{"id":199614,"date":"2019-04-04T13:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=199614"},"modified":"2019-04-04T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T17:37:47","slug":"mcauliffe-extreme-virginia-abortion-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mcauliffe-extreme-virginia-abortion-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gov. McAuliffe: Extreme Virginia abortion bill was ‘common sense’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Virginia governor and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Terry McAuliffe reversed his stance on a controversial Virginia abortion bill on Monday, calling Rep. Kathy Tran\u2019s expansive abortion bill — which she admitted would have allowed abortion up to birth — \u201ccommon sense\u201d during an interview on the John Fredericks Show.<\/p>\n

McAuliffe, a former DNC chair, is extreme on abortion. As governor, he refused to investigate Planned Parenthood<\/a> when caught trafficking aborted baby parts. He described himself as \u201ca brick wall<\/a>\u201d against threats to abortion, and has even insisted that abortion facilities with questionable medical standards stay open despite risking women\u2019s health<\/a>. When Virginia voted to defund Planned Parenthood in the state, McAuliffe\u00a0vetoed it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In February, Virginia Delegate Tran’s bill intended to lift almost all abortion restrictions<\/a>. When asked in committee if her bill would allow for abortion when a woman is dilating and about to give birth, Tran said it would<\/a>. Seeming to expand on that<\/a>, current VA Governor Ralph Northam said, \u201cIf a mother is in labor… the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”<\/p>\n