GOP tries to steer clear of abortion politics as midterm plans take shape
2 years, 8 months ago

GOP tries to steer clear of abortion politics as midterm plans take shape

CNN  

CNN — Senate Republicans gathered behind closed doors on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since a bombshell draft Supreme Court decision that would strike down Roe v. Wade was leaked. Anything beyond that is speculative.” “It was a draft from February,” noted Johnson, who has consistently supported anti-abortion legislation and judges, adding that “there’s potential for hundreds, maybe thousands, of edits,” and that “the justices’ positions could change.” Two Republican senators who are retiring this term – Richard Burr of North Carolina and Roy Blunt of Missouri – downplayed whether abortion would affect the races for their seats. … They’ve got an intensity gap going into the elections – so I think they’re hoping this issue would cure that.” Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, a member of GOP leadership, expressed confidence that the midterms will be an “up-or-down vote on Joe Biden” and insisted Republicans aren’t talking much about the ruling itself because it’s a draft that is three months old — not because it’s bad politics for his party. “It’s up to the state legislature,” Cornyn, a member of Senate GOP leadership, said when asked if he backs his state’s abortion ban. That’s why the Senate GOP’s campaign arm was quick to put out a three-page messaging memo on Tuesday advising Republicans to “be the compassionate, consensus builder on abortion policy,” while hammering Democrats for supporting “late term abortions.” “The Republican Party believes in compassion for everybody,” said Florida Republican Rick Scott, the National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman.

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Republicans in GOP-led state shrug off uptick in newborns dying in dumpsters: writer
1 week ago

Republicans in GOP-led state shrug off uptick in newborns dying in dumpsters: writer

Raw Story  

Texas has seen an increase in newborn babies placed in dumpsters after the state passed a restrictive anti-abortion law, a Salon writer noted Thursday. "Babies, mostly dead, are being found in ditches and dumpsters throughout Texas, traumatizing the people who find them and the emergency workers who are called to help," wrote Marcotte. She said one would think they'd be …

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action

Associated Press  

Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S. This month, the Texas attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor, saying she violated Texas law by prescribing abortion pills to a patient there via telemedicine. A survey conducted for the Society …

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This month, the Texas attorney general's office filed a …

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
1 month ago

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term. In an NBC News interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn’t plan to restrict medication abortion but “Things do change, but I …

‘Voters just didn’t care’: The abortion-rights movement grapples with Trump’s return
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Voters just didn’t care’: The abortion-rights movement grapples with Trump’s return

Politico  

Abortion-rights activists say it’s imperative they figure out what went wrong in the wake of their worst setback since the fall of Roe two years ago and fear Democrats may retreat from the issue in future elections. How do we paint the picture that the ballot measures are simply not enough?” Advocates and officials also fear that President-elect Trump and …

Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures

Politico  

While President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans campaigned on a promise to leave abortion policy to the states, Students for Life is lobbying allies on Capitol Hill to ban telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills and slash funding for colleges and universities that provide abortion pills through student health centers. “The federal government has a sacred duty to protect the right …

'Ears are open': Republicans reportedly eager to 'speak out more forcefully' on abortion
2 months ago

'Ears are open': Republicans reportedly eager to 'speak out more forcefully' on abortion

Raw Story  

A number of states voted to approve reproductive freedoms in state laws, but Republicans are eager to dial up their opposition. House results are still shaking out, but if the GOP maintains House control, the party could look to further restrictions on rights, even if it isn't possible to pass the 60-vote filibuster. "It’s unclear whether anti-abortion legislation would move …

High Stakes Abortion Ballot Initiatives Could Decide Who Takes the White House
2 months, 1 week ago

High Stakes Abortion Ballot Initiatives Could Decide Who Takes the White House

India Today  

The upcoming US presidential election could be decided by the outcome of several abortion-related ballot measures in 10 states. The issue is a key issue in many states, with voters considering whether to protect reproductive rights or restrict them. The high level of support for pro-choice measures in battleground states like Arizona and Nevada suggests that abortion could be a …

Voters appear ready to reject Arizona’s abortion ‘compromise’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Voters appear ready to reject Arizona’s abortion ‘compromise’

Politico  

Passage of Arizona’s measure would undermine the argument from the country’s biggest anti-abortion groups and leading GOP officials — including Virginia Gov. “It’s a new paradigm we’d have to overcome.” In the final weeks of the election, despite polls showing the initiative is far more popular than either presidential candidate, Arizona conservatives insist the state’s current law is their secret …

Column: A reminder that the GOP used to be the pro-abortion party, and Democrats the anti party
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: A reminder that the GOP used to be the pro-abortion party, and Democrats the anti party

