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Anti-choice group National Right to Life Committee’s (NRLC) super PAC is investing in OR-04, going to bat for far-right Republican Alek Skarlatos as Election Day approaches. NRLC knows that Skarlatos will push their extreme anti-choice agenda if sent to Congress, and this latest investment should send a stark warning to Oregon voters.
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NRLC supports a nationwide abortion ban.
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NRLC is pushing model legislation in states that would ban abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest.
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NRLC’s general counsel, Jim Bopp, bragged about their model legislation that would allow states to force young girls to carry a rapist’s child to term, and even said NRLC hopes that child rape victims “would understand the reason and ultimately the benefit of having the child.”
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NRLC wants to ban telemedicine for medical abortions, at a time when cancer patients and people with auto-immune diseases are unable to access their life-saving medication because anti-abortion extremists worry it could be used to terminate a pregnancy.
And it’s no wonder why this group is so invested in Skarlatos. He cheered on the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade saying, they should ‘go for it’ and eliminate abortion protections. He recently supported the idea of fetal personhood, which would lead to an “absolute” ban on abortions with no exceptions. And he has called to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions as well as other vital reproductive care to thousands of Oregonians each year.
NRLC’s investment in this races is yet another reminder that Skarlatos and House Republicans will ban abortion nationwide if given the opportunity.
DCCC spokesperson Teddy Lake:
“Out of 435 congressional races across the country, an anti-abortion group who wants to ban abortion nationwide chose to invest in Alek Skarlatos. This should send a clear message to OR-04 voters that, if elected, Skarlatos will work with his extreme Republican colleagues to ban abortion in every state.”
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