Ronchetti described himself as "pro-life" but said voters should decide the issue through a constitutional amendment. "The values of the people in the state of New Mexico have to be taken into account," he said. Ronchetti has faced negative ads on the issue, some of which highlight the comments of an Albuquerque megachurch pastor who announced from the pulpit that--after talking to Ronchetti for hours--he believes Ronchetti wants to end abortion in New Mexico but can't say so publicly because it would damage his election chances.
Ronchetti has called for a 15-week abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest or risks to the mother's life, and he has also proposed the issue be decided by voters in a special election.
Ronchetti described himself as "pro-life" but said voters should decide the issue through a constitutional amendment. "The values of the people in the state of New Mexico have to be taken into account," he said. Ronchetti has faced negative ads on the issue, some of which highlight the comments of an Albuquerque megachurch pastor who announced from the pulpit that--after talking to Ronchetti for hours--he believes Ronchetti wants to end abortion in New Mexico but can't say so publicly because it would damage his election chances.
Ronchetti has called for a 15-week abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest or risks to the mother's life, and he has also proposed the issue be decided by voters in a special election.
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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015: GA:Chambliss(R) IA:Harkin(D) MI:Levin(D) MT:Baucus(D) NE:Johanns(R) OK:Coburn(R) SD:Johnson(D) WV:Rockefeller(D) Resigned from 113th House: AL-1:Jo Bonner(R) FL-19:Trey Radel(R) LA-5:Rod Alexander(R) MA-5:Ed Markey(D) MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R) NC-12:Melvin Watt(D) SC-1:Tim Scott(R) |
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R) GA-1:Jack Kingston(R) GA-10:Paul Broun(R) GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R) HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D) IA-1:Bruce Braley(D) LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R) ME-2:Mike Michaud(D) MI-14:Gary Peters(D) MT-0:Steve Daines(R) OK-5:James Lankford(R) PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D) TX-36:Steve Stockman(R) WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) |
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R) AR-2:Tim Griffin(R) CA-11:George Miller(D) CA-25:Howard McKeon(R) CA-33:Henry Waxman(D) CA-45:John Campbell(R) IA-3:Tom Latham(R) MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R) NC-6:Howard Coble(R) NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D) NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R) NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D) NY-21:Bill Owens(D) PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R) UT-4:Jim Matheson(D) VA-8:Jim Moran(D) VA-10:Frank Wolf(R) | |
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