Mourdock (is only) One Of At Least 15 GOP Senate Candidates Who Oppose Abortion For Rape Victims

[Tx4obama]

Mourdock One Of At Least 15 GOP Senate Candidates Who Oppose Abortion For Rape Victims

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The political action committee Republican National Coalition for Life submits questionnaires to GOP candidates about their positions on choice issues and then endorses candidates who advocate a strict anti-abortion platform. Selected candidates must be "unconditionally pro-life" and "recognize the inherent right to life of every innocent human being, from conception until natural death, without discrimination."

So far, the group has endorsed 10 such Republican Senate candidates: Akin and Mourdock, as well as George Allen (Va.), Rep. Rick Berg (N.D.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Deb Fischer (Neb.), Sen. Dean Heller (Nev.), Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.), Josh Mandel (R-Ohio) and Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.).

As Slate's William Saletan notes, there are also five other Senate candidates who hold this position: Michael Baumgartner (Wash.), Wendy Long (N.Y.), John MacGovern (Vt.), John Raese (W.Va.) and Tom Smith (Pa.).

Smith and Heller -- as well as a number of other GOP Senate candidates -- distanced themselves from Mourdock when contacted by The Huffington Post on Wednesday. But in the end, they all share the underlying view that rape victims should not have access to abortion.

And while Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) canceled her fundraising appearance for Mourdock on Wednesday, she still went to campaign with Berg the following day. Ayotte's office did not return a request for comment.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/richard-mourdock-abortion_n_2018934.html

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. Shared.

Good information to have. Thank you!

I don't know why it's not showing in the tweets counter. It's in my feed.

[Tx4obama]

2. Refresh the page. The tweets counter is showing 3 tweets now :) n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. Duh! I'm a dumb butt!

Thanks for pointing that out!

[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. The American Taliban

And if Mitt Romney won't even fight them, he sure can't fight any Taliban anywhere else. His silence=consent.

FAIL.

[Cha]

5. KNR!

[NCLefty]

6. I like how Romney was ignoring reporters' questions on this today.

"WE WILL NOT DUCK THE TOUGH ISSUES! MIT ROMNEY! WILL NOT DUCK THE TOUGH ISSUES!" -Paul Ryan over and over again

[crunch60]

7. I just wrote a nice long letter to Sen. Heller here in Nevada on his anti- abortion stance for rape

victims. He will not like it, be assured.

[Indpndnt]

8. Yes, yes, yes, vote against Ted Cruz!

I'd vote for Ted the talking teddybear before voting for Cruz.



http://www.tedisreal.com/

[KatyMan]

10. Right there with you.

I am so utterly embarrassed that Texas is going to have this TeaBagger in government.

[TexasCPA]

9. Whey are Republcians so obessed with rape?

This is what cost Clayton Williams from becoming governor of Texas in 1991:

Rape is like the weather, if it’s inevitable, relax and enjoy it.