Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Regret His Call For An Abortion Ban
2 years, 1 month ago

Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Regret His Call For An Abortion Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Since Republicans failed to live up to lofty expectations in last week’s midterm elections, party operatives, officials and strategists have all conceded that their staunch opposition to abortion rights likely hurt them. At a press conference with other Senate Democrats, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto pointed to Graham’s abortion ban as a turning point in her successful race against Republican Adam Laxalt. “I had been talking about a federal abortion ban, and that my colleagues were going to try to introduce one to preempt our state law, and then Lindsey Graham introduced it,” Cortez Masto said. Even in Ohio, a state that Graham cited as evidence of his plan’s popularity, it’s clear abortion rights benefited Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in his ultimately unsuccessful race against Vance.

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Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump has said more on abortion in the past few weeks of his presidential campaign than he has in the last two years. ABC moderators and Vice President Kamala Harris are likely to push Trump to clarify his stance on abortion during Tuesday night’s highly anticipated presidential debate. Trump has “changed his position four times on …

Lindsey Graham pressed by CNN over claim Trump would protect reproductive freedom
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Lindsey Graham pressed by CNN over claim Trump would protect reproductive freedom

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senator Lindsey Graham found himself forced into an age-old position …

Vance says Trump would veto national abortion ban – but critics aren’t convinced
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Vance says Trump would veto national abortion ban – but critics aren’t convinced

The Independent  

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Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says
4 months ago

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

LA Times  

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. “I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he could commit to Trump not imposing such a ban. “Donald Trump’s view is that …

North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee mocked women for abortions, then ran ad with wife’s story
4 months, 3 weeks ago

North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee mocked women for abortions, then ran ad with wife’s story

LA Times  

Mark Robinson speaks during the Republican National Convention last month. Previously, Robinson left the impression that he’d support something even more severe, saying in 2020, for example, that “for me, there is no compromise on abortion.” Now Robinson started airing a new commercial Friday that describes his wife’s abortion decades ago and leaves the impression he’s comfortable with the state’s …

A North Carolina Republican who mocked women for abortions runs ad with his wife’s own story
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A North Carolina Republican who mocked women for abortions runs ad with his wife’s own story

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Asked Friday whether Robinson was altering his views on abortion, campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan said that “the legislature has already spoken on this issue.” In May 2023, the Republican-controlled General Assembly enacted over Democratic Gov. Stein’s campaign said later Friday that the Robinson ad was the “latest example of him …

Newsom calls out Republican abortion policies in new ad running in Alabama
8 months ago

Newsom calls out Republican abortion policies in new ad running in Alabama

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom’s new ad blasts GOP efforts to make it harder for people to leave states with abortion bans and seek treatment elsewhere. “Not enough attention has been placed on the fact that we’re not just criminalizing women’s access to reproductive care in certain states, now we’re criminalizing their travel,” Newsom said from a Sacramento Planned Parenthood clinic in an …

Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham are again at odds, now over abortion. The strife could help both men
8 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham are again at odds, now over abortion. The strife could help both men

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The long and occasionally quixotic relationship between Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham has again turned negative after the South Carolina senator criticized the former president for refusing to support a federal abortion ban. Campaigning in Graham’s home state a day later, Trump opened a rally by calling Graham a “lightweight” and “idiot” before reading out the senator’s …

Republicans breath a sigh of relief at Trump's abortion announcement they can now hide behind in 2024: GOP lawmakers who backed a 15-week ban now say limits should be decided by states
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans breath a sigh of relief at Trump's abortion announcement they can now hide behind in 2024: GOP lawmakers who backed a 15-week ban now say limits should be decided by states

Daily Mail  

Senator Lindsey Graham has increasingly found himself on an island when it comes to the issue of abortion as he continues to push for federal restrictions. Other congressional Republicans have fallen in line behind former President Donald Trump's newly publicized view that he believes ending a pregnancy should be an issue left to the states. Whether they fear the wrath …

Republicans, Democrats Bring Abortion to Centre Stage on Roe v Wade Overturning Anniversary
1 year, 6 months ago

Republicans, Democrats Bring Abortion to Centre Stage on Roe v Wade Overturning Anniversary

News 18  

Republicans and Democrats offered competing visions for reproductive rights Friday as the anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision ending nationwide abortion access threw a spotlight on a polarizing issue sure to dominate the 2024 election. “When people want to know where @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris stand on reproductive freedom, we tell them: they are unwavering,” Planned Parenthood, the country’s leading …

As Biden rallies for abortion rights, conservatives a mile away are pushing a 15-week national ban
1 year, 6 months ago

As Biden rallies for abortion rights, conservatives a mile away are pushing a 15-week national ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden warned Friday that Republicans seeking a nationwide ban on abortion won’t stop there as he urged supporters to channel their outrage into mobilizing votes for Democrats in 2024. “Make no mistake, this election is about freedom on the ballot once again.” Just a mile from where Biden rallied abortion rights supporters on the eve of …

What on Earth is Lindsey Graham thinking?
2 years, 3 months ago

What on Earth is Lindsey Graham thinking?

Raw Story  

Why did US Senator Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, introduce Tuesday a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks? I don’t see how a national ban would mobilize GOP voters more, unless the possibility of controlling women in blue states moves them. Senate candidate like Republican Blake Masters in Arizona, who won his primary by copycatting Donald Trump, is now …

GOP’s Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP’s Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. The South Carolina Republican said that rather than shying away from the Supreme Court’s ruling this summer overturning Roe v. …

The Only Way Lindsey Graham’s Abortion Ban Makes Political Sense
2 years, 3 months ago

The Only Way Lindsey Graham’s Abortion Ban Makes Political Sense

Slate  

After a draft of the Dobbs decision eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion leaked in early May, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham cheered the return of the issue to state governments’ hands. “While Democrats want to protect a woman’s freedom to choose, MAGA Republicans want to take that right away with proposals to ban abortions, to punish women and …

Senate Republicans to introduce nationwide abortion ban: Reports
2 years, 3 months ago

Senate Republicans to introduce nationwide abortion ban: Reports

Raw Story  

Senator Lindsey Graham will lead Senate Republicans in a push to pass a nationwide ban on abortion in a press conference Tuesday, less than two months before the November midterms, according to multiple reports. Despite wording in an apparent press release calling it a "late-term" abortion ban, The Washington Post's Caroline Kitchener says it is expected to call for a …

Trump ally pushes for 15-week abortion ban across US
2 years, 3 months ago

Trump ally pushes for 15-week abortion ban across US

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill that would ban abortions at 15 weeks of pregnancy across the United States, drawing rebuke from Democrats and reproductive rights advocates. Dubbed the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act, Graham’s bill argues that fetuses can feel pain around 15 weeks of pregnancy, “if not earlier” – hence …

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduces 15-week abortion ban in the Senate
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduces 15-week abortion ban in the Senate

NPR  

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduces 15-week abortion ban in the Senate Enlarge this image toggle caption Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has introduced a bill to create a federal ban on abortions at 15 weeks in an attempt to force Republicans to adopt a partywide consensus on the issue. Democrats wasted …

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