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Today marks the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, guaranteeing a woman’s right to reproductive freedom. Ever since then, Rob Mercuri and House Republicans have attempted to roll back these rights, clinging to their dangerous, delusional belief that their attacks on women’s reproductive freedoms are popular.
Mercuri — who recently acquired a new primary opponent — has co-sponsored the near total six-week abortion ban, without exceptions for rape or incest, that would punish doctors with up to seven years in prison. He also voted for a constitutional amendment that would ban the right to an abortion. His campaign announcement last August was paired with an attempt to scrub his anti-abortion record from his website.
New polling recently found that abortion rights have historic levels of support with voters, including 66% of voters who oppose ongoing Republican efforts to pass a national abortion ban.
REMINDER: The Chair of the NRCC encouraged candidates like Mercuri to brag about their extreme anti-abortion positions on the campaign trail: “Republicans don’t have a policy problem. We have a branding problem.”
DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson:
“Today’s anniversary is another reminder that Rob Mercuri’s staunch anti-abortion record would make life more dangerous for Western Pennsylvania families, and voters will reject his extremism at the ballot box.”
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