Daniel Cameron Can’t Run from His Extreme Opposition to Exceptions for Rape and Incest

Daniel Cameron Can’t Run from His Extreme Opposition to Exceptions for Rape and Incest

Daniel Cameron thought he could get away with trying to run from his long-held and dangerous record of opposing exceptions for rape and incest when it comes to banning abortion with less than two months before the general election.

But, as pointed out by several news outlets, Cameron’s position on this has been clear, claiming he “supports the current law” that does not allow for exceptions for rape or incest, including in the case of a 9-year-old rape survivor, and that “there is no rape, incest exception” in Kentucky.

Cameron made defending the state’s trigger law a top priority in his office as attorney general and his running mate, state Senator Robby Mills, even voted down a provision for rape and incest exceptions.

Yesterday, the DGA released a video of Cameron opposing exceptions for rape and incest in his own words.

Read more about how Cameron can’t run from his extreme record:  

• Courier Journal: Cameron flip-flops on rape and incest exceptions to Kentucky abortion ban“Kentucky Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron said Monday that he would sign legislation to provide abortion-ban exceptions for rape and incest, flip-flopping from his previous stance on Kentucky’s near-total ban.”
• WKYT: Cameron makes apparent reversal on abortion position in radio interview“Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in an apparent reversal from his previous public stances, said, as governor, he would sign a law adding exceptions for rape and incest to the state’s abortion ban.”
• Lexington Herald-Leader: In apparent reversal, Cameron says he’d support rape, incest exceptions to KY abortion ban“Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Monday morning ‘there’s no question’ that, if elected governor, he would sign a law adding exceptions for rape and incest to Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortion. The Republican nominee’s statement, made on the Tony & Dwight show on NewsRadio 840 WHAS, is a significant departure from his past position, which is to support the commonwealth’s ban as-is.”
• Hoptown Chronicle: Cameron now says he would sign rape, incest exceptions to Kentucky’s abortion ban“Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron on Monday said he would sign legislation allowing exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban in cases of rape and incest — signaling a departure from his past comments on the law…It’s the first time Cameron has publicly expressed support for changing the Kentucky abortion ban by adding any exceptions.”
• Jezebel: Kentucky GOP Candidate Backtracks on Abortion As Polls Show Him Losing“After getting heat for an anti-abortion questionnaire and trailing in the polls, Daniel Cameron (R) is now flip-flopping on exceptions to an abortion ban.”

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