The campaign did not immediately answer a follow-up question about why the website was updated.Īnother promise was eliminated from the website: 'Remove funding for any research that uses embryonic stem cells of aborted fetal remains.' Masters’ campaign pointed to an interview with The Arizona Republic this month in which he expanded upon his abortion rights views, after he prevailed in a Republican primary that pulled all the conservatives rightward.

Masters’ backtracking is one of the clearest signs of how much the Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate federal abortion protections is scrambling the political landscape, energizing Democrats both to turn out at higher-than-expected rates in some bellwether contests and to flood their candidates and campaign committees with small-dollar donations. Now the website states he backs 'a law or a Constitutional amendment that bans late term (third trimester) abortion and partial-birth abortion at the federal level' and 'pro-life legislation, pregnancy centers, and programs that make it easier for pregnant women to support a family and decide to choose life.' In addition, Masters previously expressed support for 'the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, the SAVE Moms and Babies Act, and other pro-life legislation.' The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would make it a criminal offense to perform or attempt to perform an abortion 20 weeks after conception.

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