“Don Bacon is an extremist Republican who is in damage control mode, trying to reframe and moderate his positions to scam hard working Nebraskans. But voters won’t forget that he signed on as co-sponsor of the Life at Conception Act — not once, but twice. Bacon’s record is crystal clear – he wants to ban abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother and he wants to effectively ban IVF nationwide No amount of covering up will fool Latino voters,” said BOLD PAC Executive Director Victoria McGroary.

Rolling Stone: Endangered Republican Don Bacon Quietly Deletes Anti-Abortion Endorsements From Website
Tessa Stuart  | March 22, 2024

Key Excerpts: 

• In recent days, the Republican congressman from Nebraska quietly deleted the section on his campaign website touting a promise that he “will always fight to defend the right to life.”
  
  
• The section that disappeared from the site also enumerated Bacon’s perfect ratings from the anti-abortion organizations like the Susan B. Anthony List, National Right to Life, and the Faith and Freedom Coalition, as well as an endorsement from the Nebraska Family Alliance.
  
  
• Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas — who lost to Bacon by just 5,856 votes two years ago — is hoping for a rematch this fall, when an amendment that would enshrine the right to abortion in Nebraska’s state constitution may be on the ballot. (Supporters must gather 125,000 verified signatures by July to ensure the measure will appear before voters in November.)
  
  
• The general election hasn’t gotten underway yet, but Vargas has already sought to draw attention to Bacon’s anti-abortion positions. Last week, the Republican congressman took umbrage at Vargas’ charge that he “supports a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions, not even for the life of the mother.”
  
  
• Bacon posted on X that it was a “lie,” adding: “I’ve always defended the life of the mother.”
  
  
• That is not true: The congressman has previously signed on as co-sponsor of the Life at Conception Act, not once but twice — in 2019 and 2021. The 2021 version declared that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution “is vested in each human being … including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.”
  
  
• The legislation did not include abortion exceptions of any kind — including rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother. If it were passed, the bill would also end access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, nationwide. (Bacon has recently said he does not support restrictions on IVF, a sentiment that is in direct conflict with his co-sponsorship of the Life at Conception bill.)
  
  
• Bacon has said he declined to sponsor the legislation this year specifically because it does not include an exception to protect the life of the mother.
  
  
• Last month, Bacon was the only vulnerable Republican House member who signed on to a brief urging the Supreme Court to allow states to ban hospitals from providing emergency abortions. Doctors have repeatedly warned that such bans would prevent them from providing standard of care treatment in circumstances where the pregnant woman could die without intervention.
  
  
• Prior to the recent changes, Bacon’s website read: “As your Representative, I will always fight to defend the right to life. I co-sponsored legislation to make permanent the Hyde Amendment (H.R. 18) and co-sponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting abortions on children 20 weeks and older (H.R. 1080). Through this advocacy and work in Congress, I have earned an ‘A’ rating from Susan B. Anthony List, 100 percent rating from National Right to Life and Faith and Freedom Coalition, and the endorsement of the Nebraska Family Alliance.”
  
  
• That language is now gone, as is a letter from the National Right to Life Committee formally endorsing Bacon.
  
  
• Rolling Stone’s inquiries to both Bacon’s campaign and his congressional office went unanswered.

BOLD PAC’s Cutting Edge “Our Lucha War Room”

To help Democrats win the 2024 elections where Latino voters will decide the margins of victory in critical races across the House and Senate battlefield, CHC BOLD PAC recently launched “Our Lucha War Room,” a first of its kind rapid response war room to reach out to Latino voters with content in Spanglish and Spanish. This vigorous offensive effort will speak directly to Latino audiences in an authentic way to combat the lies that target our communities and includes research and communications staff dedicated to combating disinformation targeting Latinos, holding MAGA Republicans accountable for their extreme anti-Latino agenda, and positioning BOLD PAC’s incumbents and endorsed Latina and Latino candidates for victory in the 2024 elections.

CHC BOLD PAC

BOLD PAC is the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and is dedicated to increasing diversity in the House and Senate by getting more Latinos and Latinas elected. In 2022, BOLD PAC elected the largest Democratic CHC in history, bringing nine new Latinos to the House, including four in seats that were picked up by House Democrats. This was the result of over $6 Million in direct investments for Latino candidates, the largest sum in the organization’s history. Additionally, BOLD PAC played an integral role in protecting the Democratic majority in the Senate by helping re-elect Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, the first and only Latina in the Senate.

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CHC BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Hispanic Caucus, was founded in 2001 to increase Latino representation in Congress. Since its founding, BOLD PAC has almost doubled the size of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. 

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El Gran Encubrimiento de Don Bacon: “Borró silenciosamente los respaldos antiaborto de su página web”

Rolling Stone: “Los esfuerzos de Bacon por restar importancia a sus posiciones de larga data sobre el aborto ilustran cuán políticamente tóxicos se han vuelto los esfuerzos del Partido Republicano para restringir los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres incluso en Nebraska, a raíz de la decisión de la Corte Suprema que anuló el caso Roe v. Wade”.

“La sección que desapareció de la página web también enumeraba las calificaciones perfectas de Bacon por parte de las organizaciones antiaborto”

Washington, D.C. – No sorprende que una vez más, el extremista y Trumpista Don Bacon, esté intentando enmascarar sus opiniones extrams contra el aborto y la salud reproductiva de las mujeres, en un año electoral en el que los derechos reproductivos serán un tema clave para los votantes de todo el país.

(Vulnerable Republicano Don Bacon borra silenciosamente de su pagina web los respaldos antiaborto. El locuaz congresista republicano antiaborto gano por poco su distrito Biden +6 en 2022)

Don Bacon es un republicano extremista que ahora quiere hacer control de daño, tratando de moderar sus posiciones sobre el aborto para engañar a las familias de Nebraska. Pero los votantes no olvidarán que él fue copatrocinador de la Ley de vida en el momento de la concepción, no solo una sino dos veces. Bacon quiere prohibir el aborto en todo el país sin excepciones por violación, incesto o riesgo para la vida de la mujer, al igual que limitar el acceso a la FIV”, dijo la presidenta de BOLD PAC, Linda Sánchez.