Republicans in key races scrap online references to Trump, abortion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : She has a 100% voting record on expanding abortion as measured by pro-choice groups.
47% : ”Kelly voted for the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have codified Roe v Wade -- ensuring access to abortion up to the point of fetal viability and after that point when a health-care provider believes a pregnancy would jeopardize someone’s life or health.
43% : At least nine Republican congressional candidates have scrubbed or amended references to Trump or abortion from their online profiles in recent months, distancing themselves from divisive subjects that some GOP strategists say are two of the biggest liabilities for the party ahead of the post-Labor Day sprint to Election Day.
41% : Some Republican strategists cautioned against getting into debates over abortion with Democrats.
39% : Now, there is no mention of abortion at all, a review of the website showed.
38% : It does not mention abortion.
38% : Republican candidates have tried to soften their language around abortion.
37% : “The website is regularly updated and these revisions bring into focus Elissa Slotkin’s extreme record on abortion, favoring abortion in nearly all circumstances.
34% : Asked about the change, Vega’s campaign consultant Sean Brown ignored the question and responded with an apparent reference to Biden’s recent announcement that he would cancel a portion of student loan debt held by many Americans.
31% : Some states do not allow abortion when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest; a Washington Post-ABC News poll this spring found 79 percent of Americans said abortion should be legal in such cases, a consistent finding in polls for more than three decades.
20% : But the attempts by Republicans in competitive contests to pivot away from abortion and Trump have emboldened Democrats to mount an aggressive offense on those issues, which they see as key to their efforts to outperform once dim expectations in congressional races.
20% : Both Democrats running against Vega and Kirkmeyer have attacked them over abortion.
19% : A section on abortion now opens by assailing Kelly’s position rather than calling Masters “100% pro-life.”

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