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Justin Amash loses Right to Life support, claims politics are at play
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 12, 2012 07:17pm |
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| Category | Endorsement |
| Author | Nate Reens |
| Media | Newspaper - Jackson Citizen Patriot |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. Rep. Justin Amash considers himself the most pro-life member of Congress, but the Cascade Township Republican won’t be able to list Right to Life among his endorsers during his re-election campaign.
The Michigan group, which had backed Amash in his earlier state and federal office runs, withheld its support in this cycle based on votes Right to Life says are inconsistent with its views.
Malone cited Amash’s two “present” votes against defunding Planned Parenthood and a vote against legislation outlawing sex-selection abortions as those against the group’s position.
The first-term lawmaker doesn’t believe in singling out an organization, even Planned Parenthood, for defunding, Adams said. The sex-selection legislation, which would have outlawed terminating a pregnancy based on gender would have criminalized a subjective act, similar to hate crimes, that conservatives object to, he said.
Amash’s stance is that abortions should never be performed and he doesn’t believe in the exceptions for rape and incest to which many subscribe. |
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