Marco Rubio makes anti-abortion pitch in new Iowa spot

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As the Iowa caucuses approach, Marco Rubio makes a play for evangelicals in a 30-second spot called “Life,” in which he asserts that being anti-abortion is a “human rights issue.”

He takes particular aim at “late-term abortions” that affect children who would be “viable outside the womb.”

“If I have to make a choice I am going to choose life,” Rubio says over a haunting synthesized instrumental background.

“Not because I want to tell anybody what to do with their bodies,” Rubio says, anticipating the traditional pro-choice counter argument.

“But because I believe one of the fundamental rights given to us by our creator is the right to live.”

“Marco shares how life is a fundamental right given to us by God,” his campaign says.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski



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