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Robert Watson Ferguson (born February 23, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the 24th governor of Washington.A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2013 to 2025 as the 18th attorney general of Washington, from 2004 to 2013 as a member of the King County Council, and from 2009 to 2013 as the council's chair.
Abortion rights, always a polarizing issue in American politics, became an electoral tinderbox in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision to create a federal ...
Reichert has opposed abortion during his congressional career. [36] He voted repeatedly for bills to restrict abortions after 20 weeks. [ 37 ] During the 2024 gubernatorial campaign, Reichert has attempted to soften his prior views on abortion and has said he will uphold current abortion laws if elected.
Democrat Bob Ferguson, who has served as attorney general since 2013, will face former U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert in Tuesday’s primary election in a race that has featured weeks of intense sparring ...
Ferguson noted that Right to Life will have its own security at Thursday's banquet, which does begin at 5 p.m. "We’re there for the reason, to celebrate life," he said. "We’re going to stay on ...
The abortion-rights movement drew support from the population control movement, feminists, and environmentalists. Anti-abortion advocates and civil-rights activists accused abortion-rights supporters of intending to control the population of racial minorities and the disabled, citing their ties to racial segregationists and eugenicist legal ...
In January 2024, he criticized governor Ron Desantis’s support of a six-week ban on abortion and suggested it might be to blame for his drop in the polls. Throughout 2024, he has continued to ...
This category contains articles related to individual members of the anti-abortion movement in the United States. It is for activists who are primarily notable due to their anti-abortion activism. This category is not a list of anyone who is opposed to abortion (such as actors, musicians, or politicians).