New Hampshire
New Hampshire GOP Senate hopefuls pressed on abortion
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — 5 of New Hampshire’s Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls are suggesting they don’t assist enacting federal laws limiting abortion, although most of them initially sidestepped the query throughout their first debate.
Donald Bolduc, Bruce Fenton, Vikram Mansharamani, Chuck Morse and Kevin Smith had been requested Monday night time to reply to the U.S. Supreme Court docket determination ending constitutional safety for abortion and whether or not they would assist federal legal guidelines limiting it.
Whereas all praised the choice, Fenton, a bitcoin businessman, was the one candidate who clearly stated he would oppose federal abortion laws. The others indicated their opposition solely by not elevating their palms when a moderator pressed them to take a place.
Bolduc, a retired Military common, known as the court docket determination a mandatory correction however in any other case supplied no particulars of his views on abortion.
“That is what we have to do: Transfer ahead, not backwards, underneath accountable, efficient management,” he stated.
The talk sponsored by New Hampshire Journal featured 5 of the 11 males in search of the Republican nomination within the Sept. 13 main. The winner will tackle U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat in search of her second time period. She argues that a number of of the GOP candidates have data and positions in step with backing a nationwide abortion ban.
“My opponents have made themselves very, very clear: if elected, they might work to eviscerate a girl’s basic rights. On the earth’s biggest democracy, they might make ladies second class residents,” she instructed reporters earlier Monday.
As state Senate president, Morse helped insert a provision into the present state finances prohibiting abortion after 24 weeks’ gestation and has opposed efforts so as to add exceptions for rape, incest and deadly fetal anomalies. And Smith, the previous director of a conservative advocacy group, instructed Nashua Republicans earlier this month that will again any federal laws “to guard life,” in response to video shared by the New Hampshire Democratic Get together.
Smith extra lately served as city supervisor of Londonderry, a place that drew scorn from Bolduc, who known as Smith “clueless” on the subject of the struggle in Ukraine.
“He has no concept what he’s speaking about. The city supervisor in Londonderry is aware of nothing about nationwide safety and technique,” he stated. “I do. I lived it.”
Smith highlighted his work as city supervisor when the candidates had been requested whether or not they assist the bipartisan invoice signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday that goals to handle gun violence.
“I’m the one particular person on this stage that’s really accomplished one thing,” stated Smith, who described his city’s work to enhance faculty safety.
Smith, Bolduc and Fenton all stated they oppose the invoice, which can incrementally toughen necessities for younger folks to purchase weapons, deny firearms from extra home abusers and assist native authorities briefly take weapons away from folks judged to be harmful. Neither Mansharamani nor Morse answered the query, which prompted an offended response from Fenton focusing on Morse.
“You already know what you’re? You’re a rubber stamp,” he stated. “You received’t reply the query since you’re afraid, since you’re a dealmaker. And also you’re what we wanted a few years in the past and also you might need accomplished a great job, however you’re not what we want proper now. Not in these instances. Not on this America.”
Morse declined to reply.
PELHAM, N.H. — A 26-year-old Methuen woman sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash on Friday morning and was airlifted to a hospital for treatment.
The Pelham Police said Nicole Lugo was the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle.
The crash occurred on Main Street and was reported to emergency crews at about 9:50 a.m. When police arrived on scene, they said they found a gray Honda Civic “embedded in a utility pole.”
Police said an investigation revealed that the Civic had veered off the road and collided head-on with the pole.
Lugo was airlifted to a nearby hospital.
The road remained closed for more than four hours while utility crews worked to replace the damaged utility pole.
Police are investigating the crash. They urged any witnesses to contact Cpl. James Locke at jlocke@pelhampolice.com or 603-635-2411.
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New Hampshire State Police responded to a crash Friday evening on Interstate 95 northbound in Portsmouth.
The crash happened near Exit 5 and closed the highway in the northbound direction, but police said around 7:45 p.m. that one lane had reopened.
Authorities did not have any word on injuries.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area if possible. Delays and detours are expected.
No further details were immediately available.
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