NM-02: GOP Congressional Hopeful Wished Her State Had 'Eliminated All Abortion' In 2020
In a newly discovered video, former Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) said in 2020 that she wished her state had banned abortion entirely ― a sharp contrast to her efforts to appear more measured on abortion issues ahead of the November election, when she is hoping to regain her old seat in Congress.
“I wish we could have eliminated all abortion in the state,” Herrell said during a virtual candidate forum hosted that year by her state’s Republican Party of Valencia County. “I wish we could have gotten even that to go through. But we couldn’t.”
She was referring to the eight years, from 2011 to 2019, when she was a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives.
Moments earlier in the forum, Herrell was asked a strange question about whether she would plead guilty to being pro-life, and if yes, what evidence could be used to convict her.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yvette-herrell-abortion-new-mexico-gop-congressional-race_n_661d5420e4b0f8e522db8400
