{"id":751537,"date":"2021-09-14T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=751537"},"modified":"2021-09-14T13:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:20:35","slug":"washington-post-glenn-youngkin-isnt-as-pro-life-as-mcauliffe-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-glenn-youngkin-isnt-as-pro-life-as-mcauliffe-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: Glenn Youngkin Isn\u2019t As Pro-Life As McAuliffe Claims"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwashington-post-glenn-youngkin-isnt-as-pro-life-as-mcauliffe-claims%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=751537&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 class=\"font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cI think that when a child could feel pain, we should go discuss when that is, and that would be a very good moment for us to actually make sure we are stopping tax\u00adpayer-funded abortions,\u201d Youngkin told the National Review.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">He did not immediately respond to a Tuesday request for comment from the DCNF as to whether he supports restricting abortion earlier than 20 weeks. <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 data-el=\"text\">A baby at 15 weeks gestation has all its major organs formed, and the baby\u2019s heart, which pumps 26 quarts of blood per day, has already beat approximately 15,800,000 times by 15 weeks, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/mississippi-supreme-court-dobbs-baby-15-weeks\/\">report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute<\/a>. Each of the baby\u2019s fingers can move separately and the baby will choose between sucking its left or right thumb and will respond to touch and taste.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">The baby will have been practicing breathing for over six weeks and can feel pain, according to the report. An unborn baby girl will already have most of the eggs that she will ever produce at 15 weeks, and much of the baby\u2019s skeleton will have hardened from cartilage into bone by that point.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7282228\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7282228\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7282228 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1328714086-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"MCLEAN, VIRGINIA - JULY 14: Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) speaks during a campaign event with his wife, Suzanne (C), and former South Carlina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) July 14, 2021 in McLean, Virginia. Youngkin is running against former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1328714086-scaled.jpg 7809w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1328714086-177x120.jpg 177w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1328714086-620x420.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1328714086-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1328714086-1536x1042.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 7809px) 100vw, 7809px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7282228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MCLEAN, VIRGINIA \u2013 JULY 14: Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) speaks during a campaign event with his wife, Suzanne (C), and former South Carlina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) July 14, 2021 in McLean, Virginia. Youngkin is running against former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-el=\"text\">Youngkin\u2019s caution on abortion matches that of his opponent: McAuliffe is heading into the gubernatorial election without defining a single restriction on abortion that he supports, and his reticence allows Youngkin to suggest that McAuliffe supports abortion \u201call the way up through and including birth,\u201d drawing on 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>\u201cAre there any boundaries that you could see for restrictions on any kind of abortion?\u201d McAuliffe was asked during an early September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2021-09-06\/texas-abortion-law-creates-new-flash-point-in-virginia-governors-race\">interview with the local outlet WVTF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe responded with his oft-repeated assurance that he \u201cwill be a brick wall to protect women\u2019s individual rights\u201d without naming a single abortion restriction that he would support.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic gubernatorial candidate 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>&nbsp;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.&nbsp;<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<p>Youngkin\u2019s campaign told the DCNF that the videos merely show Youngkin refusing to engage with divisive topics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\/10519169\/dailycaller_inline2\" class=\"ad\" data-google-query-id=\"CMCUg6iJ7fICFYmdhwodNyIEow\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think that when a child could feel pain, we should go discuss when that is, and that would be a very good moment for us to actually make sure &#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-751537","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\/751537","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=751537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751537\/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=751537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}