Senate bombshell: Cory Gardner says "I can't support personhood now"
Source: Denver Post
Congressman Cory Gardner, who has been hammered for his position on social issues ever since he jumped into the U.S. Senate race, dropped a political bombshell Friday with his revelation that he was wrong to have supported previous personhood efforts.
He said after learning more about the measures, which would have had the impact of outlawing abortion, that he realized the proposals also could ban certain forms of contraception, a prohibition he does not support.
"This was a bad idea driven by good intentions," he told The Denver Post. "I was not right. I can't support personhood now. I can't support personhood going forward. To do it again would be a mistake."
...Udall's campaign spokesman, Chris Harris, pointed out that Gardner the last two years co-sponsored the Life Begins at Conception Act, which defines a human being as "a member of the species homo sapiens" at the moment of fertilization. He said it was basically a federal version of the personhood amendment, a position with which Gardner's campaign disagrees.
"Coloradans will see through this cheap election-year stunt," Harris said. "Gardner is showing a profound lack of respect for Colorado voters. Coloradans want a senator who always promotes and protects women's health, not one who simply pretends to during election years."
Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_25395470/senate-bombshell-cory-gardner-says-cant-support-personhood
Read more: Friday "Bombshell"--Gardner Flips on Personhood Abortion Ban
Cory Gardner claims that he started rethinking his support for the Personhood abortion ban "after voters rejected it by 3-to1 margin in 2010." As reported by Lynn Bartels, that appears very hard to believe, in light of the fact that Gardner signed on as a co-sponsor on July 23rd of last year to H.R. 1091: the federal Life at Conception Act. Like Colorado's Personhood abortion bans, this bill would extend "the right to life" to "every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization."
This is just another item confirming what should be glaringly obvious at this point: Gardner's Personhood problems are going to get worse, not better. His explanation for this wholesale flip-flop is plainly belied by facts like the 2013 legislation above–which makes Gardner look like a craven "say anything" politician with no personal values at all. If there's anything worse than dogmatically clinging to an unpopular position, it's being trusted by no one.
It is not hyperbole to suggest that this may be the decisive event in 2014 U.S. Senate race.
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I'm good with his intention to bring a bill to prohibit executives of state healthcare exchanges from getting bonuses.
I don't see anything about his ideology regarding women. 
so, hard to say whether he's a women's issues extremist or not.
I'm aware that was just a cursory glance, not a full picture of the guy.
on edit---I'll take people's word for it--he's not sounding good. Seems there are folks here that know much more than I do.
yecch!
Didn't see anything about it in the wikipedia article.
edit to add---I don't know what's really going on in his head. It sounds plausible that he looked into the ramifications of personhood laws and realized it went too far. I just don't know--only his actions will tell the truth.
Meanwhile, I'd rather see Democrats GOTV
