Seira DeVito, a Republican state legislative candidate from Danville, held a press conference at the State Capitol to mark the second anniversary of the Dobbs ruling.
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, New Hampshire's Republican leaders are gathering at the state Capitol in Concord to throw their political flag on the state's current abortion law — and they're throwing money at it to get their message across.
“Until now we've avoided discussing this,” New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Chris Ager said Monday. “Those days are over. We're going to put the facts on the table.”
NHGOP Chair Chris Ager and a group of Republican women held a press conference at the Statehouse to mark the second anniversary of the Dobbs ruling.
Republicans say the problem is that Democrats are misleading many voters by claiming New Hampshire has an “abortion ban.” On Monday, the state party refuted that claim in a 30-second ad and explained the facts about the state's abortion laws: abortion for any reason within six months of pregnancy, with medical exceptions for later trimesters. The party also unveiled a new website. Click here for details.
The state party plans to spend “six figures” on the ads, party officials said.
“We believe this is a positive issue for the Republican Party, which is why we're putting our money into this,” Ager said. The party has also formed an all-female task force “predominantly under 40” aimed at engaging voters and combating Democratic misinformation.
“I encourage all of my constituents who are passionate about this issue to learn the facts and not listen to the fear-based rhetoric of Democrats,” said state Rep. Jody Nelson (R-Del.), one of several Republican women who spoke at Monday's press conference.
Samantha Faucher The Manchester Republican Committee treasurer criticized Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington, the Democratic candidate for governor.
“Cinde Warmington [state’s current] “I've called this law 'dangerous' and I've pledged to repeal it, which would make our state one of only five with no late restrictions at all,” Faucher said. “Shinde, let's be realistic: you're the danger.”
Warmington and fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig both support eliminating all restrictions on abortion at any point during pregnancy, and both have pledged to work to repeal the state's current late-term abortion law.
In addition to defending state current laws, Republicans are eager to go on the attack, arguing that Democrats are fixated on the abortion issue because they are failing on every other issue, including inflation, illegal immigration, energy and public safety.
“They have to call this out because they have nothing else,” Faucher said. “Naive Democrats have nothing else to offer but lies, deception, gaslighting and fear-mongering.
“I won't be fooled again”
“I think it's a big step forward,” said Seira DeVito, a Republican state legislative candidate from Danville. 'Financial concerns' “The Republican Party is committed to improving the economy and creating an environment in which women can have safe and secure families,” she said, adding that the Republican Party is “committed to improving the economy and creating an environment in which women can have safe and secure families.”
State Sen. Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) said Democrats' pro-abortion stance is so extreme that she even refuses to allow New Hampshire to join 46 states and the District of Columbia in collecting basic public health data on the state's abortion statistics.
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Asked about Democrats' claims that the NHGOP ad campaign is a “desperate stunt to change the narrative,” Carson countered, “Frankly, it's the other side that's desperate.”
Ager was asked about the state Republican Party's platform, which advocates for a ban on publicly funded abortions and asserts that “life is sacred from conception to natural death” and that “the value of one category of human life cannot be diminished without diminishing the value of all human life.”
“We're not legislating our personal opinions,” Ager said. “We don't want to impose our personal opinions on everybody. It's a very different approach than saying, 'From now on, we're going to legislate through the power of the law.'”
During a news conference at the base of the New Hampshire State Capitol on Monday, a small group of pro-abortion activists staged a counter-demonstration along Main Street.
After the press conference ended, the group continued marching towards the press conference venue.
“They have a point they want to make, which is understandable, and we are refuting their claims, but they are misleading the public,” Carson told the NH Journal. “Of course, their purpose is to raise money for their party and continue to lie.”
Carson noticed several young children among the group of protesters.
“Why are they exposing their children to this?” she asked.
