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Vicky Hartzler
Speaking at the opening of her Columbia campaign headquarters, the Harrisonville Republican said she expects voters to make decisions this year based on the economy. But in her first interview on abortion since U.S. Rep. Todd Akin made it a major part of the debate, Hartzler stood by her previous positions on the issue.
Hartzler, along with Akin, is co-sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment that would extend civil rights protections to the unborn from the point of fertilization. She was also a co-sponsor, along with Akin, of the bill that began as a ban on taxpayer-supported abortions with an exception only if a woman was "forcibly raped."
"I believe that all life is precious and deserves to live, no matter how it was conceived," Hartzler said in the Tribune interview.
Hartzler is seeking her second term. She is being challenged by Cass County Prosecuting Attorney Teresa Hensley, who received support this week from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee through a phone campaign aimed at 20 Republican lawmakers. The calls tell voters that Hartzler and many Republicans, "share some of these radical, right-wing beliefs — that the government should take away a woman's access to making informed decisions about her own pregnancy."
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