U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski sets herself apart in the Senate as one of few Republicans openly supporting abortion access — and she is the only one facing reelection this year, making it a key issue in Alaska’s Senate race
Candidates in Alaska's 2022 U.S. Senate election: Democrat Pat Chesbro, Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski and Republican Kelly Tshibaka.
“I have had many tearful conversations, particularly with women, about the court’s decision and what that means for women around the country,” Murkowski said in a phone interview this week.was handed down in the Dobbs v. Jackson case that stemmed from a Mississippi law. Since then, she said, it has come up repeatedly in conversations across the state.
Murkowski said she is working on a bipartisan reproductive rights measure that would ensure access to contraception, which could also be in jeopardy in light of the recent court decision. She says that “if it’s not bipartisan, it’s not going to happen.” “For some, it’s just so easy to say, ‘Let’s get rid of the filibuster for this issue that is so important,’” Murkowski said. “I have stood by the filibuster as a tool that the minority has in the Senate. It is a tool that is used by both sides.”
“We have a Supreme Court now that is very unbalanced,” Chesbro said. “I feel like has been — whether intentionally or not — party to this scheme of this Republican Party to stack that court to do the kinds of things they want it to do.” “I believe that we are under assault in this country, and I believe that anyone who has been part of this Republican Party for as long as our current senator has, must know that the strategy has been to create a Supreme Court that will do this very thing, that will emphasize the rights of the minority of people — the wealthy, the business owners — over the rest of us,” she said.
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