Establishment GOP pick in Pa. gov race looks to pivot from her anti-abortion past
State treasurer Stacy Garrity abortion-proofs her campaign, even if it poses risks in a potential primary. Read more at Politico
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“Proudly pro-life” Wisconsin Republican scrubs anti-abortion text from campaign site
On May 15, however, that issues page included a larger description of Steil’s pro-life perspective, explaining that he is “proudly pro-life,” lauding the Dobbs decision as a “victory for life,” listing the anti-abortion legislation and initiatives — like the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and striking taxpayer funding for abortion care — he backed and … Read more
GOP nominee for Virginia governor tries to distance herself from anti-abortion past
Winsome Earle-Sears called abortion ‘genocide’ and implied equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy Read more at The Guardian
Access to abortion medication could be in jeopardy, RFK Jr. testimony suggests
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested he is open to significantly limiting access to mifepristone if confirmed to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing “safety issues” to a drug that is used in most abortions and that research has shown is very safe and effective. Read more at 19th News
In states without abortion on the ballot, the issue is still driving votes
Though the impact of abortion will become clearer after Election Day, she said, losing an existing right can motivate voters. “It was the law of the land for a long time,” she said. “It’s very hard to take that away from people.” Read more at NBC News
New ad hits North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson for anti-abortion comments that women didn’t keep their ‘skirt down’
“Abortion in this country is not about protecting the lives of mothers,” Robinson says in the clip used in the ad. “It is about killing the child because you weren’t responsible enough to keep your skirt down.” Read more at NBC News
Washington Republican Softens Stance After Repeatedly Comparing Abortion to Slavery
During his last campaign for Congress, Kent made the slavery analogy more than once. In 2022, his opponent, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, shared a screenshot in which a high school student DMed her to say that Kent had made a similar argument when visiting their school. The student wrote: “Joe Kent came to my high school … Read more
Trump’s ambiguous comments on contraception
Trump Claims He’ll “Never” Call for Restricting Birth Control, After Saying He’s “Looking at” Restricting Birth Control In an interview on Pittsburgh’s KDKA news station, Trump was asked, “Do you support any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception?” And his answer was not a resounding “no.” Instead, he responded: “We’re looking at that, and … Read more
How Conservatives Are Rebranding Pro-Life
All of these efforts — the fake ballot measures, text trickery, and the war on language — are being pushed precisely because Republicans know that Americans support abortion rights. They know they can’t win on their own arguments and merits, so they try to lie and fool voters in order to win. As we speed … Read more
Trump May Have Back-Tracked But The GOP Has Supported Restricting Contraceptives For Years
Many in the Republican Party elevated the idea of restricting access to birth control as the next front in the religious right’s war on reproductive rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022 — and some even before that. Read more at Talking Points Memo