{"id":726892,"date":"2021-09-07T13:20:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=726892"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:20:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:20:21","slug":"as-virginia-governors-race-draws-to-a-close-mcauliffe-will-not-name-one-abortion-restriction-he-supports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-virginia-governors-race-draws-to-a-close-mcauliffe-will-not-name-one-abortion-restriction-he-supports\/","title":{"rendered":"As Virginia Governor\u2019s Race Draws To A Close, McAuliffe Will Not Name One Abortion Restriction He Supports"},"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%2Fas-virginia-governors-race-draws-to-a-close-mcauliffe-will-not-name-one-abortion-restriction-he-supports%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=726892&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 Virginia candidate for governor Terry McAuliffe is heading into the gubernatorial election without defining a single restriction on abortion that he supports \u2014 and given the opportunity to name abortion restrictions he would support, he passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre there any boundaries that you could see for restrictions on any kind of abortion?\u201d McAuliffe was asked during a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2021-09-06\/texas-abortion-law-creates-new-flash-point-in-virginia-governors-race\">interview with WVTF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Without naming a single abortion restriction, McAuliffe responded with his oft-repeated assurance that he \u201cwill be a brick wall to protect women\u2019s individual rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former governor of Virginia has repeatedly criticized his opponent Glenn Youngkin\u2019s pro-life stances, but&nbsp;shies away from controversial specifics on abortion policy and repeatedly takes refuge in generalizations when questioned.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe\u2019s reticence allows his opponent to suggest that the Democratic candidate supports abortion until birth, harnessing the horror and distaste over Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam\u2019s 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/30\/virginia-governor-northam-abortion\/\">comments<\/a> on infanticide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pro-life. I\u2019ve said it from the beginning of the campaign,\u201d Youngkin told the Daily Caller News Foundation Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m pro-life.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/09\/glenn-youngkin-gop-virginia-terry-mcauliffe-abortion\/\">(RELATED: Virginia GOP Candidate Youngkin Pushes Back On Allegations He\u2019s Hiding Radical Pro-Life Stances)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in exceptions in the case of rape, and in case of incest, in case the mother\u2019s life is in jeopardy,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m most focused on making sure that Terry McAuliffe\u2019s extreme agenda, which promotes abortion, all the way up through and including birth, is not part of Virginia\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7277218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7277218\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7277218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1333765277-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7277218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (R) answers questions from reporters while campaigning for a second term during an event at the Port City Brewing Company with Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison August 12, 2021 in Alexandria, Virginia.&nbsp; (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>McAuliffe has not responded to many requests for comment from the DCNF on this topic, and his campaign effectively blocked the DCNF from attending the Democratic candidate\u2019s Tuesday press conference on \u201cRepublicans\u2019 Plans To Ban Abortions\u201d in Richmond, Virginia, by waiting to provide the DCNF with the press conference\u2019s location until shortly before it began.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe has also accused Youngkin of hiding his abortion stances for fear of losing independent voters, referring to a video clip published by <a title=\"americanindependent.com\" href=\"https:\/\/americanindependent.com\/virginia-gop-gubernatorial-nominee-glenn-youngkin-abortion-views-election-independent-voters-planned-parenthood\/\">the American Independent<\/a> in July in which Youngkin promised a voter that he will not \u201cgo squishy\u201d on her, emphasizing he is \u201cstaunchly pro-life,\u201d but said that he cannot go \u201con offense\u201d against the abortion industry yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be really honest with you,\u201d Youngkin said. \u201cThe short answer is in this campaign, I can\u2019t. When I\u2019m governor and I have a majority in the House we can start going on offense. But as a campaign topic, sadly, that in fact won\u2019t win my independent votes that I have to get.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019ll never hear me support Planned Parenthood, what you\u2019ll hear me talk about is actually taking back the radical abortion policies that Virginians don\u2019t want,\u201d Youngkin said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/30\/virginia-governor-northam-abortion\/\">(RELATED: Virginia Governor Asked About Abortion Until Birth. He Floats Infanticide)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"\/10519169\/dailycaller_inline2\" class=\"ad\" data-google-query-id=\"CMCUg6iJ7fICFYmdhwodNyIEow\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>Youngkin\u2019s campaign told the DCNF that the videos merely show Youngkin refusing to engage with divisive topics. \u201cThis deceptively recorded audio demonstrates that Glenn Youngkin says the same thing no matter who he is talking to, unlike Terry McAuliffe who knowingly makes false allegations and decides what to say based on whatever poll is in front of him,\u201d Youngkin spokesman Matt Wolking told the DCNF in July.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Virginia candidate for governor Terry McAuliffe is heading into the gubernatorial election without defining a single restriction on abortion that he supports \u2014 and given the opportunity to name &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726892","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\/726892","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}