{"id":1487072,"date":"2022-05-21T21:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T01:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487072"},"modified":"2022-05-21T21:01:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T01:01:31","slug":"theres-no-exception-in-my-mind-ga-senate-candidate-herschel-walker-supports-a-total-ban-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-no-exception-in-my-mind-ga-senate-candidate-herschel-walker-supports-a-total-ban-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s No Exception In My Mind\u2019: GA Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Supports A Total Ban On Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheres-no-exception-in-my-mind-ga-senate-candidate-herschel-walker-supports-a-total-ban-on-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487072&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/36D6F5E2-6DCA-4FE4-9DFD-54CAA17A0A11-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker told reporters at a campaign event Friday that he does not believe in exceptions when it comes to banning abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after his campaign rally at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon Friday, Walker told reporters that he supports a total ban on abortion, without exceptions. \u201cThere\u2019s no exception in my mind,\u201d Walker told reporters, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/19\/us\/politics\/herschel-walker-abortion-ban.html\">The\u00a0New York Times<\/a>. \u201cLike I say, I believe in life. I believe in life.\u201d Additionally, Walker said that children have potential no matter their life circumstances. \u201cYou never know what a child is going to become,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve seen some people, they\u2019ve had some tough times, but I always said, \u2018No matter what, tough times make tough people.\u2019\u201d He also expressed support for additional funding for adoption and to support single-parent families.<\/p>\n<p>Reached later for comment by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/campaign\/3495657-herschel-walker-says-he-wants-total-ban-on-abortion-theres-no-exception-in-my-mind\/\">The Hill<\/a>, Walker\u2019s campaign doubled down, saying that the businessman and Georgia football legend \u201cis pro-life and will not apologize for that.\u201d On his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamherschel.com\/issues\/stand-for-conservative-family-values\/\">campaign website<\/a>, Walker describes himself as a \u201ccompassionate conservative who is pro-life and pro-family.\u201d \u201cAs a Christian, a father, and a husband, Herschel knows that strong families are the bedrock of our country,\u201d the site reads.<\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s comments come just a few weeks after he received the endorsement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/communications\/national-right-to-life-endorses-herschel-walker-in-georgia-senate-race\/\">National Right to Life<\/a>. \u201cHerschel Walker will be a most effective champion for unborn babies and their mothers in Washington and he has demonstrated the passion and perseverance it takes to win the critically important Georgia Senate race,\u201d National Right to Life president Carl Tobias said in a statement announcing the organization\u2019s endorsement of Walker in April.<\/p>\n<p>In its endorsement announcement, the organization touted Walker\u2019s support for pro-life legislation, and his opposition to taxpayer-funded abortions and the so-called Women\u2019s Health Protection Act. \u201cGeorgia deserves a pro-life senator like Herschel Walker who is committed to building a culture of life,\u201d Tobias added. \u201cWalker\u2019s stance for life stands in stark contrast to the out-of-touch record of [incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock] who supports abortion for any reason until birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Warnock, who served as Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta before being elected to the Senate, drew fierce criticism from pro-life Christian ministers after he described himself as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nothing-more-than-a-servant-of-satan-ministers-respond-to-senator-raphael-warnock-calling-himself-a-pro-choice-pastor\">pro-choice pastor<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker currently leads Warnock by 0.5 points, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/Georgia.html#!\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> average of polls in the Georgia Senate race. He also currently holds an enormous 56-point lead in the Republican primary, according to RCP.<\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s comments also come after two prominent black Republicans blasted Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/treasury-secretary-yellen-claims-restricting-abortion-access-would-have-damaging-effects-on-americas-economy\">Janet Yellen<\/a> for claiming at a Senate Banking Committee hearing that restricting abortion \u201cwould have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades.\u201d Republican South Carolina Senator Tim Scott pushed back on Yellen during the hearing, calling her comments \u201ccalloused,\u201d and later in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/05\/17\/tim-scott-abortion-single-black-mothers-economic-problems\/\">op-ed<\/a> for The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Utah Congressman Burgess Owens blasted Yellen while delivering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/most-precious-gifts-and-blessing-from-a-loving-god-rep-burgess-owens-delivers-powerful-pro-life-testimonial-at-congressional-hearing-on-abortion\">powerful pro-life testimonial<\/a> at a hearing of the\u00a0House Judiciary Committee discussing abortion rights Wednesday. \u201cSecretary Yellen\u2019s comments [are] also deeply offensive to me,\u201d Owens said. \u201cFor years, the black community has been disproportionately targeted by the abortion industry. I\u2019ve watched it happen. We\u2019ve lost over 20 million black babies over the last 40 years. That\u2019s 40% of my race exterminated before given a chance to bless our nation with their innate talents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker told reporters at a campaign event Friday that he does not believe in exceptions when it comes to banning abortions.Speaking to reporters after his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1487085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}