The San Diego Union-Tribune Article RatingFor subscribers: Column: Democratic, Republican strategies emerge on abortion
Sep 14, 2022 View Original Article
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| "Republicans may be back on their heels, but anti-abortion sentiment and organizations have proved potent for a long time in GOP strongholds and some election battlegrounds." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "As abortion becomes a major focus of the fall campaigns, Democrats and Republicans are honing their strategies to paint the opposition as extremists on the issue." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion sent shock waves across the country." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "In Kansas, GOP gubernatorial nominee Derek Schmidt said during a debate that he respects the Aug. 2 voter rejection of the state constitutional amendment that would have given the GOP-controlled Legislature legal footing to further restrict or ban abortion, according to The Associated Press." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The three-term state attorney general then contended Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly favors abortion with no restrictions up to the moment of birth and public funding for elective abortions." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The measure does not have language regulating abortion but allows the state to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient's life or physical or mental health." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In July, she said abortion would not be justified in a hypothetical case where a 14-year-old girl became pregnant as a result of being raped by an uncle." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Asked about Schmidt's characterization of her position on abortion, Kelly said, He's making that up." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Michigan Republican Tudor Dixon has been trying to soften her hard-line stance against abortion in her campaign against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to The New York Times." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "Biden won Michigan by less than 3 percentage points." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Dixon has said she is focusing her campaign on education, crime, Whitmer's pandemic restrictions and inflation." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Kelly consistently supported abortion rights throughout her political career, but has not said she would push to repeal existing state restrictions, the AP said." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "But the Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate may have a tough time staying away from the abortion issue, and not just because of the ballot measure." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The three-term state attorney general then contended Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly favors abortion with no restrictions up to the moment of birth and public funding for elective abortions." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "After the state Supreme Court's ruling on the ballot measure, Dixon said on Twitter, And just like that you can vote for Gretchen Whitmer's abortion agenda & still vote against her." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., upped the ante on Tuesday when he proposed a nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Asked about Schmidt's characterization of her position on abortion, Kelly said, He's making that up." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Michigan Republican Tudor Dixon has been trying to soften her hard-line stance against abortion in her campaign against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to The New York Times." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Schmidt and Republicans largely are focusing on inflation and tying Kelly to Democratic President Joe Biden, who lost Kansas by more than 14 points to former President Donald Trump in 2020." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Schmidt and Republicans largely are focusing on inflation and tying Kelly to Democratic President Joe Biden, who lost Kansas by more than 14 points to former President Donald Trump in 2020." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Schmidt and Republicans largely are focusing on inflation and tying Kelly to Democratic President Joe Biden, who lost Kansas by more than 14 points to former President Donald Trump in 2020." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
46% :Republicans may be back on their heels, but anti-abortion sentiment and organizations have proved potent for a long time in GOP strongholds and some election battlegrounds.42% : As abortion becomes a major focus of the fall campaigns, Democrats and Republicans are honing their strategies to paint the opposition as extremists on the issue.
40% : The June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion sent shock waves across the country.
40% : In Kansas, GOP gubernatorial nominee Derek Schmidt said during a debate that he respects the Aug. 2 voter rejection of the state constitutional amendment that would have given the GOP-controlled Legislature legal footing to further restrict or ban abortion, according to The Associated Press.
40% : The three-term state attorney general then contended Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly favors abortion with no restrictions "up to the moment of birth" and public funding for elective abortions.
37% : The measure does not have language regulating abortion but allows the state "to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient's life or physical or mental health."
33% : In July, she said abortion would not be justified in a hypothetical case where a 14-year-old girl became pregnant as a result of being raped by an uncle.
30% :Asked about Schmidt's characterization of her position on abortion, Kelly said, "He's making that up.
24% : Michigan Republican Tudor Dixon has been trying to soften her hard-line stance against abortion in her campaign against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to The New York Times.
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