Roundup: Choice Issues Play Key Role in Key Races
Crist complains Meeks is misrepresenting him on choice, Rossi needs to appeal to anti-choice voters, and one Delaware House candidate rails against abortion after rape or incest.
Election Day is only eight weeks away, and abortion politics are becoming a bigger factor in races, from primaries to general elections.
The three-way senate race in Florida is heating up, and it’s becoming more apparent that Governor Charlie Crist’s plan is to vie for non-conservative voters. Now he’s attacking Democratic nominee Kendall Meeks for saying he’s not for abortion rights. Via the Palm Beach Post:
Meek released an ad Tuesday in which he claims, among other things, that he’s “the only one against privatizing Social Security” and “the only one who’s pro-choice.”
“I think it’s off the mark,” Crist said of the ad.
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As for Meek’s abortion claim, Crist said, “I’m pro-life, that’s my personal position. But as you know I vetoed a bill this year that would have required an ultrasound that I think was too invasive and didn’t respect women in the way that they should be. So that kind of leaves choice to women.”
When he was a Republican seeking the GOP Senate nomination, Crist played up his “pro-life” stance, but qualified it by saying he would “rather change hearts” than change laws.
As a GOP candidate for governor in 2006, Crist told The Palm Beach Post: “I’m pro-life. And I believe in a culture that supports life. But I also obviously am very respectful of those who have a different point of view. And I’ve said publicly that I think it’s more important to change hearts than change the law and wouldn’t attempt to do so.”
The Meek campaign defended its characterization of Crist’s abortion stance by citing the NARAL Pro-Choice America website, which describes Crist as “anti-choice.”
In Washington state’s senate race between Democrat Patty Murray and Republican Dino Rossi, choice may be the key to bringing the enthusiasm of Tea Party voters to Rossi’s side. While Murray can count EMILY’s List as a campaign endorser, Rossi has no big backers and may need to take more conservative stands to get some.
Via Associated Content:
According to Open Secrets, 85 percent of Rossi’s donations are from individuals, with only 5 percent from political action committees. Clint Didier, who lost to Rossi in the primary, could bring the Tea Party to Rossi’s side, but he has first demanded that he commit against abortion, tax increases and federal spending.
Chances of unseating Patty Murray: Rossi has come very close to winning elections in the last several years, but he has fallen short. To get over the hump, he has to unite Republicans and tap into anti-incumbent sentiment.
For Delaware’s open house seat, abortion could also be the deciding factor, in this case between two candidates vying for the Republican endorsement. One candidate even believes that abortion should be banned in cases of rape and incest.
From NewsOk.com:
Mini Roundup: Johnson & Johnson is pledging a five year commitment to maternal and child health globally, and the altruistic public relations campaign is already paying dividends in the media.
September 9, 2010
- Memo to GOP: Straight talk needed on abortion – North Country Public Radio (blog)
- Star Suffering Can Possibly Lead To a Greater Number of Screenings – TopNews United States
- Board upholds license suspension of obstetrician in abortion injury – Baltimore Sun
- Why Home Births Are Worth Considering – Huffington Post (blog)
- South Africa: The Link Between Mental Health and HIV – AllAfrica.com
- Merrill School Board Decides to Teach Human Growth & Development – WJFW-TV
- American Academy Of Pediatrics Issues Recommendations To Curb Children’s … – Medical News Today (press release)
- Pawlenty should resign and run full time for president – Post-Bulletin
- Merrill School Board approves sex ed classes – Wausau Daily Herald
- The planet needs family planning – The Guardian
- In Sickness and in Health: Teen Pregnancy – KHON2
- NJ seeks to end license of abortion doctor with office in Voorhees – Philadelphia Inquirer
- Protect kids — don’t drink while pregnant – Catskill Daily Mail
- China abortion activist ‘freed’ – BBC News
- China’s blind activist lawyer released from prison – The Associated Press
- Kuster mailing cites old Swett abortion position – Concord Monitor
- COLUMN: Oklahoma needs to revise sex education – Oklahoma Daily
