GOP foes harden abortion positions
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Joe Hallett
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
article excerpt
The two Republican candidates for governor have altered their positions on abortion and now would foreclose almost every option for a woman to have one, including if pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and Attorney General Jim Petro, locked in a fight for the GOP’s conservative base and for a coveted endorsement by Ohio Right to Life, made it clear yesterday that they have deepened their hard-line stances against abortion. Long an opponent of abortion rights, Blackwell would preclude abortion even if the life of a mother is at stake. In his 2002 re-election campaign, Blackwell took a position to permit an abortion if it were necessary to save a mother’s life. Petro, who in 2000 switched from favoring abortion rights to opposing them except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of a mother is threatened, now would oppose it in all circumstances except to save a mother’s life. When he ran for attorney general in 2002, Petro retained the three exceptions. To read the rest of the article and see just how far the two republican candidates for governor are willing to go to get the republican nomination click here.
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