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âTexas Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz recently deleted mentions of her pro-life stance on her website, The Daily Beast reported earlier this month. âMonica believes in finding common ground on this issue. This includes protecting sensible exceptions for women in heartbreaking situations and improving access to prenatal care,â her campaign manager Andrew Baughman told The Independent in a statement.
Sheâs not alone. The Independent found three other Congressional Republicans who removed all vestiges of their once-vocal pro-life stance, eliminating terms like âabortionâ or âpro-lifeâ or âprotecting the unbornâ from their re-election campaign websites.
Take Ohio Rep. Troy Balderson, for example. In 2022, his campaign website listed a âFaith and Valuesâ section, under which read: âAs a Christian, Troy believes life begins at conception and is 100% pro-life, and itâs why Ohio Right to Life PAC has endorsed his campaign.â But his 2024 website makes no reference to his stance at all; the entire section was deleted. His 2022 official House website also read: âAs a principled conservative, Troy supports protecting lifeââ but that sentence no longer appears on his current page.
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The 2024 campaign website for Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer also no longer mentions the anti-abortion stance that was listed on her previous website. Chavez-DeRemerâs site said in 2022 that she âwonât standâ for âabortion on demand.â The claim was prominently displayed.â
Political cowards and hypocrites who clearly understand that opposing a womanâs right to privacy and reproductive autonomy is a losing issue, and donât have the courage to admit it.
Sheâs not alone. The Independent found three other Congressional Republicans who removed all vestiges of their once-vocal pro-life stance, eliminating terms like âabortionâ or âpro-lifeâ or âprotecting the unbornâ from their re-election campaign websites.
Take Ohio Rep. Troy Balderson, for example. In 2022, his campaign website listed a âFaith and Valuesâ section, under which read: âAs a Christian, Troy believes life begins at conception and is 100% pro-life, and itâs why Ohio Right to Life PAC has endorsed his campaign.â But his 2024 website makes no reference to his stance at all; the entire section was deleted. His 2022 official House website also read: âAs a principled conservative, Troy supports protecting lifeââ but that sentence no longer appears on his current page.
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The 2024 campaign website for Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer also no longer mentions the anti-abortion stance that was listed on her previous website. Chavez-DeRemerâs site said in 2022 that she âwonât standâ for âabortion on demand.â The claim was prominently displayed.â
Political cowards and hypocrites who clearly understand that opposing a womanâs right to privacy and reproductive autonomy is a losing issue, and donât have the courage to admit it.