Abortion is now front and center in the gubernatorial race in Pennsylvania, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade leaving states to individually choose abortion access.
The race is very tight between Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano, a Republican, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat. The latest election poll by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), released two days before the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, showed Shapiro holding a slim lead, 49 percent to 46 percent, over Mastriano.
On June 26, Shapiro took to Twitter to state what he would do if elected governor.
“As Governor, I won’t hesitate to veto any bill that undermines a woman’s right to choose in Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said. “Doug Mastriano wouldn’t hesitate to sign that bill into law—and outright ban abortion in the Commonwealth.”…