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris speaking to promote women’s reproductive rights in San Jose in January, before she became the Democratic nominee for president and made those rights a centerpiece of her campaign. Here are the landmarks: In the decades prior to Roe vs. Wade, abortion was broadly illegal in the U.S. Women seeking abortions for their physical and psychological health …

On The Debate Stage, Republicans Squirm When Pressed About Abortion
2 months, 2 weeks ago

On The Debate Stage, Republicans Squirm When Pressed About Abortion

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans running for Senate ducked and dodged when pressed about abortion access in debates across the country this month, continuing to struggle with a key electoral liability that threatens to deny their party both control of Congress and the White House in November. In Nevada, a majority pro-choice state where abortion is legal up to 24 weeks, …

Inside The Effort To Win Over Republicans On Abortion
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside The Effort To Win Over Republicans On Abortion

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the U.S. closes in on what will likely be the most consequential election for abortion care in recent history, pro-choice advocates are setting their sights on a specific voting bloc: Republicans. But abortion ballot campaign leaders are confident that voters’ views on abortion are more nuanced and less partisan than the political two-party system would have …

Republican in key Senate race claims young women are ‘indoctrinated’ on abortion in unearthed recording
3 months ago

Republican in key Senate race claims young women are ‘indoctrinated’ on abortion in unearthed recording

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 The Republican candidate in a crucial US Senate race in …

“Deadly”: Experts warn Trump and Vance are “backpedaling” on abortion to conceal a darker reality
3 months ago

“Deadly”: Experts warn Trump and Vance are “backpedaling” on abortion to conceal a darker reality

Salon  

During Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance conceded that Republicans need to do a better job of regaining Americans' trust on the issue of abortion, delivering a more moderate response to the question of restrictions than the far-right position he previously espoused. I want us as a Republican Party to be pro-family in the fullest sense of …

"Pro-life" identity politics: GOP's sudden support of abortion shows it was never about policy
3 months, 1 week ago

"Pro-life" identity politics: GOP's sudden support of abortion shows it was never about policy

Salon  

Before Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the Supreme Court decision that ended abortion rights, it was a truism in the Beltway press that Americans were "bitterly divided" on abortion. Driven by polls that mostly asked people if they are "pro-life" or "pro-choice," journalists portrayed Republican voters as strongly opposed to abortion for moral and religious reasons. Polls show "GOP support …

Trump Is Following the GOP’s Abortion Playbook to a T. Why Isn’t It Working?
55 years ago

Trump Is Following the GOP’s Abortion Playbook to a T. Why Isn’t It Working?

Slate  

There was no shortage of head-scratching moments in Donald Trump’s debate performance last week, but some of the biggest humdingers involved abortion. He’s been similarly evasive about whether he would use the Comstock Act, a 19th-century obscenity law, as an abortion ban, as J.D. Reports stressed that Trump said he wouldn’t use the Comstock Act in this way without acknowledging …

The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful

Slate  

Conservatives have once again turned to the courts to keep people from voting on reproductive rights. The anti-abortion plaintiffs argued that Missouri’s Amendment 3, which protects the right to make decisions about reproductive health care, covers more than one subject. The anti-abortion plaintiffs contend that the abortion-rights ballot measure covers more than one subject because it addresses a right to …

Trump repeats the false claim that Democrats support abortion 'after birth' in debate
4 months ago

Trump repeats the false claim that Democrats support abortion 'after birth' in debate

NPR  

Trump repeats the false claim that Democrats support abortion 'after birth' in debate toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images This story first appeared in NPR's live blog of the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. In Tuesday's presidential debate, former President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that Democrats support abortions "after birth" and "executing" babies. Harris warned …

The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road
4 months ago

The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road

NPR  

The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road toggle caption Grant Blankenship As former President Trump struggles with messaging on the issue of abortion, Vice President Harris’ campaign is making a major push focused on the issue. toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR “My doctor told me despite preparing for this moment for months, we couldn’t proceed,” …

Abortion quickly emerges as a flashpoint between Harris and Trump
4 months ago

Abortion quickly emerges as a flashpoint between Harris and Trump

LA Times  

Abortion quickly emerged as a flashpoint in the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Republican falsely arguing that Democrats support killing babies after birth and the Democrat saying Trump can’t be trusted because of his dizzying statements on the matter. “It’s an execution,” Trump said, claiming that Harris, running mate Tim Walz and …

Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance
4 months 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 …

"Simply put, they are out of their minds": Kamala Harris won't let Republicans hide their misogyny
4 months, 2 weeks ago

"Simply put, they are out of their minds": Kamala Harris won't let Republicans hide their misogyny

Salon  

CHICAGO — Despite much of the press carrying Donald Trump’s water by accepting his feeble attempts to pretend to be “moderate” on abortion, he showed his true colors again last week. Multiple people cited the hostility Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, has expressed publicly over a dozen times towards childless women, who he's deemed "miserable cat ladies" …

