September 29, 2022

(Seattle, WA) – Last night in an interview with Ryan Harris of Northwest Newsradio, Tiffany Smiley refused to say – after being repeatedly asked – whether she supports abortion exceptions for rape and incest. Tiffany Smiley has already made it clear that she supports allowing politicians to ban abortion, voicing her unmistakable support for the extreme Texas abortion ban — her campaign even recently doubled down on her support of the extreme Texas abortion ban.

Unequivocally, Smiley has made clear again and again that she supports allowing politicians to pass the most extreme abortion bans in their own states, and that she would not vote for any legislation to codify Roe v. Wade. 

Now, in an interview Tiffany Smiley refused to simply say whether she supports exceptions for rape or incest.

***WATCH VIDEO***

HARRIS: The big issue, obviously, in this election since the overturning of Roe is the abortion issue. You have said you are 100 percent pro-life, but I just want to clarify where you stand on exceptions if we’re talking about the life of the mother or rape or incest.

SMILEY: I am personally pro-life, but look, there’s good people on both sidese…. Washington state voters long decided where they stand on the issue. So, I respect the will of the voters here in Washington state…

HARRIS: Okay, I understand and appreciate that answer, but it didn’t actually answer the question that I was hoping to clarify, and that’s where you stand on exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother in danger.

SMILEY: Yeah, well I think there’s

I accept the will of the voters of Washington state. 

HARRIS: Okay, I’m going to apologize because now I have to ask you a third time because my Zoom froze up there so I just missed the first part of that answer, I’m really sorry about that. On the exceptions.

SMILEY: Oh, so I was saying — medical ethics, you always protect the life of the mother. That is true across the board. So I was just saying that I respect the will of the voters of Washington state. 

BACKGROUND ON TIFFANY SMILEY’S ANTI-ABORTION RECORD:

• Tiffany Smiley is, in her own words, “100 percent pro-life.”
• At the start of her campaign, Tiffany Smiley endorsed the Texas abortion ban — one of the most extreme in the nation, with no exceptions for rape or incest — even while admitting “there’s a lot of parts of it that make it hard for me in Washington state.“
• Smiley cheered the decision that overturned Roe and allowed states to ban abortion with no exceptions.
• She is raising money from, campaigning with, and collecting endorsements from anti-abortion politicians who are committed to passing a national abortion ban. 
• Her first vote would be to make Mitch McConnell Senate majority leader — and Republicans have already introduced and suggested they would bring to the floor legislation to ban abortion nationwide and impose criminal penalties of up to five years in prison on Americans.

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