In Pre-Primary Pivot to Right, Walker Shifts Tone on Abortion
Walker has done the same with his agreement to sign Right to work law....... plays the issue down then brings on the bomb. I hate deceptive people.
http://politicalwire.com/2015/02/22/walker-hardens-tone-on-abortion/
Walker Hardens Tone on Abortion
February 22, 2015
By Taegan Goddard
...“That language was gone when Mr. Walker met privately with Iowa Republicans in a hotel conference room last month, according to a person who attended the meeting. There, he highlighted his early support for a ‘personhood amendment,’ which defines life as beginning at conception and would effectively prohibit all abortions and some methods of birth control.”
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In Pre-Primary Pivot to Right, Walker Shifts Tone on Abortion
By TRIP GABRIELFEB. 22, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/us/politics/scott-walker-hardens-tone-on-social-issues-to-woo-christian-conservatives.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin in Des Moines in January. Mr. Walker has been known as a fiscally minded governor who warned his party not to be distracted by divisive social issues; he is now reframing himself as a conservative presidential candidate who will fight hard for these issues. Credit Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press
DES MOINES — It was a memorable political ad: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin spoke directly into the camera in a 30-second spot last fall and called abortion an “agonizing” decision. He described himself as pro-life but, borrowing the language of the abortion rights movement, pointed to legislation he signed that leaves “the final decision to a woman and her doctor.”
That language was gone when Mr. Walker met privately with Iowa Republicans in a hotel conference room last month, according to a person who attended the meeting. There, he highlighted his early support for a “personhood amendment,” which defines life as beginning at conception and would effectively prohibit all abortions and some methods of birth control.
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But the governor is also making an aggressive effort to win the hearts of the party’s Christian conservatives. In doing so, he is stressing a much harder line on social issues than he did just a few months ago, when he faced a robust challenge from a well-funded Democratic woman in his run for re-election as governor.
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A few weeks before the November election, in an interview with The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the governor sidestepped questions about his earlier opposition to abortion, and declined four times to answer directly when asked if abortion should be prohibited after 20 weeks — a position he had previously embraced. He also declined to restate his earlier opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest.
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“It was strikingly a different portrayal of abortion than the way he portrayed it in the fall election here,” said Charles Franklin, the director of the Marquette Law School Poll, who closely follows Mr. Walker. “He has consistently played down the importance of abortion in Wisconsin as an issue.”......
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Cecile Richards ?@CecileRichards 22h22 hours ago
Gov Walker, Oct '14: Runs ad about women making private medical decisions. Jan '15: Wants to ban abortion, defund PP. http://nyti.ms/1Ak5eKa #p2
