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Susan Collins Calls Herself a Defender of Abortion Rights. She Just Helped Give a Lifetime Judgeship to a Man Who Wants No Exceptions for Rape or Incest.

Susan Collins Calls Herself a Defender of Abortion Rights. She Just Helped Give a Lifetime Judgeship to a Man Who Wants No Exceptions for Rape or Incest.

Matthew Byrne told an anti-abortion group his 'pro-life credentials cannot be questioned' and that the 'life of the mother' exception should be 'strictly defined so as to avoid creating loopholes.' The Senate cut off debate on his nomination 47-46 on September 14, with Collins voting yes. A no from her would have sunk it. She voted to confirm him the next day.

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State of the State: Texas Is 40th Overall. Greg Abbott and Texan Republicans in Congress Aren't Helping.

Texas ranks 40th of 50 on the measures we track, with the second-worst food insecurity and second-worst women's health scores in the country. Greg Abbott signed the abortion ban and the school voucher law, never expanded Medicaid, and now runs on affordability after property tax levies rose to $89.4 billion and home insurance premiums rose 79%. Here is the record, and what each of the seventeen Republicans running for reelection has been busy with.

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Asked If He'd Work With Abbott to Reduce Texans Coming to New Mexico for Abortions, Gregg Hull Said 'Fully Committed.' Then He Said It Was Out of Context.

Asked If He'd Work With Abbott to Reduce Texans Coming to New Mexico for Abortions, Gregg Hull Said 'Fully Committed.' Then He Said It Was Out of Context.

At a Lea County GOP meeting in Hobbs, a voter asked Hull to commit to working with Greg Abbott to reduce Texans coming to New Mexico for abortions. He said 'absolutely' — three times — and 'I'm pro-life, so we're gonna see what we can do.' A week later he told a reporter the question was about something else.

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