Abortion rights have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania.
These must-have Insider Deal household items are at unbeatable prices!FILE - Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., smiles while speaking during an event at AFSCME Council 13 offices, March 14, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. Abortion rights, suddenly a potent political force in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave such matters to the states, have found an unlikely champion in swing-state Pennsylvania.
“Everyone in the Senate had a choice to make,” Casey told The Associated Press. “You had to decide, basically, whether you’d support banning abortion or not. And that was a choice you had to make. And the choice was also a choice about legislation. ... And I decided that I would support advancing that bill and thereby not being in the ban-abortion column.”
“If you take politics out of it, it’s possible that Casey has one of those purple positions on abortion that doesn't tend to track with what either movement is doing," Ziegler said. Casey, now in his eighth statewide campaign, has never previously wielded abortion rights as a weapon. He has been on defense, however.
Casey in 2006 was first recruited by national Democrats to run when he still wore the label of “pro-life Democrat.” He hasn’t faced a serious primary challenger in his four campaigns for the Senate.
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