Key pro-life races to watch on Election Night besides Trump-Clinton

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Key pro-life races to watch on Election Night besides Trump-Clinton


Tight Senate races are especially key after Republicans gained back the majority in the 2014 election.

North Carolina

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, a pro-life Republican, is in a very tight race with Democrat Deborah Ross. A former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina and a North Carolina legislator, Ross supports government funding of Planned Parenthood and repeal of the Hyde Amendment.

The North Carolina governor’s race is also being closely watched as incumbent Republican Pat McCrory faces a challenge from Democrat Roy Cooper, with most current polls showing Cooper holding a small lead. The state has been the subject of intense scrutiny after passing the HB2 bathroom bill and hit with numerous boycotts as a result. McCrory’s opposition to the original Charlotte ordinance and holding steadfast on the bathroom bill created hostility and has been part of the media focus.

Three Planned Parenthood political groups – the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Planned Parenthood Votes and Planned Parenthood Action PAC North Carolina – announced in September they planned to spend at least $1 million in North Carolina on advertising to oppose Donald Trump, Burr and McCrory.

Missouri

Pro-life Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt is also in a tight race with Democrat Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is running as a moderate despite having voted against a late-term abortion ban while in the Missouri legislature and having received Planned Parenthood’s endorsement.

Blunt, who joined Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst as top signatories in a July 2015 letter from 50 U.S. senators to HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell inquiring into Planned Parenthood's practices and whether they are in compliance with federal laws pertaining to the use of fetal tissue and partial-birth abortion, also authored the 2012 Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, in an effort to roll back the HHS Contraceptive Mandate.

Ohio

The Senate race between Ohio Republican Rob Portman and Ted Strickland turned early and Portman has a comfortable double-digit lead going into Election Day. 

While Portman has a solid pro-life voting record, he lost some conservative support in 2012 after he changed his position to support gay “marriage.”

Strickland is a former congressman and governor who has said he strongly supports legal abortion and that he backs Planned Parenthood. 

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