{"id":173902,"date":"2022-07-06T13:42:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/?p=173902"},"modified":"2022-07-07T10:53:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:53:21","slug":"jewish-democrats-remain-focused-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/jewish-democrats-remain-focused-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Democrats Remain Focused on Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling protecting the liberty to have an abortion, we tried to shift the conversation a little: We attempted to ask local Jewish candidates, most of whom are Democrats, for one big policy idea to help pregnant women and mothers in a post-Roe America.<\/p>\n
We did this because we already know where they stand on the abortion issue. And if you don\u2019t, you can sign up for 10,000 emails a day that will send you statements like this one from Pennsylvania attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro:<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a tragic day for our country, as a woman\u2019s freedom to choose now depends on the state in which she lives,\u201d Shapiro wrote on June 24, the day of the ruling.<\/p>\n
We were not asking Shapiro and other Jewish Dems to give up the fight and accept the post-Roe state of the union. But we were asking if they could be proactive and perhaps work with the other side in one area where they agree.<\/p>\n
The answer was, well, sort of.<\/p>\n
The three politicians who responded to the query, Shapiro and PA House candidates from different Bucks County districts Gwen Stoltz (143) and Ilya Breyman (178), started their answers by reaffirming their support for abortion access.<\/p>\n