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In Kansas, GOP abandons abortion focus
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 04, 2007 06:44pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Sunday, December 2, 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It would seem an ideal time for Kansas politicians opposed to abortion to push that agenda, hard. The state's two biggest clinics are under criminal indictment, and two grand juries will soon convene to consider additional charges.
But as the political season revs up, the executive director of the Kansas Republican Party has issued a stern warning to his fellow conservatives: Abortion is not a winning issue.
"This is not something that the Kansas GOP is going to go out and lead on," Christian Morgan said.
Morgan said that he and his party remain firmly opposed to abortion. Most Republican voters in Kansas feel the same, he said. But Morgan also believes that those voters are fed up with years of fruitless political and legal maneuvering aimed at driving abortion clinics out of business. They would much prefer to see an all-out focus on curbing illegal immigration or cutting taxes, he said.
In an e-mail rebuffing an antiabortion activist who asked for more GOP support, Morgan explained: "My job is to win elections. . . . Your agenda does not fit my agenda." |
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