Sean Hannity suggests GOP adopt Bill Clinton’s abortion stance to reflect voters
Jenny Goldsberry
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Fox News host Sean Hannity proposed a pivot for the Republican Party in light of the recent election results in Ohio.
During Thursday night’s Hannity show, the titular host reacted to Ohio voters rejecting a measure known as Issue 1 on Tuesday, keeping a simple majority to amend the state constitution. As a result, an abortion rights constitutional amendment will be easier to get on the ballot this November. Hannity referred to the results as “sobering.”
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Sean Hannity on Abortion
“I consider myself pro-life. I believe in the sanctity of life,” Hannity began, “but I think politically that there is — Republicans have gotta say as Bill Clinton once said — I never thought I’d quote him — ‘rare,’ ‘legal,’ and I’d add the word[s]: ‘very early in a pregnancy.'”
Hannity was quoting then-President Bill Clinton in 1993 when he signed an executive 0rder defining abortion rights, which included ending a ban on medical research involving fetal tissue, suspending the “gag rule,” Title X regulation, and allowing the use of military facilities for privately funded abortions. The president said his hope was that the procedure be “safe, legal, and rare.”
“That seems to be, politically, where the country is,” Hannity said of the stance on abortion. “Maybe I’m wrong. But we’ll see. That vote in Ohio is pretty, pretty sobering.”
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As of Wednesday, more than 99% of the vote was counted, with 56.96% voting against the idea of a 60% majority for constitutional amendments. More than 3 million people voted in the special election, which was a record for an election that fell outside of a general or midterm election.
Ohio is one of the 18 states that allow for petition-initiated constitutional amendments. Additionally, nine of those states require a simple majority to change the state’s governing document.