ICYMI: Tom Tiffany Refuses to Say If He’d Veto Six-Week Abortion Ban Bill
MADISON, Wis. — To kick off his campaign, Tom Tiffany went on live radio to proclaim that the six-week abortion ban bill he cosponsored in Congress is not his current position, and that instead he supports Wisconsin’s current law. Now, Tom Tiffany can’t even commit to vetoing a six-week abortion ban if it ever came to his desk as governor.
Read the exchange below or see the full interview here.
FOX6: Wisconsin governor race: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany 1-on-1
Jason Calvi | 9/24
Calvi: When it comes to things like abortion, I know you supported the six-week abortion ban in Congress. Would you sign that if it came to your desk as governor of Wisconsin?
Tiffany: 10 years ago when I was in the state legislature, I voted for a bill which was a 20-week or five-month bill. I voted for that bill, it is now the law in the State of Wisconsin. I will uphold that law as governor of the State of Wisconsin.
Calvi: Any further restrictions going even farther than the 20-week ban?
Tiffany: I will uphold the law as written currently the five-month bill that was passed 10 years ago.
Calvi: Anything lower than that, like a five or six-week, would you veto that?
Tiffany: I’m going to uphold the law that is currently in place. That’s the position that I’m going to take. We had a lot of debate in regards to this issue. We ended up with a position at 20 weeks or five months that was the product of compromise. I think that’s what the people of the state of Wisconsin wanted. They wanted us to have a compromise that hopefully we can all live with. I’m going to uphold that compromise of a five month bill we did 10 years ago.
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