As abortion and other reproductive rights loom over the election, Cruz has largely been unwilling to clarify his stances.
to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas.But as reproductive rights loom over the election season as a key issue for voters, Cruz is uncharacteristically quiet.
Cruz’s campaign did not respond directly to questions, instead providing links to previous statements he had made on the topic in other interviews. Those statements did not address several specific questions. “Questions of what the rules of abortion are will be made by state officials in Austin, the state legislature, the governor. And the situation we have right now, every state makes different rules,” Cruz said in
“I think there’s a very good argument that she fell under that exception,” he said. “But what the Texas Supreme Court said in its opinion is it asked the Texas Medical Board go in and set clear rules.”in June for how doctors should interpret the state’s new abortion laws, but declined to provide a list of cases in which an abortion should be permitted.In February, a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court sparked a nationwide panic about the future of access to IVF.
Meanwhile, Allred has tried to pin the end of Roe and subsequent state abortion bans on Cruz’s support for anti-abortion state lawmakers and his position on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, which advanced three conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices.Allred has been a consistent abortion rights advocate throughout his tenure in Congress.“We have to restore freedom to Texas women and Texas families,” he said. “And the way we do that is going to be at the federal level.
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