Romney Cuts Ad For A Second Senate Candidate Hostile To Rape Survivors’ Rights

Last month, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney cut an ad calling upon Indiana voters to “join me in supporting Richard Mourdock for U.S. Senate.” Two days later, Mourdock said at a debate with his Democratic opponent that pregnancies resulting from rape are a “gift from God.” Yet, even after this offensive comment, the Romney campaign released a statement indicating that Romney “still support[s]” Mourdock’s bid for the Senate.

This weekend, Romney cut a second ad for another GOP senate candidate, Rep. Rick Berg (R-ND), in which he similarly calls up North Dakota voters to “join me in supporting Rick Berg for Senate.” Like Mourdock, Berg is a hardliner on reproductive freedom who opposes abortion even if a woman is raped. Yet Berg’s views may be even further to the right than Mourdock’s. As a member of the North Dakota House, Berg was one of a handful of members who supported a bill that would make it a felony for a woman who is raped to obtain an abortion.

Watch Romney’s ad supporting Berg: