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marmar

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Wed Sep 22, 2021, 08:14 PM Sep 2021

James Craig says he supports abortion ban in secret recording


(Detroit Metro Times) Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig said if elected he would block any attempt by Democrats to repeal Michigan’s 90-year-old ban on abortion, according to a secret audio recording obtained by Metro Times.

Craig made the remark Thursday while talking with supporters after his speech at a campaign kickoff event in Marquette.

The 1931 law, which made it a felony to perform an abortion, was nullified following Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that women have a constitutional right to terminate their pregnancies. But abortion-rights advocates are worried that the ruling may be in jeopardy after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision earlier this month to let a Texas ban on most abortions remain in effect.

Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, are calling on lawmakers to repeal the ban in case Roe v. Wade is overturned. In February, state Sen. Erika Geiss, D-Taylor, introduced a bill to repeal the abortion ban in Michigan. ...........(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/09/21/secret-recording-captures-gubernatorial-candidate-craig-taking-extreme-position-on-abortion#.YUvGdANTyh0.link





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James Craig says he supports abortion ban in secret recording (Original Post) marmar Sep 2021 OP
Same old story, same old men Newcanuck Sep 2021 #1

Newcanuck

(47 posts)
1. Same old story, same old men
Thu Sep 23, 2021, 08:14 AM
Sep 2021

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that "James" is a man. In which case, he probably has no uterus and thus his opinion is null and void. How any woman can vote for a Republican is beyond me. Is it Stockholm Syndrome?

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