The list of GOP Senate candidates who have taken the position that life begins at conception is long—and Democrats plan to remind voters frequently about the similarities between that position and the language used in the Alabama IVF opinion.
“I am 100% pro-life and will defend Life from conception to natural death,” said former Rep. Peter Meijer, who is running for Senate in Michigan, according to an archived copy of his 2020 campaign website.
Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Senate candidate, tweeted in 2022 that “conservative Republicans should never back down from their belief that life begins at conception.”
During her 2022 gubernatorial run, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake said she believed “life begins at conception.”
And Eric Hovde, the top Republican running for Senate in Wisconsin, reportedly described his abortion position on his 2012 Senate campaign website as protecting “all human life from conception to natural death.”
Democrats are already…putting Senate Republicans on defense by asking for unanimous consent to pass a federal law that would protect access to IVF. Republican senators responded by arguing it is an issue for the states, not the Senate, and… blocked the bill on Wednesday.
“Republican Senate candidates have spent years issuing statements, making pledges and giving interviews threatening to take away women’s right to make their most personal decisions about their health care and their families,” said David Bergstein, communications director for the Senate Democratic campaign arm. “Democrats will ensure voters hold them accountable for their records.”
