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

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 12-week ban on most abortions. Stein’s campaign said later Friday that the Robinson ad was the “latest example of him running away from his extreme and toxic stance on abortion.” Stein’s team has alleged that Robinson would seek an abortion ban with no exceptions if elected. “If North Carolinians want to know where Mark Robinson really stands on abortion, they should listen to every other comment he’s made on the issue before today,” Stein campaign spokesperson Morgan Hopkins said. Hopkins said in June that Stein “supports the Roe v. Wade framework of the past 50 years that protects women’s reproductive freedoms and restricts abortion later in pregnancy unless a woman’s life or health is at risk.” Such a framework generally allows for abortions in most cases through the point of viability, which is usually between 24 and 26 weeks of pregnancy.