Gilmore's abortion stance risky: Move could attract women, irk pro-lifers.(Metropolitan Times)(Virginia News)

0 Comments | Washington Times, The, October, 1997 | by Cain, Andrew

RICHMOND - Republican James S. Gilmore III, reaching out to female voters in the Virginia governor's race, risked alienating pro-life conservatives Monday night by staking out an "anything goes" position on abortion in the first eight weeks of pregnancy. In a televised debate with Lt. Gov.

Donald S. Beyer Jr., the Democratic nominee for governor, Mr. Gilmore stressed for the first time that he supports abortion until the eighth week of pregnancy. "I've made it clear that before eight to 12 weeks I think the decision about whether to have an abortion is between a woman and her doctor - for any reason and that would include rape and incest, of course," Mr. Gilmore said during the two-hour event at Virginia Commonwealth University. The former...