NEW: “Zach Nunn dodges question about his abortion record”

"A member of the audience asked about the difference between the 2018 abortion ban Nunn voted for, and the one that passed in 2023. Nunn didn't answer her question…"

Zach Nunn knows he paved the way for Iowa's dangerous abortion ban, so he's resorting to dodging questions at a press conference about his extreme record.

When asked how the 2018 abortion ban he voted for was different from the near-total ban that recently went into effect in Iowa, Nunn refused to answer. (Spoiler alert: they're the same.)

In the state legislature, Nunn also voted to threaten Iowans' access to abortion, contraception, and IVF and supported a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to an abortion in Iowa.

While Nunn tries to hide his role in banning abortion in Iowa before most women know they're pregnant, he's working toward his next goal of banning abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the woman's life.

In Congress, he voted to block consideration of a bill that would codify the protections guaranteed by Roe v. Wade, which would have prevented Iowa's abortion ban from going into effect. He also voted to punish doctors who perform abortions, allow federal funds to fund misleading crisis pregnancy centers, and block reproductive health care access for members of the armed services.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
"Zach Nunn can hide from his record all he wants but Iowans know his extreme anti-abortion record laid the groundwork for the state's cruel, restrictive abortion ban. Iowa women don't want politicians like Zach Nunn deciding if, how, and when they should start a family and they will make that clear at the ballot box in November."

Iowa Starting Line: Zach Nunn dodges question about his abortion record
Nikoel Hytrek | August 23, 2024

• Rep. Zach Nunn, Congressman for Iowa's Third District, avoided a question this week about his connection to the near-total abortion ban that passed the Iowa Legislature last year and is now in effect.

• At a press conference at Polk County Life Services Center, a member of the audience asked about the difference between the 2018 abortion ban Nunn voted for, and the one that passed in 2023.

• Nunn didn't answer her question, instead pivoting to a discussion of in-vitro fertilization, or IVF.

• Nunn did vote for Iowa's near-total abortion ban in 2018 that would have banned abortion as early as six weeks-before most people know they're pregnant-after electric pulses are detected in an embryo.

• Nunn isn't responsible for the 2023 ban, but Iowa Republicans have said the 2018 ban, which Nunn did vote for, was "nearly identical."

• President of the Iowa Senate Amy Sinclair said multiple times in 2023 that the bill was the same, and used that to justify the bill being introduced, debated, and passed in one day.

• [Nunn] has also voted for legislation that would restrict abortion, including:

• Instead of answering the abortion question, Nunn pivoted to his support of funding for IVF.

• Nunn signed on to a resolution in May this year that simply states IVF is important for infertility. But resolutions don't have any force of law-they're mostly used for political messaging-and it doesn't offer any solutions to access or promises to protect the right to use IVF. Only 16 members of the House-all Republicans-signed onto it.

• He has not supported other IVF-protection efforts like the Access to Family Building Act, which provides a right to access to reproductive technology like IVF.

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