Opinion: Trump dangerously misunderstands how voters feel about abortion access
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Trump dangerously misunderstands how voters feel about abortion access

LA Times  

Former President Trump said this month: “I think that abortion has become much less of an issue.” He’s wrong about that. He should be winning this election,” GOP pollster Frank Luntz said in frustration on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” It’s not working, and Luntz is among the Republicans who blame Trump. Madrid has a three-point prescription for how Harris can win …

Column: This is among the most consequential lies Trump and Republicans are telling women voters
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: This is among the most consequential lies Trump and Republicans are telling women voters

LA Times  

When it comes to abortion, Republicans are doing nothing less than gaslighting America. On Monday, the day former President Trump named Vance as his running mate, Vance’s Senate campaign website espoused “the sanctity of all life” and called for “eliminating abortion.” By Tuesday afternoon, the language was gone, according to HuffPost, and then the website itself disappeared as it redirected …

Conservatives feel 'abandoned' by Trump after RNC speakers leave out key issue
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservatives feel 'abandoned' by Trump after RNC speakers leave out key issue

Raw Story  

Anti-abortion advocates are feeling “abandoned,” by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has shifted the party-platform from staunchly pro-life to a side-stepped subject with a murky policy agenda during his second bid for the White House. In an Op-Ed penned for the New York Times Friday, conservative policy analyst Patrick T. Brown bemoaned the future of a Republican party led …

Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion

LA Times  

Vance speaks as Donald Trump looks on at a 2022 rally in Youngstown, Ohio. States that voted for Trump in 2020, such as Ohio and Kansas, more recently voted to enshrine abortion rights into their state constitutions or rejected measures that would prohibit doing so after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. The statement continues with the …

The Only Part of Trump’s RNC Abortion Platform That Matters
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Only Part of Trump’s RNC Abortion Platform That Matters

Slate  

When a draft of the 2024 Republican Party platform began to circulate, headlines loudly declared that the GOP had moderated its stance on abortion. At the same time, the platform is studiously silent about the role of Trump judges, and obscures the reality that a federal judiciary transformed by Trump would likely move the country toward the recognition of personhood—and …

National abortion ban "hidden in plain sight" in revised RNC agenda, legal experts say
5 months, 4 weeks ago

National abortion ban "hidden in plain sight" in revised RNC agenda, legal experts say

Salon  

Earlier this week, the Republican Party released its 16-page “Make America Great Again” policy platform ahead of its national convention. “The key to their true agenda here is the suggestion that the 14th Amendment of the federal constitution somehow empowers states to ban abortion,” Kolbi-Molinas said. The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United …

Republicans drop federal abortion limits from 2024 platform — after seeing it being used against GOP candidates
6 months ago

Republicans drop federal abortion limits from 2024 platform — after seeing it being used against GOP candidates

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We believe that the 14th Amendment to the …

Abortion opponents give lukewarm response to RNC platform which omits mention of national ban
6 months ago

Abortion opponents give lukewarm response to RNC platform which omits mention of national ban

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. open image in gallery Anti-abortion demonstrators march in the Ohio March for Life The …

New GOP Platform Strikes National Abortion Ban, Threatens Mass Deportations
6 months ago

New GOP Platform Strikes National Abortion Ban, Threatens Mass Deportations

Huff Post  

Former President Donald Trump blasted out an all-caps list of 20 Republican Party priorities on Monday ahead of the party's convention next week. The RNC’s platform, adopted ahead of next week’s nominating convention and dedicated to the “Forgotten Men and Women of America,” is backed by former President Donald Trump, who is poised to become the GOP’s presidential nominee next …

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion
6 months ago

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Committee moved Monday to adopt a party platform that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Among the vocal abortion opponents on the platform committee, some say the aspiration of a …

With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform
6 months ago

With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform

NPR  

With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform toggle caption Steve Helber/AP Dedicated to the "To the Forgotten Men and Women of America," the Republican Party's 2024 platform reads like the transcript of a Trump rally speech. The Republican National Committee’s Platform Committee adopted former President Donald Trump’s platform, a document that leans into …

Project 2025 shows Trump and GOP are "obsessed" with abortion and "controlling our bodies": expert
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Project 2025 shows Trump and GOP are "obsessed" with abortion and "controlling our bodies": expert

Salon  

Since Supreme Court justices appointed by Donald Trump helped overturn Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states have passed total bans on abortion — and twice that number have imposed other limits on reproductive freedom, according to the the Guttmacher Institute. What is at stake if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election versus Joe Biden, specifically for abortion rights …

Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel Bans in …

GOP women who helped defeat a near-total abortion ban are losing reelection in South Carolina
6 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP women who helped defeat a near-total abortion ban are losing reelection in South Carolina

