Missouri Democratic senator Claire McCaskill has been running aggressively toward the political center to save her seat in Tuesday's election.
While red-state Democratic senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Joe Donnelly of Indiana voted in favor of banning most abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy, when some infants are able to survive outside the womb, McCaskill voted against it.
Joe Manchin called that change to the party platform " crazy," while McCaskill was silent on the matter at the time.
Asked at the St. Louis press conference if she supports the Hyde amendment, McCaskill dodged the question multiple times before finally endorsing the general prohibition on federal funding of abortion for Medicaid recipients.
Repealing the Hyde amendment is a top priority for organizations like Planned Parenthood and NARAL that back McCaskill, and Democrats will likely attempt to repeal it the next time they control Congress and the White House.
While McCaskill has never voted specifically on repealing the Hyde amendment as it applies to Medicaid, she did vote against permanently applying the Hyde amendment to a smaller health care program in 2008.
McCaskill also voted for Obamacare, which provides taxpayer-funding for insurance plans that cover elective abortions.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/john-mccormack/mccaskill-endorses-hyde-amendment-on-election-eve
While red-state Democratic senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Joe Donnelly of Indiana voted in favor of banning most abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy, when some infants are able to survive outside the womb, McCaskill voted against it.
Joe Manchin called that change to the party platform " crazy," while McCaskill was silent on the matter at the time.
Asked at the St. Louis press conference if she supports the Hyde amendment, McCaskill dodged the question multiple times before finally endorsing the general prohibition on federal funding of abortion for Medicaid recipients.
Repealing the Hyde amendment is a top priority for organizations like Planned Parenthood and NARAL that back McCaskill, and Democrats will likely attempt to repeal it the next time they control Congress and the White House.
While McCaskill has never voted specifically on repealing the Hyde amendment as it applies to Medicaid, she did vote against permanently applying the Hyde amendment to a smaller health care program in 2008.
McCaskill also voted for Obamacare, which provides taxpayer-funding for insurance plans that cover elective abortions.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/john-mccormack/mccaskill-endorses-hyde-amendment-on-election-eve
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