Abortion
The Republican presidential primary field is full of anti-abortion candidates, but amid massive electoral backlash to abortion bans, some candidates are attempting to backpedal or soften their stances on the campaign trail, or ignore the issue altogether.
The national arm of Planned Parenthood launched a six-figure ad campaign that will run through election day highlighting Carolyn Carluccio’s anti-abortion views.
Women have suffered through ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, fetal anomalies, and other complications, but have found it difficult to get the care they need due to restrictive abortion bans.
Carolyn Carluccio, the Republican nominee for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, removed a resume highlighting her anti-abortion stances from her campaign’s website. The since-deleted resume’s topline stated that she’d be a defender of “all life under the law”
The 5th Circuit’s ruling maintains mifepristone’s availability for now, but severely limits access in ways that could harm patients seeking abortion care.
Access to the abortion medication mifepristone has been called into question following the issuance of competing rulings in Texas and Washington.
When Mastriano set out to claim the governorship in Pa. last year, he vowed to make Pennsylvania the “Florida of the North,” something that attendees of today’s press conference pushed back against.