{"id":15634,"date":"2022-05-04T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=15634"},"modified":"2022-05-04T06:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T10:26:58","slug":"kelly-schulz-and-the-republicans-have-a-major-roe-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=15634","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Schulz and the Republicans Have a Major Roe Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The likely imminent reversal of Roe v. Wade <\/em>deeply wounds any chances that the Republicans have of holding the governor\u2019s mansion this November in strongly pro-choice Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Delegate and Secretary of Commerce Kelly Schultz, is running as a Hogan Republican and is seen as the more viable of the two major Republican candidates. She issued a statement<\/a> designed to counter fears over abortion rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty years ago, Marylanders voted to make abortion legal in Maryland, and any decision forthcoming on Roe v. Wade will not change that. The continued politicization of the Supreme Court is shameful and those fearmongering over Maryland abortion rights are only adding to that. While Kelly Schulz is personally pro-life, as governor, nothing will change with respect to current Maryland law on the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But the statement doesn\u2019t appear on her website<\/a> or twitter feed<\/a>. \u00a0It\u2019s almost like she\u2019s trying to hide it from Republican primary voters. Her statement doesn\u2019t mention that she was endorsed by Maryland Right to Life<\/a> as a candidate for the House of Delegates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats are ready to pounce. The Democratic Governors Association has already pointed out<\/a> that she sponsored a constitutional amendment to ban abortion with no exceptions and that she has previously touted<\/a> her \u201c100% solid\u201d pro-life record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryland\u2019s governor remains the most powerful in the nation. Would Schulz use these extensive powers in ways that curtail abortion access, particularly for poor women? Is her statement conditional on the election of enough numbers of Democrats to the General Assembly to override gubernatorial vetoes, as is currently the case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schulz\u2019s major opponent, far-right loony Del. Dan Cox who embraces Trump\u2019s election conspiracy theories, has also voted against abortion rights bills in the General Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The likely imminent reversal of Roe v. Wade deeply wounds any chances that the Republicans have of holding the governor\u2019s mansion this November in strongly pro-choice Maryland. Former Delegate and Secretary of Commerce Kelly Schultz, is running as a Hogan Republican and is seen as the more viable of the two major Republican candidates. She … Continue reading Kelly Schulz and the Republicans Have a Major Roe Problem<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1922],"tags":[1873,2518],"class_list":["post-15634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion-rights","tag-dan-cox","tag-kelly-schulz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-44a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15636,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15634\/revisions\/15636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}