- Anti-abortion rights help for Ayotte – Nashua Telegraph
September 8, 2010
- Namibian women with HIV tell court of forced sterilizations – Inquirer.net
- Seven Millions Children Uninsured in US, Large Majority from Three States – MedIndia
- China may relax its one-child rule – USA Today
- Mexican judge frees women jailed for miscarriages – Sify
- Elias: Stark differences in Boxer-Fiorina Senate contest – Ventura County Star
- Fetal alcohol disorders costly to children, taxpayers – Houston Chronicle
- Johnson & Johnson Aims to Help Up to 120 Million Women and Children Each Year … – MarketWatch (press release)
- Mexican Judge Frees Women Jailed for Miscarriages – Latin American Herald Tribune
- AAP Calls Abstinence-Only Sex Ed ‘Unwise’ – Christian Post
- Court won’t order California to defend Prop 8 – The Associated Press
- EDITORIAL: Halting cervical cancer – Asahi Shimbun
- Pope may deserve his critics, but don’t take all of them at face value – Irish Examiner
- 7 Mexican women freed in so-called infanticide cases – Los Angeles Times
- Islamic leaders advocate birth control – Nigerian Tribune
- Rollins, Urquhart eye GOP House nomination – NewsOK.com
- HIV spread “out of control” among French gay men – Reuters Africa
- J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids – The Associated Press
- ADWATCH: Ads attacking health plan miss some facts – The Associated Press
- Symposium on maternal health set for Sept. 30 – Lincoln Journal Star
- Contraceptives work better if both partners agree on use – Los Angeles Times
- Senator Stabenow honored for her work helping children and families – WNDU-TV
- 2010 Washington US Senate Race: Sen. Patty Murray vs. Dino Rossi – Associated Content
- Attacks On Afghan Children – Voice of America
- Tabloids Begin Glamorizing MTV’s Teen Moms – Opposing Views
- Pausing the male Menopause – Bangkok Post
- Canadian Gvmt ‘Considering’ Re-Funding Planned Parenthood – Lifesite
- Cervical cancer stalking women in Kolkata – Times of India
- The fight against oral cancer – Tampabay.com
- Crist says Meek’s TV ad ‘off the mark’ in Social Security, abortion claims – Palm Beach Post
- CARE Learning Tour in Ethiopia Showcases U.S. Investments in Maternal Health – Sacramento Bee
- Minn. county not paying for hotel stays with pay-per-view porn – Today’s THV
- Birth Control – Women Much More Likely to Use It If Man Favors It – HealthNewsDigest.com
- Celebrity Sickness: Can Famous Diagnoses Boost Public Health? – AOL News
- Report: Gay Couples Closely Resemble Straight Ones–In Iowa, Anyway – EDGE Boston
- Time for comprehensive sex education – Creative Loafing (blog)
- Health workers asked to intensify education on maternal mortality – GhanaWeb
- ‘Our government will not re-open the debate on abortion, at home or abroad’ – Macleans.ca
- Prostitution Ads Still a Problem on Craigslist Despite Recent Crackdowns – NewsBusters (blog)
- Jade Goody’s cancer screening legacy – Independent
- The Campaign Spot – National Review Online (blog)
- Pro-Life Groups Continue Defending New Hampshire Senate Candidate Ayotte – LifeNews.com
- Gov’t insists poverty goal will be achieved – BusinessWorld Online
- Schools ‘must give sex education’ – The Press Association
- State Budget Crises Mount as Medicaid Rolls Soar – Kaiser Health News
- Democrats Seek Ways to Use Pro-Abortion Health Care Law to Help Elections – LifeNews.com
- Reading tea party leaves on marriage – Politico (blog)
- One In 10 Women Suffer PTSD After Childbirth – eMaxHealth
- The Plight of Haiti’s Women – The Epoch Times
- TRANSOHIO LAUNCHES STATEWIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE OHIO TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY – Out In America
- On the issues: Birth control – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
- Report: Cancer bears largest economic impact of all causes of death – Health Imaging & IT
- RP may not meet poverty cut, education, and maternal health targets–UN – Inquirer.net
- NAFC Partners with Healthcare Providers To Educate Migrant Farm Workers – Newswise (press release)
- Sterilisation sparks social outcry – Mail & Guardian Online
- Chinese county commission warns of big fine for having babies outside marriage – Oneindia
- Breaking taboos, dispelling myths in HIV/AIDS fight – GlobalPost
- AUL Action: Yoest responds to Carney campaign misrepresentation – IowaPolitics.com (press release)
- Level of cervical screening is up – Irish Medical Times