Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) effectively started his Senate campaign in March by backtracking on his past support for “personhood” — the anti-abortion position that defines life’s beginning as the moment of conception. But liberal groups aren’t letting the issue go.
MoveOn.org and NARAL Pro-Choice America released Monday a new TV ad slamming Gardner for his support for “personhood” initiatives. It plays on a recent Gardner TV ad that touted his support for making birth control pills available over the counter.
The ad is airing in the Denver market on cable networks whose audiences skew heavily female: Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Oxygen and OWN, among others. The groups said it would be a five-figure ad buy, though they would not be more specific when asked by TPM.
Gardner is currently trailing Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) by 2 percentage points, according to TPM’s PollTracker average.
