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New reporting from Politifact fact checked Bo Hines for claiming his opponent Wiley Nickel supports abortion “post-birth” and gave him a FALSE rating. Wiley is fighting to protect abortion access and the rights of women to make those decisions in consultation with their doctors, while Hines is running to criminalize abortion nationwide.
Bo Hines’ only defense for supporting the dangerous and extremely unpopular nationwide abortion ban is to lie and deflect.
“Most Americans agree with Wiley Nickel that these decisions should be left to women and their doctors, not politicians,” said DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson. “Bo Hines is lying about Nickel’s position because he knows his support for banning abortion with no exceptions is not what North Carolina families want.”
Read the key highlights from report below:
Politifact: Bo Hines misrepresents Wiley Nickel’s views on abortion
By Paul Specht
October 10, 2022
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North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Bo Hines is accusing his opponent of supporting “abortion all the way up until the point of birth, even post-birth.”
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“My position is much less radical than my opponent’s position, which is really abortion all the way up until the point of birth, even post-birth,” Hines said.
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But is Hines’ characterization of Nickel’s abortion stance accurate? No.
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Nickel said he wants to codify into federal law the rights established by the landmark Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey rulings, and earlier this year sponsored a bill in the state Senate to do just that.
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Nickel campaign manager Abby May disputed Hines’ characterization. “To be clear, Wiley does not support abortion up until the moment of birth,” May said. “He thinks women and doctors should make these decisions, not the 27-year-old former football player who thinks that he has the right to tell women what to do with their bodies.”
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Hines said Nickel supports abortion “all the way up until the point of birth, even post-birth.”
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We rate this claim False.
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