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A near-total abortion ban was defeated in South Carolina with the help of the only three Republican women in the Senate, but after Tuesday’s primary, they’re losing their election bids. “Republican women lose like this over one issue when we fought so hard for other things.” Bucking the tide Voters on Tuesday went against a trend of …

Anti-abortion groups to Trump: Don’t water down GOP platform by removing support for federal ban
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Anti-abortion groups to Trump: Don’t water down GOP platform by removing support for federal ban

CNN  

CNN — Anti-abortion leaders are warning Republicans not to remove a federal abortion ban from the party’s platform at next month’s GOP convention even as their presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, backs away from it. Speaking during a virtual event hosted by the Washington Post, Reed publicly urged the Trump campaign “to proceed with great caution in sending any message of …

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion
7 months, 1 week ago

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion

NPR  

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion The national map for abortion access could be about to change as voters in 10 states, with a combined population of more than 75 million people, decide whether to put protections for reproductive rights into their state constitutions. — Scott Maucione New York The proposed amendment that could …

The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Sen. Tammy Baldwin, facing a tough reelection fight in one of the races that will determine control of Congress, has made protecting reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, and she’s willing to back that up by pledging to change the Senate filibuster rules if Democrats retain control of the chamber. “If NASA had the rules of the …

How treatment of miscarriages is upending the abortion debate
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How treatment of miscarriages is upending the abortion debate

LA Times  

Amanda Zurawski, a woman featured in a Biden campaign ad about her experience losing her fetus and then being unable to access prompt medical care, is shown speaking in front of the Texas Capitol in Austin in 2023. The Biden campaign launched this ad a day before the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban dating back to 1864, …

‘You’re hedging’: Amy Coney Barrett lambasts Idaho abortion ban lawyer
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘You’re hedging’: Amy Coney Barrett lambasts Idaho abortion ban lawyer

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. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative appointed to the bench under Donald Trump’s presidency, …

"You can go three hours that way": Kari Lake and Arizona GOP can't decide if abortion is bad or not
8 months, 3 weeks ago

"You can go three hours that way": Kari Lake and Arizona GOP can't decide if abortion is bad or not

Salon  

Abortion is supposedly an act so evil that it's tantamount to murder — yet it's somehow less wicked if someone takes a road trip before doing it. Ahead of Wednesday's session, the Washington Post chronicled the chaos within the ranks of Republicans in Arizona who cannot decide whether they still think abortion is murder or they're fine with it now. …

Abortion ban has supercharged Arizona politics. What will GOP legislators do?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion ban has supercharged Arizona politics. What will GOP legislators do?

LA Times  

Arizonans rally in Phoenix on Tuesday for abortion rights in response to last week’s state Supreme Court decision enacting an 1864 law that bans the procedure. A Tuesday morning rally on a highway beside a strip mall, one of dozens around the state in the last week, drew more than 30 people waving “Remember in November” signs and carrying handcuffs …

Trump pushes Arizona lawmakers to ‘remedy’ state abortion ruling that he says ‘went too far’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump pushes Arizona lawmakers to ‘remedy’ state abortion ruling that he says ‘went too far’

Associated Press  

TUCSON, Ariz. — Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly “remedy” the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near—total abortion ban that he declared anew “went too far.” Trump has repeatedly expressed pride in his role in overturning the national constitutional right to an abortion by appointing three conservative justices to the U.S. …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press  

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

The Shock Arizona Ruling Shows Why Trump’s Abortion ‘Middle Ground’ Is No Compromise
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The Shock Arizona Ruling Shows Why Trump’s Abortion ‘Middle Ground’ Is No Compromise

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING “Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks or some will have more conservative than others and that’s what they will be,” Trump said in a Monday statement. “Those networks that we’ve already worked really hard to create are now going to be the lifeline for the patients in Arizona who need …

Kari Lake and her fellow Republicans can't run from Arizona's draconian abortion ban
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Kari Lake and her fellow Republicans can't run from Arizona's draconian abortion ban

Salon  

As far as symbols of what the GOP intends for American women, the revival of an abortion ban that predates women's suffrage could not be more fitting. Claiming to "oppose today's ruling," Lake called on the actual governor, Democrat Katie Hobbes and "the State Legislature to come up with an immediate common sense solution." "I think the older law is …

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world
8 months, 4 weeks ago

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For much of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. “People really minimized it initially, because they didn’t realize the scope.” Democratic candidates are increasingly running on the broader reproductive rights issues and they are seeing results. For Biden, who is trying to overcome consistently low approval ratings and …

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, 4 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 …

Trump punts on abortion — now says it will be entirely up to states
9 months ago

Trump punts on abortion — now says it will be entirely up to states

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Monday morning essentially punted when it comes to his stance on supporting women's reproductive rights by arguing that the issue will be entirely left up to the states. In a video posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump once again praised the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which he falsely claimed allowed women to …

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