As Newt Gingrich’s campaign rises in the polls, evangelicals in Iowa are split over the new frontrunner. On the one hand, he signed the Susan B. Anthony’s List pro-life pledge to push legislation to end taxpayer funding of abortion and appoint pro-life judges. But on the other, Gingrich still supports the right to an abortion in the cases of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at risk. As the Des Moines Register points out, “[a] significant bloc of Iowa evangelical Christians opposes abortion under any circumstances.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=149302