NARAL PAC endorses Lawless

The NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC has endorsed congressional candidate Jennifer Lawless in her Democratic primary contest against Rep. James R. Langevin.

Lawless supports abortion rights, but Langevin does not, except in rare cases.

"Rhode Island families deserve a leader who will fight to protect their right to choose," Lawless said in a statement announcing the endorsement. "NARAL is fighting hard to protect women's reproductive freedom, and I look forward to helping them as the next congressperson from Rhode Island's 2nd District to protect our private and personal medical decisions from interference by politicians."

NARAL is the seventh national organization to endorse Lawless, along with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the National Organization for Women PAC, Women's Campaign Fund, the National Women's Political Caucus, the Business and Professional Women PAC and the Women Under Forty PAC.

This article, written by Edward Fitzpatrick, appeared on July 27, 2006, in the Providence Journal.


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Lawless Endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL is the 7th National Organization to Endorse Lawless

WARWICK, RI – Jennifer Lawless, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District, today announced that NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC has officially endorsed her candidacy.

“I am thrilled to add NARAL to the list of national organizations on my team,” said Lawless. “Rhode Island families deserve a leader who will fight to protect their right to choose. NARAL is fighting hard to protect women’s reproductive freedom, and I look forward to helping them as the next Congressperson from Rhode Island’s 2nd District to protect our private and personal medical decisions from interference by politicians.”

NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC is the political arm of NARAL Pro-Choice America, perhaps the nation’s leading advocacy group for abortion rights. NARAL has over one million members and activists across the country who are committed to women’s reproductive freedom through education, mobilization, and grassroots organizing.

NARAL joins Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF), the National Organization for Women PAC (NOW/PAC), Women’s Campaign Fund (WCF), the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), the Business and Professional Women PAC (BPW/PAC), and the Women Under Forty PAC (WUFPAC), as the seventh national organization to formally endorse Jennifer Lawless’ campaign for U.S. Congress.

Since his election in 2000, Lawless’ primary opponent, James Langevin, has voted more than 25 times against a woman’s right to choose.

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NARAL On Board With Lawless

Prof. Jennifer Lawless (D), an abortion rights supporter, has been endorsed by the NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC. Rep. James Langevin (D) does not support abortion rights, "except in rare cases" (Fitzpatrick, Providence Journal, 7/27).

This article appeared on July 27, 2006, in House Race Hotline, a Washington, DC publication.