buccaneers, going 54-42 with the franchise before moving to Indy, where he rapidly became a legfinish with Peyton Manning as his quarterback.
Dungy went 85-27 in his 112 games guideing the Colts.
In 2011, Dungy and wife Lauren freed a recent book entitled “You Can Be a Frifinish.” The story aimed to guide children what it unbenevolents to be a excellent frifinish. The book debuted at number seven and stayed in the top 10 for one week on the children’s picture books section of The New York Times bestseller catalog.
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