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Senate candidate Monica Wehby tells GOP forum that abortion is 'personal decision'
Oregon Live ^
| January 24, 2014 at 4:09 PM
| Jeff Mapes
Posted on 04/21/2014 8:29:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Portland pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby, continuing to separate herself from the four other Republican Senate candidates on the abortion issue, told a GOP forum in Baker City that she was personally pro-life but did not want the government involved in a woman's decision on whether to have one.
“I believe this is a personal decision between a women and her family, not a woman and the federal government,” said Wehby, according to the Baker City Herald.
Wehby and the four other Republican candidates -- state Rep. Jason Conger of Bend, Portland attorney Tim Crawley, former Linn County Chair Jo Rae Perkins and Salem information technology consultant Mark Callahan -- appeared at a Wednesday night forum. They are competing for the GOP nomination for the seat held by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.
Her comments defending abortion rights were stronger than those that she made when she entered the race and told The Oregonian, “The Supreme Court ruled that...abortion is supposed to be safe and legal. And that’s where we are. I don’t think this should be used as a litmus test for people.”
Conger has been endorsed by Oregon Right to Life, the state's major anti-abortion group. Conger and Wehby are the two candidates who have raised the most money and appear to be the front-runners in the primary race.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: jasonconger; jeffmerkley; monicawehby; oregeon
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To: SoConPubbie; aimhigh; pfflier; kingattax; BigEdLB; jcon40
Oregon Senate Candidate Monica Wehby is pro-abortion Ping!
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:31:17 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
Senate candidate Monica Wehby tells GOP forum that abortion is 'personal decision'Yeah, it's a personal decision, but I doubt she told them it's murder too.
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:31:25 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: SoConPubbie
Like you or someone said: She is a “Democrat Trojan Horse masquerading as a Republican”.
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:31:50 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture)
To: SoConPubbie
"...personally pro-life, but..."What is a liberal abortionist doing running for a republican nom?
To: SoConPubbie
Toast.
That is if I were an Oregonian.
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:32:53 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: umgud
The only way the government gets out of the abortion business is to outlaw all abortion. That makes it a personal and very private decision, right?
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:33:19 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: SoConPubbie
I’m all for getting the government out of the bedroom... as long it gets out of our kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms as well!
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:33:59 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:34:25 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Conseravtives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
To: SoConPubbie
Nice not knowing yuh ....
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:34:27 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:35:29 PM PDT
by
wonkowasright
(Wonko from outside the asylum)
To: SoConPubbie
Wow! Hold me back, a wolf in sheep’s clothing? What next?
Any suggestions? This is another phony, saying all the right things until you get a peek into her heart and soul. I can wait until this is clarified, but it does not look good. I hope I am wrong.
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:37:01 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: SoConPubbie
...told a GOP forum in Baker City that she was personally pro-life but did not want the government involved in a woman's decision on whether to have one. Ummm. What about the baby's decision to be guaranteed the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when it clashes with a "woman's" decision to have "one" (A BABY)? Who speaks for an innocent human being not yet able to speak for himself/herself?
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:37:05 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:38:09 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Fungi
I think libertarianism should be principled. But liberals are statists not libertarians.
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:38:33 PM PDT
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goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SoConPubbie
I feel the same way about bank robbery. I am personally against it but I fee it is s decision between the robber and the financial institution and not between the federal government and the robber.
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:48:31 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: steve86
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:53:55 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: hinckley buzzard
Pontius Pilot was personally against crucifying Jesus too, but ...
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posted on
04/21/2014 8:54:52 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: SoConPubbie
She will come around, I think after everything she has been through.
Wouldn’t she be better than Merkley?
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posted on
04/21/2014 9:05:07 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: SoConPubbie; goodnesswins; PROCON; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; ...
If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed recently, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you were on the previous list.
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posted on
04/21/2014 9:05:47 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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