Tiffany Smiley: GOP Senate nominee in Washington says she supports state law guaranteeing
Some Republican candidates have tried to avoid the issue, focusing instead on appealing to Americans upset with rising consumer costs and crime. But Smiley and some other GOP candidates have taken a different tack by also trying to diminish a potentially powerful motivating issue for Democrats.
The state also requires state-regulated health plans, including college student plans, to cover abortion services if they also cover pregnancy services.
“I look forward to ensuring that women have access to health care, contraception, that in a time of crisis here in Washington state, that they have every resource that they need to make the best choice,” Smiley told Bash.
“Patty Murray has spent millions to paint me as an extremist,” Smiley says in the ad. “I’m pro-life, but I oppose a federal abortion ban.”
“Patty Murray wants to scare you,” she adds at the end of the spot. “I want to serve you.”
Since her election to the Senate in 1992, Murray has comfortably won reelection, except during the GOP “red wave” of 2010, when she defeated Republican Dino Rossi by less than 5 points. Murray also holds a strong fundraising advantage over Smiley this cycle, with her campaign reporting a war chest of $6.7 million as of July 13, compared with $2.3 million for Smiley.
In a separate interview on “State of the Union” on Sunday, Murray did not directly answer a question from Bash about whether she supports any limitations on abortion, saying instead that she does “not believe that politicians should be making these decisions for women. That is what I support.”
CNN’s Alex Rogers and Elizabeth Wolfe contributed to this report.
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