{"id":1628568,"date":"2022-08-31T16:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628568"},"modified":"2022-08-31T16:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:35:14","slug":"midterm-elections-heat-up-as-democrats-refuse-to-position-on-abortion-gop-softens-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midterm-elections-heat-up-as-democrats-refuse-to-position-on-abortion-gop-softens-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm Elections Heat Up As Democrats Refuse To Position On Abortion, GOP Softens Rhetoric"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fmidterm-elections-heat-up-as-democrats-refuse-to-position-on-abortion-gop-softens-rhetoric%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=1628568&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--><p>Democratic candidates are refusing to define where they draw the line on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> as Republicans face scrutiny for softening their abortion rhetoric in a post-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a> landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Refusals to define where Democrats stand on abortions allow Republicans to insist that their opponents support abortions without limits \u2014 a stance that many of these candidates have actually voted for through their support for the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats\u2019 agenda of imposing abortion on demand until birth nationwide \u2014 including late-term abortions when unborn children feel excruciating pain, all paid for by taxpayers \u2014 is radical and out of step with 90% of the voters in this country,\u201d Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Republicans, running from this issue and leaving the field to their opponents and the media, who will fill in the blanks, is a sure-fire losing strategy,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s time to go on offense and expose the Democrats\u2019 extremism. Challenge them to name a single limit on abortion at any point in pregnancy that they would support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke refused to say whether he supported a single restriction on abortion \u2014 including gruesome partial birth abortion procedures. \u201cI trust women and their doctors to make their decisions about their body, about their healthcare, and about their future,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AWFUL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetoORourke<\/a> supports no limits on abortion, won\u2019t even speak against partial birth abortion. <br \/>Let\u2019s be clear what that means. He supports abortion until the time of birth, paid for by tax dollars. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WfKBzWpmrD\">https:\/\/t.co\/WfKBzWpmrD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeanne F. Mancini (@jeannemfl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeannemfl\/status\/1563224191062552576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tim Ryan similarly shrugged off the question in Ohio, saying he believed it should be up to the mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course we don\u2019t support abortion at the end of term, unless of course, there is extraordinary circumstance,\u201d he said, before describing the late term abortion of a baby whose parents have already prepared a nursery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTim Ryan is desperately trying to hide his radical position on taxpayer-funded late-term abortion because he knows his beliefs are too extreme for Ohio,\u201d Republican Senate candidate JD Vance\u2019s campaign told The Daily Wire on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that federal funding should go to kill a baby that\u2019s 40 weeks old is acceptable in just two places: China and North Korea,\u201d the Ohio candidate\u2019s campaign added. \u201cThat\u2019s the policy Tim Ryan supports, it\u2019s the policy he has voted for. We\u2019re going to make sure that Ohioans are aware of those positions, and they\u2019re going to soundly reject that insanity come November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch as Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan squirms when pressed over his support for abortion right up to moment of birth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3woHwOjflX\">pic.twitter.com\/3woHwOjflX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MRCTV (@mrctv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1564644123071709185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, John Fetterman admitted he did not believe there should be any limits on abortion. \u201cI don\u2019t believe so, no,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pennsylvania-democrat-there-shouldnt-be-any-limits-on-abortion\">said<\/a> \u2014 comments which Dr. Mehmet Oz\u2019s campaign manager Brittany Yanick told The Daily Wire are \u201cextremely radical.\u201d Fetterman did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Strong support for unlimited abortion has increasingly become a litmus test for Democratic politicians (during the most recent presidential election cycle, then Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/08\/sanders-pro-choice-essential-democrat\/\">insisted<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cbeing pro-choice is an essential part\u201d of being a Democrat).<\/p>\n<p>Pressure for Democratic candidates to fully support abortion was so strong during the election cycle that President Joe Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/03\/biden-abortion-life-conception\/\">abandoned his former support<\/a>\u00a0for the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal funding for abortions, after strong backlash from pro-abortion groups, left-wing activists, and his fellow candidates \u2014 including his now vice president.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves Democratic candidates in a quandary: they face an increasingly ideological party demanding adherence to its abortion stances and an American public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/abortion-opinion-poll-analysis\/\">largely opposed<\/a> to such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2022\/05\/06\/americas-abortion-quandary\/\">radical measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And rather than admit that they agree with the party line, many candidates (including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/02\/biden-harris-abortion-election\/\">have opted<\/a> to avoid addressing specifics on abortion restrictions, as March for Life President Jeanne Mancini pointed out to The Daily Wire on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CK6-2YTC8fkCFVIiAQod73UP6w\">\n<p>\u201cRadical pro-abortion Democrats refuse to admit where they draw the line on abortion because they support an agenda of abortion on demand, up until birth, and paid for by taxpayers, which is wildly out of touch with\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/news-room\/polls\/americans-support-legal-limits-on-abortion.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/news-room\/polls\/americans-support-legal-limits-on-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/news-room\/polls\/americans-support-legal-limits-on-abortion.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662056076763000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_S9AZl2-c-zhRvYXgPcvK\">71% of Americans<\/a>,\u201d Mancini said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen and children deserve better than the tragedy of abortion,\u201d she added, \u201cand elected representatives should take seriously their duty to represent and protect all their constituents, including the most vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Are there any limits on abortion you would find appropriate?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>John Fetterman: \u201cI don\u2019t believe so, no.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WaYJke2I2J\">pic.twitter.com\/WaYJke2I2J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1541182797376782347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, GOP candidates are facing criticism for softening their hardline primary abortion rhetoric heading into the midterms. Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters removed the language \u201cI am 100% pro-life\u201d from his website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/08\/31\/republicans-midterms?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\">Axios reported<\/a>, while candidates in Michigan, North Carolina, and Colorado all edited abortion language on their websites as well.<\/p>\n<p>One of the top pro-life groups, the Susan B. Anthony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic candidates are refusing to define where they draw the line on abortion as Republicans face scrutiny for softening their abortion rhetoric in a post-Roe v. Wade landscape. 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