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PHILADELPHIA - Kate Michelman, president of the
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), was
inaccurate when she stated at a Feb. 21 press conference with Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Ed Rendell that Rendell "is the only
candidate for Governor in Pennsylvania with a record of protecting a
woman's right to choose" and that "Without Ed Rendell on the
ballot, pro-choice voters will have no voice in November."
Michael Morrill,
the Green Party nominee for governor, is the former executive director
of Pennsylvania's Campaign for Choice (now affiliated with Pennsylvania
NARAL) and a consistent supporter of reproductive rights. Morrill will
not participate in the primary election and will be on the general
election ballot alongside the Republican and Democratic nominees pending
the circulation of nomination papers among registered voters.
"I will work tirelessly to protect a woman's right to make her own
reproductive choices," Morrill said, "and I am the only
candidate with the vision to call for a repeal of the most restrictive
abortion laws in the nation." Rendell said Thursday that he would
not work to change Pennsylvania's parental notification laws.
Michelman went as far as to suggest that abortion-rights supporters who
are not Democrats should change their registration so they can vote for
Rendell in the primary. "That's the wrong way to look at membership
in a political party," said Anne Goeke, a member of the Green
Party's national committee and 2000 candidate for state auditor general.
"Pro-choice voters should join the Green Party, the only
consistently pro-choice party in Pennsylvania."
Morrill is also the only candidate calling for single-payer universal
healthcare, which would give all women access to both prenatal care and
abortion.
"In the middle of all this excitement about the primary, let's not
forget that the real election is in November," Morrill spokesperson
Eric Prindle said. "The voters always have a choice, and this year,
their best choice is Michael Morrill."
Morrill for Governor
P.O. Box 7571
Reading, PA 19601
717-228-5415
http://www.michaelmorrill.org
Contact: Eric Prindle, 717-228-5415
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