Parties trade blows over abortion as gubernatorial issue

The Vermont Democratic Party is calling on Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Scott to take down a television spot defending his record on reproductive rights amid an ad blitz by national Democrats and Planned Parenthood portraying him as an opponent of abortion rights.

At a Monday news conference in the Statehouse, Vermont Democratic Party spokeswoman Christina Amestoy accused Scott of referring to abortion as a “wedge issue.”

“It is not OK to attack Planned Parenthood as they try to bring up questions about his record,” she said.

“This type of attacks feeds into the nationwide rhetoric we’ve heard from national Republicans, one that paints Planned Parenthood as distrustful and evil, rather than recognizing it for the valuable work it does,” Amestoy added.

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