Democrat Conor Lamb, who narrowly won a congressional seat in Pennsylvania, is not "pro-life" as some conservatives have claimed following his victory, according to the National Review.
After Lamb beat Republican candidate Rick Saccone on Tuesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan commented to the press that both candidates were "pro-life," according to CNN.
"Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday described Lamb as claiming "to be pro-life."
"On abortion, Lamb is a far cry from moderate, by his own admission," the National Review's Alexandra DeSanctis wrote. "Lamb has invoked the common 'personally opposed to abortion' line, which has given him a reputation as occupying a reasonable middle ground on the issue. But in practice, his position is just as extreme as that of the most pro-abortion members of his party."
Although Lamb has described himself as "personally" against abortion, he told The Weekly Standard that "as a matter of separation of church and state, I think a woman has the right to choose under the law," and that he would vote against the Republican bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, which failed to pass in January.
Only three Democrats voted in favor of the bill.
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