John Stirrup, a Republican candidate running for the House of Delegates in a purple Northern Virginia district and endorsed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in the primary, has been recorded saying he would support a “100 percent ban” on abortion in the state.
, made June 20, he told a man he met outside a polling place that “I’d like to see, you know, [a] total ban.”
whether Gov. Glenn Youngkin has the political muscle next year to roll back abortion rights in Virginia — the only Southern state that has not tightened restrictions on the procedure since the Supreme Court struck downStirrup did not dispute the authenticity of the recordings, which his campaign said he
“I’m a practicing Catholic who believes in protecting life,” Stirrup wrote in the text message. “While there are differing opinions on this issue, I believe we can bring Virginians together around a consensus position to protect life at 15 weeks — when an unborn child can feel pain — with reasonable exceptions after that point for rape, incest, and life of the mother. This is a far more reasonable position than Democrats have staked out, which is one of no limits whatsoever at any time.
Josh Thomas, the Democrat running against Stirrup, said the Republican’s support for a complete ban shows a “blatant disregard for the rights and freedoms of women in Prince William County and across Virginia.”
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