Sam Brown on Nevada abortion poll measure: 'I'm not for altering our present legislation' 

Nevada Senate GOP candidate Sam Brown mentioned final month that he was “not for altering our present legislation” when requested about his place on an upcoming abortion poll measure, according to new audio revealed by The Nevada Unbiased. 

The Nevada Unbiased revealed audio of Brown, who was requested throughout an Aug. 28 Las Vegas marketing campaign occasion about his ideas on a measure that may go earlier than voters this fall, which might enshrine abortion protections within the state structure.  

“I am not for altering our present legislation. Our present legislation has been in place for over 34 years. The poll measure would change the legislation and primarily [create] no restrict on entry to abortion,” the retired Military captain mentioned, in keeping with the information outlet. 

Brown’s marketing campaign declined to remark to The Hill on Brown’s remarks.  

Brown’s remarks are notable given he has largely evaded saying how he would vote on the abortion poll measure. Like different Senate Republican candidates, Brown has been pressured to navigate difficult terrain over the difficulty of abortion and his earlier stances on it.  

He beforehand served as chair for the Nevada Religion & Freedom Coalition, which is in opposition to abortion, however his marketing campaign has maintained that his involvement pertained to different points.

When Brown ran for the Texas state Legislature in 2014, he supported the state’s then-20 week abortion restrict. Working for Senate this 12 months, Brown has mentioned that he and his spouse are “pro-life” and again exceptions for the lifetime of the mom, rape and incest. 

Brown and his spouse additionally sat down for an interview with NBC Information earlier this 12 months, the place his spouse recounted that she had had an abortion when she was youthful.  

Johanna Warshaw, spokesperson for Sen. Jacky Rosen’s (D-Nev.) marketing campaign, criticized the GOP candidate, calling him a “dishonest politician and anti-abortion MAGA extremist” in an announcement. 

“Sam Brown is determined to cowl up his decade-long anti-abortion file and conceal the place he really stands on Nevadans’ reproductive rights — besides behind closed doorways when he thinks nobody will discover out,” Warshaw mentioned.

“Brown’s opposition to this commonsense measure completely defending abortion rights in Nevada is the newest proof that he’s a dishonest politician and anti-abortion MAGA extremist who we will’t belief within the Senate.” 

A ballot measure that would amend the state structure to “to create a person’s basic proper to an abortion” certified for Nevada’s fall poll in July. Sufferers can already obtain an abortion within the state up till 24 weeks of being pregnant, with restricted exceptions afterward. These protections have been handed throughout a voter referendum in 1990; this abortion poll measure entails altering the state structure.

Even when the measure passes this fall, it must go once more as soon as extra in 2026.

Like former President Trump, Brown has mentioned this cycle that states ought to decide abortion entry. Brown wrote an op-ed in June outlining his opposition on a nationwide abortion ban.

“We additionally respect the choice of Nevada voters who’ve chosen to enshrine authorized protections for abortion. These protections have been in place for over three a long time. And, opposite to what Jacky Rosen claims, no politician can single-handedly overturn these protections,” he wrote within the Las Vegas Solar.  

“The individuals of Nevada have made their selection, and I’ll stand by it. That’s what a real consultant of the individuals does,” he mentioned.

Nevada is amongst a handful of crucial swing states that may decide the race for the White Home and management of the Senate. The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook dinner Political Report charges Rosen’s seat “lean Democrat.”