Joyce Craig on Abortion

	Joyce Craig on Abortion

OpEd: Ayotte is vulnerable on the abortion issue

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is facing Democrat Joyce Craig, former mayor of Manchester, in a New Hampshire 2024 election.

Ayotte enters the race with some clear advantages. As a former United States senator and state attorney general, she's better known and will be able to bring in a lot of money. But Ayotte has some vulnerabilities too, he said. While Ayotte has said repeatedly she will not change New Hampshire's abortion law, [and pundits] think Craig is likely to hit her on reproductive rights because of her anti-abortion background and her role as the "sherpa" for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.

"If I were the national Democrats right in charge of investing in governor's races, I would say to myself, 'Look, Ayotte is vulnerable on the abortion issue, and will Donald Trump get 45% of the vote in New Hampshire? Or is Donald Trump really going to play very much in New Hampshire, right? Doesn't appear so, so far," [one pundit] said.

Source: Portsmouth Herald on 2024 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race , Sep 11, 2024

We need to protect access to abortion

I will always support access to abortion. The government has no role in a decision that should remain between a woman, her family, and her doctor--and I'll fight to ensure it stays that way. New Hampshire is the only state in New England that hasn't codified Roe vs. Wade. We need to protect access to abortion, so every woman in our state knows their rights aren't up for grabs. Source: Manchester Union Leader on 2024 New Hampshire Governor race , Jul 23, 2023

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