Speaker 1
And so, I don't know if we want to do a call to fact check. Bognet filled out a candidate questionnaire that took some position that said no exceptions, but in general he's been somebody who's for a small number of exceptions, but is a pro-life generally anti-abortion candidate. Here, let's play Cartwright's response here.
Speaker 3
I actually voted for the Born Alive Protection Act. You can go back and check the record. In addition, the truth is my wife Marion is here in the audience and we're both Catholic and we would not choose abortion. That's true. But I never ran to take women's rights away. In fact, the Dopp's decision is such a jarring sea change in American law. We didn't see that coming and I certainly never campaigned the way my opponent suggests. For ten years, Matt Cartwright has voted differently than what he told us. He stood in a bait stage in 2012 and 2014 and said that he would be pro-life with these three exceptions. That's a reasonable position. That's a pro-life position that realizes that there are really some amazing challenges that we have to address. And for him to be for abortion on demand to the moment of birth, to never be able to tell us when would he prohibit an abortion, that's disappointing.
Speaker 1
And so on that one he did, I checked, he actually did vote for the Born Alive Protection Act back when Republicans brought it to the floor in 2015. Republicans also brought it to the floor as a motion to recommit in the last Congress, which is kind of a procedural vote. We don't need to get into it. In that case, he voted with all the Democrats against that amendment. So I think that's what Bogantz referring to. But when it came up as legislation, he voted against it. Setting that aside, John, this is a tricky one for him, isn't it? Since he ran as a quote unquote pro-life Democrat in the past. And what he seems to be saying in that answer is I had no idea that the Supreme Court was going to overturn Roe v. Wade when I was running back in 2012. And now that they have, he doesn't want his own personal beliefs around abortion to dictate policy. Is this a tough one for him? And how is the issue of abortion rights playing in northeast Pennsylvania?