NEW: Tim Sheehy Caught Opposing Abortion Ballot Initiative for the First Time
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Monday, August 26, 2024
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Helena, MT – New reporting from the Daily Montanan revealed that Tim Sheehy opposes CI-128, the ballot measure to protect Montanans’ reproductive freedoms, marking the first time he has spoken publicly about the initiative.
Sheehy’s opposition to the ballot measure aligns with his dangerous record on reproductive rights. Sheehy wants to ban abortion nationwide, he has previously called abortion “murder,” and he has refused to support federal IVF treatment protections.
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Daily Montanan: Sheehy criticizes ballot measures, including initiative to protect abortion
August 22, 2024
Keila Szpaller
On a recent campaign stop, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Tim Sheehy criticized a ballot measure “trying to legalize abortion completely” after making a claim about the medical procedure earlier found to be false.
This week, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced the Secretary of State’s Office certified Constitutional Initiative 128 for the ballot. CI-128 aims to protect reproductive rights, including abortion, in the state constitution.
In a campaign stop last month, Sheehy described the abortion measure for which petitioners had been gathering signatures as “trying to legalize abortion completely, 100 percent across the board,” according to a video of the talk shared on social media.
“Those petitions are not good for Montana,” Sheehy said.
The language of the initiative states that CI-128 would amend the Montana Constitution to “prohibit the government from denying or burdening the right to abortion before fetal viability.”
A spokesperson for the Sheehy campaign did not respond to a question about his statements.
In a social media post in June, Tester expressed support for CI-128.
“Thanks to over 117,000 signatures—the most of any ballot initiative in Montana’s history—reproductive health care is one step closer to being on the ballot.
“Montanans always stand for freedom, and they’ll make their voices heard in November.”
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