Has she ever issued an explanation of that vote and squared it with her other pro-life votes? I can think of one and only one explanation that might be acceptable but I’d like to hear hers first.
What's to square?
Someone can believe that abortion is a “right,” and should generally be legal but still believe that the government may put restrictions on it, such as against partial birth abortion, or for parental notification, or for waiting periods.
The bottom line is that Sen. Hutchison voted for a sense of the Senate amendment affirming that Roe was rightly decided and that there is a constitutional “right” to abortion.
And that was in 2003.
The thing is that the federal Congress seldom addresses the principal issue - should abortion be generally legal? Is abortion truly a constitutional "right"? Most of the votes taken by congresscritters related to abortion are regarding peripheral issues, not central to the primary issue - is this really a "right"?.
Her “pro-life” costume comprises voting on peripheral issues on abortion.
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