Wendy Davis backs down from her abortion stance

 Since the controversy of some apparently false claims about her past Wendy Davis has actually started to move slightly to the right in order to offset some of the harm she did to herself.

  First she backed down from her anti-second amendment stance and now she appears to be doing the same with her stance on abortion:

Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she would have supported a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, if the law adequately deferred to a woman and her doctor.

Davis, a Fort Worth senator and the likely Democratic nominee for governor, told The Dallas Morning News’ editorial board that less than one-half of 1 percent of Texas abortions occur after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Most of those were in cases where fetal abnormalities were evident or there were grave risks to the health of the woman.

“I would line up with most people in Texas who would prefer that that’s not something that happens outside of those two arenas,” Davis said.

But the Democrat said the state’s new abortion law didn’t give priority to women in those circumstances. The law allows for exceptions for fetal abnormalities and a threat to the woman’s life, but Davis said those didn’t go far enough.

“My concern, even in the way the 20-week ban was written in this particular bill, was that it didn’t give enough deference between a woman and her doctor making this difficult decision, and instead tried to legislatively define what it was,” Davis said.

  This is interesting indeed considering this is the issue she made her name on, and this is the issue which first thrust her into the spotlight and made her a legitimate candidate for governor, when she filibustered the law she is now claiming she could support if the language was a little different. the question is, does she really mean what she is now saying?

  I have not seen any recent polls but I would bet that the apparent lies about her past are starting to have an effect on her support so now she is flailing away trying to gain the momentum back by shifting to the right. Even if this does help her with moderates and independents I have to believe it will hurt her with the base, many of whom probably support her based on her now famous filibuster. It is going to be interesting to watch this race shape up.