Virulently Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Scared to Say 'The A-Word'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : It was around the time of that bill's passage that Robinson first developed an aversion to talking about abortion.
40% : A separate poll from February showed 60 percent of the state's Republican voters support further restricting abortion -- but Republicans are not the largest voting bloc in the state.
39% : At least a half dozen Republican strategists working on 2024 races told Rolling Stone in April they are advising their candidates to talk as little about abortion as possible.
38% : No sir." Before North Carolina's deeply unpopular 12-week abortion ban became a reality -- before a single state house representative switched parties and gifted the GOP a veto-proof majority to pass it -- Robinson had no problem talking about his frothing opposition to abortion.
37% : Asked by a reporter about the legislation, which practically cut in half the amount of time women in the state have to seek abortion care, Robinson replied, "I'm tired of talking about abortion.
33% : North Carolina's lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, does not want to talk about abortion -- in fact, the leading Republican candidate for governor cannot even bring himself to say the word.
33% : According to Meredith University's survey, 59.3 percent of unaffiliated voters wanted to keep North Carolina's previous law, which banned abortion at 20 weeks, or expand access.
31% : Instead of talking about abortion, Robinson stuck to the classics on the campaign trail last week: denying climate change ("There are four seasons, four times a year the climate changes -- get used to it!"), railing against drag shows at public libraries, and defending Donald Trump against the charges he hung on to "so-called classified documents" after leaving office.
16% : Donald Trump, de facto leader of the party, has told confidants the GOP is "getting killed on abortion," and warned his fellow Republicans that they risk "losing big" if they push too aggressively for further restrictions.

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