They’ve done it before, and they’ll do it again: these anti-choice candidates will take away your rights the second they’re elected.
Bob Beauprez (Colorado)
• Beauprez is about as anti-choice as they come. When he got the chance, he answered “yes” to every vetting question from Colorado Right to Life, saying he would ban abortion including in cases of rape or incest.
• But now he’s trying to downplay his extremist record. He’s been lying about his position, even calling himself “pro-choice” (ha!), and trying to pretend governors have limited impact on reproductive rights (we beg to differ, and so do the women in Texas, Missouri, and Ohio, just to name a few.)
• He said in a debate that an IUD is an “abortifacient,” even though science proves otherwise. Because that’s his belief, he threatened to end a program that’s decreased teen pregnancy and prevented abortions.
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Sam Brownback (Kansas)
• He compared the anti-choice movement to the abolitionist movement that helped abolish slavery. WHAT?!
• Brownback’s signed into law some of the most extreme anti-choice legislation in the country, shutting down all but one clinic in the state of Kansas.
• While the state’s economy has gone down the toilet, he wasted more than a million in tax dollars to defend his anti-choice laws against lawsuits.
Nathan Deal (Georgia)
• As governor, he signed legislation that makes it illegal for insurance policies to cover abortion, including in cases of rape and incest.
• Deal made it illegal for women to access abortion care after 20 weeks, citing fake science as his reasoning.
• Created a state anti-choice holiday – yes, seriously.
Paul LePage (Maine)
•Paul LePage vetoed legislation to provide preventive health care to 13,700 women.
•He once said to an audience regarding abortion, ““Each and every one of you should thank your parents because you’re here today and you’re not one of the victims.” UGH.
• Slashed the budget for family planning by $400,000.