Of Scott:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Former Sen. Scott Brown, now the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, said during a debate on Monday that he has never opposed the ability for women to have easy access to contraception.
"To think that I don't support women's rights and ability to get contraception is just a false premise," Brown said during the debate against Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). "I have since I was 18 years old."
It was the latest example of a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate rebuffing Democratic attacks that they have acted as roadblocks between women and easy access to contraceptive care and birth control. A handful of Republican candidates in the last few months came out in support of making over-the-counter contraceptive care available without a prescription.
The thing is, Brown actually co-sponsored legislation that let employers opt out of having to provide health coverage (and that includes birth control) if they had moral objections. Brown's answer on Monday was in response to a question about that legislation.
He also said during the debate on Monday that he co-sponsored that legislation because he opposed Obamacare requiring employers to have to cover birth control. - TPM, 10/6/14
Plus there's this:
http://www.msnbc.com/...
Scott Brown this week repeatedly passed on discussing a bill he reportedly co-sponsored as a Massachusetts state legislator requiring women to wait 24 hours before an abortion and examine illustrations of fetal development before receiving it, telling an interviewer he couldn’t remember the legislation in question.
The exchange, an audio clip of which was provided to msnbc by Democratic super PAC American Bridge, came during an onstage interview with at University of New Hampshire Law School on Monday with NHPR reporter Laura Knoy. Brown, a Republican who lost re-election to the Senate from Massachusetts in 2012, is now challenging Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire.
“I’m not familiar with the specific bill that you’re referring to,” Brown said in response to a question from Knoy about the Women’s Right To Know Act. “I’m not sure if it’s wrong, but I’ve voted on probably 8,000 bills give or take in my lifetime.”
Knoy followed up by asking whether Brown thought the waiting period and information session provisions “sound like a good idea.”
Brown described himself as a “pro-choice independent Republican” and elaborated on his broader view of abortion and contraception access. But he didn’t address the specific legislation Knoy raised. Knoy followed up again citing the bill by name and asking “Does that sound like a reasonable thing to you?” Brown replied that he would need more information.
“Once again, I’m not familiar with what you’re referring to,” he said. - MSNBC, 9/23/14
Yeah, nice try there bud. Click here to donate and get involved with Senator Jeanne Shaheen's (D. NH) U.S. Senate campaign so she can beat this clown in November:
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