Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters (R) “softened his tone and scrubbed his website’s policy page of tough abortion restrictions Thursday, as his party reels from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade,” NBC News reports. “In an ad posted to Twitter on Thursday, Masters sought to portray his opponent, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), as the extremist on the issue while describing his own views as ‘commonsense.'” “Just after releasing the ad, Masters’s campaign overhauled his website and softened his rhetoric, re-writing or erasing five of his six positions. NBC News took screenshots of the website before and after it was changed.”
The christian fascist states with their no-need-to-think-on-it-again trigger laws are bad enough, but to try making travel for abortion illegal, and then abortion pills, I can see that would be infuriating to women. Should be to men, too.
The Daily Beast has obtained audio from a campaign event earlier this year where Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (R) staked out his most extreme position on abortion yet, telling voters he believes abortion at any stage of development is “still murder,” including from the moment of conception. Said Oz: “I do believe life starts at conception, and I’ve said that multiple times If life starts at conception, why do you care what age the heart starts beating at? It’s, you know, it’s still murder, if you were to terminate a child whether their heart’s beating or not.”
I support bans after 6 weeks. Oz is the best candidate in PA. Fetterman is an anti-American Communist.
Some news from the Veterans Administration... VA Wants to Provide Abortions Even in States Where Its Outlawed https://www.thedailybeast.com/veter...ns-even-in-states-where-its-outlawed?ref=home The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to offer abortions nationwide to eligible veterans and dependents who are victims of rape, incest or have their health endangered—even in states where abortion is now a criminal offense in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned. The agency submitted the proposed rule to the Federal Register Thursday night, and are awaiting approval. If successful, military physicians will be allowed to perform abortions in states like Oklahoma, where it’s now punishable by up to 10 years behind bars. The proposed rule change comes after months of discussion on whether federal physicians should follow the laws of the state they operate in or a uniform national policy. VA Secretary Denis McDonough called the move “a patient safety decision.” “Pregnant veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve to have access to world-class reproductive care when they need it most,” he said. “That’s what our nation owes them, and that’s what we at VA will deliver.” The new policy could start as early as next week, the Military Times reports. Read it at Military Times
The VA or any federal agency should follow the new revocation rules and not participate or obey state policy.
South Carolina state Rep. Doug Gilliam (R) claimed that a 12-year old rape victim still “had choices” to get an abortion despite a new abortion ban, noting “the morning after pill was available… that’s available in Walmart.” When asked, “If her dad rapes her and she’s carrying the child, who drives her to get the morning after pill?” Gilliam responded: “The ambulance.”