Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron has appeared to soften his hardline opposition to abortion
FILE - Kentucky Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron speaks to supporters during the first stop of his multi-city campaign tour, June 2, 2023, in Richmond, Ky. Cameron appeared to soften his hardline opposition to abortion on Monday, Sept. 18, telling a Kentucky radio station that he would support amending the state's abortion ban to add exceptions allowing for the termination of pregnancies caused by rape or incest. LOUISVILLE, Ky.
“Throughout his time in office, even before this campaign began, Daniel Cameron has made it clear that he supports Kentucky’s extreme abortion ban with no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest," Beshear campaign spokesperson Alex Floyd said in a statement. “He has repeated that position in public statements, questionnaires, press interviews and debates.”
Roe v. Wade last year, voters have protected abortion rights via ballot measures in several states, including Kentucky. Now, the Bluegrass State showdown between Cameron and Beshear is among the nation's most closely watched elections in 2023.launched a TV ad Cameron touted his anti-abortion credentials during the state’s crowded spring GOP primary. But since winning the gubernatorial nomination, Cameron and his allies generally have downplayed the abortion issue while focusing on other topics, including crime rates and transgender rights.
Beshear has consistently called the state's abortion ban an “extremist” law that he says the “vast majority” of Kentuckians disagree with, pointing to the lack of exceptions for rape and incest. In the past, he said it provides rape survivors with “no options despite the fact that they have been harmed and what they’re going through is ... absolutely zero fault of their own.”
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