Abortion and the Election
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From the Right
American Crossroads Ad Appeals to Women's Brains and Pocketbooks, Not "Ladyparts"
Rattled by recent polling showing Mitt Romney drawing roughly even with President Obama among female voters, Democrats are making yet another hard play over "ladyparts." American Crossroads is answering back with an ad blitz of their own, also targeting women. It seems conservatives view women as more than just uteruses. Weird, right?
From the Center
Obama Ad Attacks Romney on Abortion
The Obama campaign is hitting back hard in response to a Romney ad in which the GOP candidate presents himself as more moderate on abortion rights, explaining that he thinks that abortion should be legal for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest, or if life of the mother is in jeopardy.
The Romney campaign says thats long been his position, and Republicans accuse the Obama campaign of distorting his views. In at least one earlier ad, the Obama campaign charged that Mitt Romney is opposed to all abortion.
From the Left
Poll: Abortion the top issue for women in key states
As the presidential campaigns focus their efforts on women as a key voting bloc, a new poll shows women who are registered to vote in a dozen key states have very different priorities than their male counterparts.
The USA Today/Gallup survey found that economic issues are important to both genders, but women see one issue as more important.
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