Word: howe
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Specifically, Vellucci said Howe changes her stand on abortion to suit the audiences she is addressing. Citing Howe's June 3, 1987 vote for a bill restricting abortions for minors, he said Howe's views on the question remain pro-life and said they have been so for 20 years...
...Howe really worries me because she keeps changing her views. She claims to be pro-choice but recently appeared in front of a group and said she was pro-life," Vellucci said. "When it comes to women's issues, there's a big difference between her and I," he added...
Mass Choice, a pro-abortion lobbying group, has endorsed Vellucci, said Melissa Kogut, a spokesman for the organization. "Vellucci has a strong and consistent pro-choice voting record, said Kogut. "With Howe, we were confused because only in the last two votes has she voted with us," she added...
...Howe said she had a right to modify her views to reflect the interests of her constituents. While she said that for most of her 23 years on Beacon Hill she had voted against abortion, she now votes pro-choice because her constituents favor free access to abortion...
...have to believe in a woman's right to elect and choose. [She] should also have the right to carry the pregnancy to full term. While I do not oppose the law, I have my own personal convictions," Howe said...