PolitiFact - Blake Masters still supports a national abortion ban, but during the third trimester

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U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters softened his position on abortion after winning the Republican nomination in Arizona, though he still supports a federal ban. He is now saying he would ban abortion nationally only during the third trimester.

We found that Masters has softened his position on a so-called federal"personhood" law — one that argues that a fetus should have the constitutional rights of a person, and that abortion violates the fetus’ constitutional right to equal protection.Masters’ latest comments and revised campaign website still call for a federal abortion law, but he now says the law should prohibit abortion during a pregnancy’s third trimester.

"Personhood generally is about abortion bans. It’s been about abortion bans for the pro-life movement since the 1960s," said Mary Ziegler, a professor, abortion historian and author of an upcoming book on personhood."If you say you support personhood, you’re saying you support a nationwide ban. That’s the accepted meaning within the movement and within the culture."Masters repeatedly stated support for a federal personhood law before his primary victory Aug. 3.

At a February 2022 campaign event, Masters called for a federal personhood amendment and said Congress would determine when during pregnancy it would apply."The federal government needs to step in and say, ‘We recognize life here and no state can permit abortions.

Masters said at a May campaign event that the 14th Amendment"says you have the right to life, liberty and property," the Huffington Post."You can’t deprive someone with that without due process. Hard to imagine a bigger deprivation of due process than killing a small child before they have a chance to take their first breath. So, I think you do need a federal personhood law.

 

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Third trimester abortions are what 1% of all abortions? Lower?

TxWomenRock Actually, Senator Kelly's ad is ALL the way TRUE, not mostly. Blake Masters is among the 99.98% of ALL Republicans who support a total national ban on all abortions without any exceptions whatsoever.

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