HuffPost: “[McCormick] Does Not Support Exceptions In Abortion Laws For Rape Or Incest”
PENNSYLVANIA — David McCormick can’t erase his dangerous anti-choice record: he praised the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, called himself “staunchly pro-life,” and supports a national abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest.
Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson TaNisha Cameron issued the following statement:
“David McCormick can’t hide from his anti-choice agenda that would take away women’s right to make decisions about their own bodies. McCormick has touted his support for an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest and praised the Dobbs decision over and over again – he can’t be trusted to protect Pennsylvania women’s rights.”
WATCH: David McCormick Supports Banning Abortion with No Exceptions for Rape or Incest
See Below for McCormick’s Record of Supporting a Dangerous Ban:
- When asked directly in a debate last year whether he believed there should be exceptions for abortion in the cases of rape, incest, or life of the mother, McCormick responded only “in the very rare instances there should be exceptions for the life of the mother.”
- Axios: “David McCormick…said during a debate in Harrisburg last month he’s fully against all scenarios involving abortion, apart from ‘in the very rare instances there should be exceptions for the life of the mother.’”
- HuffPost: “McCormick has said that life begins at conception and that he does not support exceptions in abortion laws for rape or incest.”
- HuffPost: “McCormick said in a May 2022 debate with Oz that he supports banning abortion with an exception only when the pregnant person’s life is in danger, and not in cases of rape or incest.”
- WESA: There was no “pushback from the McCormick campaign.”
- Before the Dobbs decision leaked, McCormick said he would be a “stalwart opponent of abortion.”
- McCormick repeatedly praised the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft overturning Roe as a “huge victory” and “huge step forward.”
- McCormick’s 2022 campaign website said he was “staunchly pro-life.”
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