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Related: About this forumColorado’s Gardner tries moving left on contraception access
Colorados Gardner tries moving left on contraception accessBy Steve Benen
Rep. Cory Gardner, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, has been hammered with criticism over his support for Personhood measures, which would ban both abortions and most forms of birth control. The far-right lawmaker is still figuring out what to do about it.
Gardner supported a Personhood ballot measure in 2008, which Colorado voters strongly rejected. Ignoring the election results, Gardner supported another Personhood ballot measure in 2010, which was also soundly rejected. He then went to Congress where he threw his support to you guessed it another Personhood proposal.
Shortly after launching a statewide campaign, however, Gardner announced a partial flip-flop: he no longer supports Personhood in Colorado, though he still supports Personhood at the federal level (which, incidentally, would apply to Colorado).
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Colorado’s Gardner tries moving left on contraception access (Original Post)
madamesilverspurs
Jun 2014
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madamesilverspurs
(16,043 posts)1. from the end of the article:
This is really getting ridiculous, said ProgressNow Colorado executive director Amy Runyon-Harms. ... Today, he decided the best way to cover womens health is to insult the intelligence of every voter in Colorado.
Also note, as of this morning, Gardner is still a co-sponsor of the federal Personhood legislation.
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Also note, as of this morning, Gardner is still a co-sponsor of the federal Personhood legislation.
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emphasis added is mine
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)2. he's claiming the left is against otc access to bc
but this is the first i've heard of it.
beyond that, the only time i had to see the doc for my pills was for my annual. these rural women aren't driving an hour every month to see their doctors for refills, they're going once a year for their annual exam. manufactured issue.
and i can't believe no one has asked him why he's still co-sponsor of that federal personhood bill when he no longer supports it at the state level.
he's such a little puke.
Indyfan53
(482 posts)3. GOTV, Colorado!
Keep this prick out of the senate! Hopefully, the voters aren't too stoned to get off the couch and vote or mail in their ballot!