GOP House candidate reveals opposition to abortion in cases of rape or incest

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : A former Georgia ethics official who announced a bid in July to challenge Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath in a key swing district revealed he has anti-abortion views that are far outside the mainstream.
44% : A Pew Research Center poll from May found that 59% of adults in the United States think abortion should be legal in "all or most cases."
41% : On the questionnaire for the Georgia Life Alliance, in order to obtain their "pro-life certification," Evans wrote that he believes abortion should be illegal in nearly every instance, including "in cases of rape where the rape is reported to an appropriate law enforcement agency" and "in cases of incest where the incest is committed against a minor and it has been reported to an appropriate agency."
40% : That same survey found that even a majority of Republican men -- or 59% -- oppose banning abortion in cases of rape or incest, which Evans wants to do.
31% : "Handel went to Congress and repeatedly voted to make abortion illegal, and
22% : Jake Evans, a Republican who has picked up the endorsement of conservative ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich as well as the Atlanta Tea Party, wrote in a questionnaire for an anti-abortion group that he opposes abortion in almost every instance.

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