Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales tried to change the subject to the border when confronted with the fact that the drug mifepristone isn't just used for abortion, but by women who have miscarriages as well. Gonzales made an appearance on this Sunday's State of the Union on CNN, and refused to answer any direct questions by host Dana Bash. Here's the first question he deflected on before threatening to de-fund the FDA:

BASH: You're an outspoken opponent of abortion rights, but are you at all concerned that this sets a dangerous precedent that any single judge can simply overrule scientific agencies as they see fit?

GONZALES: You know, on this ruling. I have six children. I am a prolific pro-lifer, and I think it's important that we protect the sanctity of life. I believe in state rights here in Texas, you know, we have a heart bill, a heartbeat bill that was passed, and I think it's important that states dictate their futures.

And we have to have the courts uphold these. I mean, it's very dangerous, when you have the administration, the Biden administration coming out and saying they may not uphold a ruling. As a as an appropriator on the House, on the House Republican side, I look at it, the House Republicans have the power of the purse, and if the administration wants to not not lead this ruling, not live up to this ruling, then we're going to have a problem. And it may be a come a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to de-fund FDA programs that don't make sense.

BASH: You said that you want this to be states' rights, but isn't a federal judge saying that on a national level that a pill cannot be administered the opposite of states', right?

GONZALES: Well the states started this. The states had their ruling, and now the federal government is coming in and dictating theirs. I think it's important that we have to get back and allow our institutions to lead. We can't undermine them when we don't agree with things that are there, whether it's on the state level. Look, I'm from Texas. We don't we don't have marijuana here.

You know marijuana is in California and other places. If those are the kind of things that your community wants, then work it through your state work it through the federal level, but we have to uphold our institutions. It's dangerous when we erode them.

When Bash pointed out that the drugs is used for more than just having abortions, Gonzales basically told women having miscarriages to pound sand before trying to change the subject to border security:

BASH: I want to move on, but I just want to point out one important thing out, which is that mifepristone isn't just used for abortion. It's also frequently prescribed for women experiencing a miscarriage and by some estimates as many as one million women miscarry every single year . So are they just on their own if this ruling is upheld?

GONZALES: No, I think it's important that we take care of women and we it's important that we have real discussions on women's health care and get off the abortion, get off the abortion conversation.

Women have a whole lot more other issues than just abortion. Let's have those real conversations and let's talk about, you know, let's talk about the other things that are happening in this world. You know, I've got a picture of a Emily, Amelia and Maria. They recently passed away three weeks ago, due to a smuggler in my district.

What does that mean? That means there's all these other things happening in the world, especially in my district. I've got a district that's turned upside down due to this border crisis. There's everyday people that are impacted on this crisis to include the Tembudas.

BASH: Both things can be true. Everyday people can be affected by by all of these issues facing Americans.

Rather than push Gonzales on any of his ridiculous assertions and his refusal to answer her questions, she just moved along to the next topic.