{"id":214123,"date":"2019-11-20T09:25:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=214123"},"modified":"2019-11-22T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T20:10:07","slug":"daga-announces-not-support-pro-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/daga-announces-not-support-pro-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Attorneys General Association announces they will not support pro-life candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Pro-life Democrats have been made to feel increasingly unwelcome in their own party, as party officials grow more and more extreme on the subject of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a>. In the upcoming 2020 election, there are 12 attorneys general seats up for grabs around the country, and the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) has made it clear that only abortion supporters are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/dems.ag\/daga-choice-announcement-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently released statement<\/a>, the DAGA will only give endorsements and support to candidates who &#8220;support the right to access abortion and publicly commit to protecting reproductive rights,&#8221; and acknowledged the requirement is the &#8220;first of its kind&#8221; for any campaign committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the battle for reproductive rights unfolds at the ballot box, in statehouses, and courtrooms across this country, there is no group of elected officials better positioned to lead the fight for our rights than state Attorneys General,\u201d DAGA Co-Chair and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in the statement. \u201cThat is why electing Democratic AGs who are committed to protecting reproductive freedom, especially for the most vulnerable communities, has never been more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any candidates who want to receive support from DAGA will need to &#8220;prove&#8221; their commitment to protecting abortion. The statement also comes ahead of the upcoming DAGA Winter Policy Conference, where Alexis McGill Johnson, Acting President and CEO of Planned Parenthood, will appear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The majority of Americans support the right to access abortion. It\u2019s your BODY, your FAMILY, your DECISION &amp; your VOTE. Democratic AGs are on the front lines in the fight to protect reproductive rights. If they stand with us, they stand with you. <br \/>Join us\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jTkItJYChI\">https:\/\/t.co\/jTkItJYChI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z3eYTSjxTG\">pic.twitter.com\/Z3eYTSjxTG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Democratic AGs (@DemocraticAGs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemocraticAGs\/status\/1196296557982814214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe trust women. Women have the right to make their own decisions,\u201d Sean Rankin, Executive Director of Democratic Attorneys General Association, said. \u201cWe trust Democratic AGs to defend that right and we trust this committee to elect them. Here at DAGA, we know that Democratic AGs are the backbone of the party and often move on to other offices such as Governor, U.S. Senator, and even President of the United States. This committee is doing our part to ensure these leaders are committed to protecting reproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/abortioncorporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> is cheering the statement. \u201cAttorneys general are some of the most important people protecting our ability to access sexual and reproductive health care \u2014 including abortion,&#8221; McGill Johnson said. &#8220;Every party should support our right to access health care. This shouldn\u2019t be a Democratic or a Republican value. This is fundamental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-democrats-embraced-even-republicans\/\"><em>Pro-life Democrats should be embraced\u2026 even by Republicans<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The abortion industry <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/democrats-for-life-conference-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fights pro-life Democrats<\/a> at every turn, even though <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/211901\/abortion-attitudes-stable-no-consensus-legality.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 20 percent<\/a> of registered Democrats are pro-life. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez once stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dnc-chair-every-democrat-must-support-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporting abortion is &#8220;non-negotiable.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-life Democrats have been made to feel increasingly unwelcome in their own party, as party officials grow more and more extreme on the subject of abortion. In the upcoming 2020 election, there are 12 attorneys general seats up for grabs around the country, and the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) has made it clear that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":214139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democratic Attorneys General Association announces they will not support pro-life candidates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2020, there are 12 attorneys general seats up for grabs. 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