Daily News | Fetterman, and Oz (sort of) weigh in on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s 15-week abortion ban
After Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a 15-week abortion ban on Tuesday, the boldest step by Republicans to restrict abortion on a federal level since the Supreme CourtThe Democrat, John Fetterman said he’d be a “HELL NO,” if the bill came up for a vote and he was a U.S. senator.“Dr. Oz is pro-life with three exceptions: life of the mother, rape and incest,” Oz’s campaign spokeswoman Brittany Yanick said in response to a question about the bill from The Inquirer.
“And as a senator, he’d want to make sure that the federal government is not involved in interfering with the state’s decisions on the topic.” The first half of the answer seems in line with Graham’s proposal, which would ban abortions at about four months, but the second half suggests Oz wouldn’t support any legislation that takes power away from states to determine the law.Fetterman’s campaign leapt at the chance to“When you’re a Senator, you actually have to take positions. You have to take votes — sometimes hard votes,” Fetterman said in a statement. “This isn’t some TV show. This matters. These are people’s lives...Dr.
Abortion bans have presented a challenge to Republicans, particularly those running in more moderate parts of the country. And Graham’s bill, which has almost no chance of becoming law, has divided national Republicans at at time when abortion has become a big midterm issue for Democrats who hope nationwide restrictions will help them build momentum among voters who favor abortion access.Dobbs v.
Fetterman has said he doesn’t support the government imposing any restrictions on abortion and has pledged to vote to overturn the filibuster and codify a woman’s right to an abortion into law if elected to the Senate.
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