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Weird, the northeastern states used to be full of them (especially New York, New Jersey, and any Republican from New England... Connenicut used to have three of them and even Republicans from those states who were otherwise considered "very conservative" for their state were STILL pro-abortion). Chris Smith, who is otherwise no conservative, has always been VERY pro-life and for years was a bit of an oddity in NJ, as ALL the other Republicans elected from that state were pro-abortion until Scott Garrett came along. Same thing with NY.... it was RINO, Inc. and quite a few of the "Conservative" Republicans from there were STILL pro-abortion, whether they were from the NYC area or upstate NY. Similar to NJ, during the Gingrich era they used to have ONE Republican Congressman who was an ACTUAL conservative.

I know all the pro-abortion RINOs have been wiped out here in Illinois, but that's more due to the RATS gerrymandering all of them out of existence and now having a total monopoly over the state aside from a few isolated downstate regions.

In any case, it certainly wasn't due to them being wiped out by "right wing purists" in GOP primaries. Mark Kirk used to go around voting with Planned Parenthood 100% of the time and claiming his support for partial birth abortion was somehow "thoughtful and socially moderate". If he were starting a congressional career in 2020 instead of 2000, I could see him still pulling that crap, and probably winning anyway if it were under the old district lines from 20 years ago. There's no way hardcore pro-aborts like him would start voting mildly pro-life because that's the national mood of the party.