{"id":86750,"date":"2016-02-02T00:56:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T05:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=86750"},"modified":"2016-02-02T00:57:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T05:57:49","slug":"cruz-wins-iowa-running-on-pro-life-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cruz-wins-iowa-running-on-pro-life-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz wins Iowa after running on pro-life record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>&#8220;The question we ought to ask is, don\u2019t tell me that you\u2019re pro-life. Show me.&#8221; This was Texas Senator Ted Cruz&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/01\/29\/ted-cruz-leads-pro-life-rally-i-have-stood-up-to-fight-to-the-right-to-life-of-unborn-babies\/\">final pitch<\/a> to Iowa pro-life voters ahead of Monday&#8217;s presidential primary caucus. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2016\/02\/01\/cruz-wins-iowa-republican-caucuses-clinton-sanders-in-tight-race.html?intcmp=hpbt1\">H<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2016\/02\/01\/cruz-wins-iowa-republican-caucuses-clinton-sanders-in-tight-race.html?intcmp=hpbt1\">e won<\/a> with 28% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz noted that &#8220;every candidate in a Republican primary says they\u2019re pro-life. That\u2019s what you say in a Republican primary, regardless of the facts,&#8221; so voters have to ask them, &#8220;When have you stood up and fought to defend the right to life?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cruz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2016\/01\/ted-cruz-rally-was-basically-anti-trump-rally\">promised<\/a> to open a federal investigation into Planned Parenthood&#8217;s fetal organ sales on his first day in office, cited his own record as Solicitor General of Texas &#8211; during which he defended laws prohibiting partial-birth abortion and requiring parental notification for minors&#8217; abortions &#8211; and he spoke of his Senate <a href=\"\/news\/senate-republicans-oppose-ted-cruz-mike-lees-move-defund-planned-parenthood\/\">leadership<\/a> in the effort to defund Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz also referenced competitor Donald Trump&#8217;s August <a href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-voices-approval-donald-trumps-claim-pp-good-women\/\">comments<\/a> endorsing federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which Trump later <a href=\"\/news\/trump-endorses-defunding-planned-parenthood-denies-past-waffling\/\">reversed<\/a> to suggest the abortion giant should only receive subsidies if they cease abortions. &#8220;If you care about the right to life,&#8221; Cruz said, &#8220;there is a clear difference among candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz has also said Congress <a href=\"\/news\/cruz-congress-can-end-abortion-without-the-supreme-court\/\">has sufficient authority<\/a> under the 14th Amendment to directly ban abortion, and has <a href=\"\/news\/pro-life-look-ted-cruzs-plan-rein-judicial-activism\/\">proposed a number of reforms<\/a> to rein in activist judicial rulings such as <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. He <a href=\"\/news\/graham-attacks-ted-cruz-for-no-exceptions-pro-life-stance\/\">does not favor<\/a> rape or incest exceptions for abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In the Iowa Republican caucus, <a href=\"\/news\/donald-trump-and-the-failure-to-act-pro-life\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> came in second with 24% of the vote, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio was third with 23%. Pro-life former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee <a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/speedreads\/602901\/mike-huckabee-drops-presidential-race\">dropped out<\/a> of the race after getting 2% of the vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The question we ought to ask is, don\u2019t tell me that you\u2019re pro-life. Show me.&#8221; This was Texas Senator Ted Cruz&#8217;s\u00a0final pitch to Iowa pro-life voters ahead of Monday&#8217;s presidential primary caucus. He won with 28% of the vote. Cruz noted that &#8220;every candidate in a Republican primary says they\u2019re pro-life. 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