WASHINGTON — Paul Broun just might have secured the Georgia Right to Life endorsement in the U.S. Senate race. He did it with typical Broun flair — crossing the GOP leadership and national pro-life organizations in favor of an absolutist stance.
Broun voted against a “fetal pain” abortion bill backed by House Republicans that would ban abortions after a fetus is 20 weeks old, a message bill that faces a sure roadblock from Democrats in the Senate and White House. He and Georgia Right to Life blanched when House Republican leaders inserted exceptions for rape and incest into the bill. (That was a response to Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., playing down the idea of conception from rape during a committee hearing, and the resulting firestorm.)
Broun’s House Republican rivals for the Senate seat – Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston – voted for the bill. And we know how GRTL feels about Karen Handel.
“Georgia Right to Life is pro-life, and the only exception that we allow for is life of the mother,” said GRTL spokeswoman Suzanne Ward. “That is the main thrust of our criteria for endorsements.”
Ward said the group’s PAC board would make the decision on endorsements down the road. But the message of the last-minute flurry from GRTL was clear, as it urged its supporters to call their member of Congress to request a no vote on the “hijacked” bill.
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