A decision by House GOP leadership to place two abortion measures at the top of the legislative agenda as the 118th Congress got underway did not sit well with every Republican lawmaker.
Some, including Reps. Nancy Mace and Brian Fitzpatrick , argued the prominent placement of the bills suggested their party had learned nothing from its disappointing midterm performance.
Sen. Lindsey Graham attempted to rally Republicans behind a middle ground designed to exempt GOP candidates from charges of both hypocrisy and extremism. “I’ve been a member of Congress. People have all sorts of opinions,” Marilyn Musgrave, vice president of government affairs for the Susan B. Anthony List, told the Washington Examiner.
Estimates of how much money Democrats spent on abortion-focused ads vary, but all figures suggest Democrats vastly outspent their GOP opponents. But other Republicans say focusing on abortion exposes a weakness for the party; they think GOP candidates would be better off sticking to economic and public safety issues.
Beyond where in pregnancy to draw the line on abortion, Republicans have yet to answer many other questions about how they want to handle the issue. In Ohio, former GOP Rep. Steve Chabot faced a barrage of attacks over his opposition to abortion, including a billboard in his district, paid for by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, that claimed he wanted to outlaw birth control and abortion and “throw doctors in jail.”
The first involved a deference to state lawmakers who, some Republicans argued, had primary responsibility for writing abortion laws thanks to the structure of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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