Early on Monday, Bluestem had posted Action 4 Liberty, Brodkorb publish "confidential" MNGOP state chair abortion email to candidates.
Now Briana Bierschbach steps in with a professional eye in her quick analysis, MN GOP memo to candidates: Abortion is a 'protected constitutional right' at the Star Tribune.
Whatever can a party do when its position on a suddenly heated issue is widely unpopular?
Minnesota GOP Chairman David Hann is advising the party's candidates to refer to abortion as a "protected constitutional right" in the state before pivoting to crime, the economy and education, according to a memo shared by several Republicans.
The memo, sent to candidates on Friday, comes as the party in Minnesota and nationally is struggling to find the right message on abortion following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade in June. Democrats have spent the summer hammering Republicans on the issue, including spending millions of dollars on attack ads in the race for governor.
It also marks a shift in tone from the state party's platform adopted in May, which says the U.S. and Minnesota Constitutions should be amended to restore legal "protection to the lives of innocent human beings from conception to natural death."
"Here are the facts: Abortion up to the moment of birth is a protected constitutional right in Minnesota. The only two ways this can be changed are by the Minnesota Supreme Court overturning existing law or by Minnesota voters passing a state referendum," Hann wrote in the memo. "Since abortion is not on the ballot, let's talk about the ongoing issues that affect Minnesotans every day: crime, inflation, the economy and education." . . .
Abortion is among the top three issues for voters in the governor's race, according to the latest Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll, coming in close behind the economy and crime. The poll also found more than half of Minnesotans oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and think abortions should be legal in most or all cases.
Jeepers. Read the entire article at the Strib.
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That Minnesota Republican Party email tells at least three different lies that I could find.
1 - In the email, the Minnesota Republican Party tells their people to say that the MN GOP position is that abortion rights are not on the ballot this year. That is a lie. Here is their actual position on abortion, as outlined in their official Minnesota Republican Party Platform adopted in May of this year: that life and full personhood run "from conception to natural death" and to that end they support passing laws, constitutional amendments (state and Federal) or ballot measures banning abortion.
2 - This leads to the next lie: that Doe v. Gomez is "settled" and thus can't be unsettled. Again, their current platform tells us they intend to overturn Roe v. Gomez and by any means they can think of.
3 - They lie about abortion in Minnesota being legal "up to the moment of birth." Abortion in Minnesota is legal after viability only to preserve the mother's life or health.
https://www.findlaw.com/state/minnesota-law/minnesota-abortion-laws.html
I hope the DFL jumps on this soon.
Posted by: Chanty Banty | Sep 28, 2022 at 08:25 AM