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Reproductive freedom on ballot in NH governor’s race

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Monday, October 14, 2024   

In the race for New Hampshire governor, the candidates' positions on reproductive rights could be a deciding factor.

Pollsters have said it is a dead heat between Democrat and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and Republican former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, and both claim to champion women's health.

Kayla Montgomery, vice president of public affairs for the Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund, said Ayotte voted for a national abortion ban while in the Senate and supported the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

"We can't put our trust in someone who has been against abortion rights and against reproductive freedom her entire career," Montgomery contended.

Ayotte said if elected, she would not change the state's current law, which allows for abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, or back new restrictions.

Craig said she would work to codify abortion rights into the state constitution. New Hampshire is the only New England state without an explicit legal right to abortion care.

Ayotte said her opponents are "politicizing abortion to win votes" but her previous board position with the right-leaning nonprofit Winning For Women is raising questions about her pivot to a more moderate approach. The group has spent millions backing anti-choice candidates for office and Ayotte herself backed bills to remove insurance coverage for birth control.

Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, said Ayotte has grown out of step with New Hampshire voters.

"She instead decided to get on board with an extreme right-wing agenda on limiting reproductive health care for the people of her own state," Altschiller asserted. "We remember."

Altschiller added reproductive freedoms are under attack at the State Capitol, despite a majority of voters backing abortion rights, and thinks Craig would serve as a firewall in the governor's office to ensure protections. She noted Craig has also committed to nominating pro-choice justices to the state Supreme Court, where there is a retirement coming up in 2026.


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