AUSTIN, Texas – As the Texas Tribune reports today that Texas women are being “turned away from… hospitals that refused to treat them,” Ted Cruz still refuses to answer questions about his extreme abortion ban and how he is responsible for the dire state of reproductive care in Texas.

Given “the opportunity to state his [abortion] position as it comes under important scrutiny,” Cruz “‘declined to say whether he supports exceptions in cases of severe fetal abnormality’ and ‘whether he would support a federal abortion ban,’” according to a new report.

Jezebel: Ted Cruz Joins Fellow Republicans in Dodging Any Questions About Abortion

By Kylie Cheung

• Last week, according to the San Antonio Express-News, Cruz “declined multiple requests to answer questions about his stances” on abortion or “how he would approach the issue if he wins another six-year term in the Senate.”

• Cruz once introduced a federal 20-week abortion ban, so among the outlet’s questions was an attempt to clarify whether he currently supports a federal ban.

• These are hardly “gotcha” questions from the liberal media—the Express-News is giving Cruz the opportunity to state his position as it comes under important scrutiny from his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), who Cruz leads by just three points according to recent polling.

• According to the Express-News, Cruz “declined to say whether he supports exceptions in cases of severe fetal abnormality” and “whether he would support a federal abortion ban.”

• Since he won’t clearly state his current opinion on abortion bans, we can only look to what he’s said in the past: In 2016, Cruz said he opposes rape exceptions in abortion bans, telling Megyn Kelly that “as horrible as that crime is, I don’t believe it’s the child’s fault,” also adding that he doesn’t believe “it makes sense to blame the child.”

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