GOP leaders have begun distancing themselves from new, far-reaching state abortion restrictions that don’t allow exceptions in the cases of rape or incest.
and other prominent Democrats in opposition. But some Republicans in Washington also say they oppose new abortion restrictions that don’t allow for the rape and incest exceptions.
“Leader McConnell’s record has been clear for decades on this issue,” said McConnell spokesman Doug Andres. “He opposes abortion except in the instance of rape, incest, or the life of the mother in is danger.”Sen. Richard C. Shelby said he “always supported” exceptions for rape and incest.The latest antiabortion legislation represents a new front in the abortion debate. Nationally, Republicans have supported exceptions for all three circumstances for many years.
“States don’t need to hear from me on what they’re going to do,” said Sen. John Barrasso . “That’s how I always felt when I was in the state Senate.”“If you think it is a human life, therefore a child of God, it really shouldn’t matter how it was conceived,” said Sen. Roger Wicker . “I can just tell you there are millions of people out there who believe that. Obviously, millions of people in New York that see it just the other way.
That legislation came shortly before Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, suggested in a widely circulated radio clip that a baby born after an attempted abortion would only be “kept comfortable” and not necessarily resuscitated.aroused opponents of abortion.Abortion rights supporters have also brought the issue to the forefront ahead of the 2020 presidential contest. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has pledged to appoint only Supreme Court justices who support the Roe decision.
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