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They Say Marshall’s History, Positions ‘Qualify Him Uniquely To Be Considered the Pro-life Candidate in This Race’

Fifty-one (51) key pro-life leaders – all but one of them Virginians – are supporting Del. Bob Marshall (R., Prince William) for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate at the GOP state convention to be held May 29-31 at the Richmond Convention Center.

In a March 19 “open letter to Republican voters in Virginia,” the pro-life leaders – every one locally and/or nationally active politically in protecting the sanctity of human life – note former Gov. James S. Gilmore’s stated support of abortion during the first eight weeks of pregnancies. Gilmore also is seeking the GOP’s Senate nomination.

“We, the undersigned,” their letter says, “are men and women … who have been active, in some cases for more than three decades, in the movement to protect the sanctity of human life. In that cause, we have dedicated time and energy to seeking the passage of laws to protect the right to life from conception to natural death, to championing the rights of the disabled and others deemed ‘imperfect’ and unworthy of full protection, to supporting the provision of caring alternatives to assist women facing unexpected pregnancies.

“We write now to offer our personal endorsement of Delegate Robert G. Marshall for the GOP Senate nomination from Virginia.”

The letter’s signers contend that Marshall’s positions on human life issues “on which he has led as a member of the Virginia General Assembly, qualify him uniquely to be considered the pro-life candidate in this race.”

They also accuse Gilmore, in recent statements, of attempting “to obscure the real differences between his own exception-laden views and the authentic pro-life vision [Marshall] has articulated and represented.” As an example, their letter cites a May 2007 CNN interview in which Gilmore, then a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, said abortion should be legal during the first eight weeks of a pregnancy.

“This ‘nuance’ of Mr. Gilmore’s position,” according to the pro-life letter, “would leave unprotected nearly three-fifths of the unborn children exposed to medical and surgical abortions in the United States today – some 700,000 human lives a year. This is a tremendous toll in lost human lives and in hurting women who deserve better.”

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