{"id":37874,"date":"2021-07-20T14:55:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=37874"},"modified":"2021-07-20T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T01:56:21","slug":"abortion-rights-group-endorsing-12-house-democrats-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=37874","title":{"rendered":"Abortion rights group endorsing 12 House Democrats ahead of midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NARAL Pro-Choice America has endorsed 12 House Democrats for reelection ahead of the 2022 midterm races.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion rights group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ahtsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkdtspl_vrffhhpvpnfgvgmvrhry.html?a=&amp;b=40861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ahtsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkdtspl_vrffhhpvpnfgvgmvrhry.html?a%3D%26b%3D40861&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626906994420000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHMTJuhcsKVi0r3d8eqC3EO53oTrw\">said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0that the incumbents have \u201cdemonstrated their unwavering commitment to fighting for reproductive freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know these leaders will fight to safeguard abortion access and take bold action to make sure all of our families and communities thrive,\u201d Christian LoBue, NARAL Pro-Choice America chief campaigns and advocacy officer, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s endorsed:\u00a0<\/strong>NARAL endorsed Georgia Democratic Reps.\u00a0Lucy McBath\u00a0and\u00a0Carolyn Bourdeaux, as well as Texas Democratic Reps. Colin Allred and\u00a0Lizzie Fletcher\u00a0and California Reps.\u00a0Katie Porter\u00a0(D) and Mike Levin (D).<\/p>\n<p>The group also backs Reps.\u00a0Cindy Axne\u00a0(D-Iowa),\u00a0Haley Stevens\u00a0(D-Mich.),\u00a0Susie Lee\u00a0(D-Nev.),\u00a0Susan Wild\u00a0(D-Pa.),\u00a0Kim Schrier\u00a0(D-Wash.) and\u00a0Peter DeFazio\u00a0(D-Ore.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:\u00a0<\/strong>Abortion rights are front and center in the midterms as GOP-led states consider hundreds of bills rolling back abortion access.<\/p>\n<p>These legislatures have pushed for bills restricting abortion in the hopes of getting the conservative majority in the Supreme Court to override Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARAL Pro-Choice America has endorsed 12&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37875,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37874\/revisions\/37875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}