Indiana Pro-Life Group Endorses Mike Braun for Senate. “We Have to Protect Life With Our Vote”

State   |   Steven Ertelt   |   Nov 2, 2018   |   10:49AM   |   Indianapolis, IN

The statewide pro-life group in Indiana has endorsed pro-life Senate candidate Mike Braun over pro-abortion Senator Joe Donnelly.

In a statement today to LifeNews, Indiana Right to Life Political Action Committee (PAC) Chairman, Mike Fichter, urged pro-life voters to support candidates committed to protecting life.

“We have one chance to protect life with our vote. Let’s make this election count for the unborn,” he said.

About the Braun endorsement, Fichter added: “We need federal representatives who will work with pro-life President Trump to end taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and protect the unborn and their mothers.”

National Right to Life previously endorsed pro-life businessman Mike Braun in Indiana’s U.S. Senate election as well. Braun is challenging Sen. Joe Donnelly, who is seeking his second six-year term.

“National Right to Life is pleased to endorse Mike Braun for the U.S. Senate. Mike Braun’s position on life reflects the true values of Indiana’s voters,” said Carol Tobias, National Right to Life president. “Many Indiana voters will be surprised to learn that while Joe Donnelly claims to be pro-life, he has voted pro-life less than one-third of the time over his six-year term.”

Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) consistently votes to give hundreds of millions of dollars of government funds to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, which performs 900 abortions every day in the United States.

Mike Braun is pro-life and supports legal protection of unborn children. Mike Braun opposes abortion on demand, and he opposes using tax dollars to pay for abortion. Braun opposes giving government funds to abortion providers and he will vote to take hundreds of millions of government funds away from abortion providers and divert them to actual health care providers, which will offer comprehensive health care to more women, closer to home.

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“Indiana voters who are concerned with the right to life and with the protection of the most vulnerable among us should vote for Mike Braun in November,” added Tobias. “Indiana’s unborn children deserve a senator like Mike Braun, who will vote to protect their lives, rather than Joe Donnelly, who votes to protect the financial interests of the abortion industry.”

Indiana Right to Life also backed pro-life candidates for state offices and the state legislature.

“We need to keep a strong pro-life majority in the Statehouse so we can continue passing ground-breaking laws. Make plans to vote early or get to your polling place on Tuesday. Act now to encourage friends to vote pro-life too,” Fichter said.

The Indiana Right to Life PAC endorsed Mike Braun for U.S. Senate. For U.S. House of Representatives it endorsed Jackie Walorski (IN-2), Jim Banks (IN-3), Jim Baird (IN-4), Susan Brooks (IN-5), Greg Pence (IN-6), Larry Bucshon (IN-8) and Trey Hollingsworth (IN-9). For statewide offices, Secretary of State Connie Lawson, State Auditor Tera Klutz and State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell, all received endorsements.

United States Senate
Mike Braun
United States House of Representatives (By District)
2 Jackie Walorski
3 Jim Banks
4 Jim Baird
5 Susan Brooks
6 Greg Pence
8 Larry Bucshon
9 Trey Hollingsworth
State Offices
Secretary of State Connie Lawson
State Auditor Tera Klutz
State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell
State Representatives (By District)
5 Dale DeVon
9 Dan Granquist
16 Douglas Gutwein
17 Jack Jordan
18 David A. Wolkins
21 Timothy Wesco
23 Ethan Manning
24 Donna Schaibley
25 Donald Lehe
28 Jeffrey A. Thompson
29 Chuck Goodrich
30 Michael Karickhoff
31 Kevin Mahan
32 Anthony J. Cook
33 John (J.D.) Prescott
35 Ben W. Fisher
36 Jennifer Culp
38 Heath VanNatter
39 Jerry Torr
44 Beau Baird
45 Bruce Borders
46 Bob Heaton
47 John T. Young
48 Doug Miller
49 Christy Stutzman
51 Dennis Zent
52 Ben Smaltz
56 Bradford J. Barrett
58 Woody Burton
59 Ryan Lauer
60 Peggy Mayfield
62 Jeff Ellington
63 Shane M. Lindauer
64 Matt Hostettler
66 Mike Bowling
67 Randy Frye
69 Jim Lucas
73 Steve Davisson
74 Stephen R. Bartels
75 Ron Bacon
79 Matthew Lehman
81 Martin Carbaugh
82 David H. Abbott
85 Dave Heine
88 Brian Bosma
90 Mike Speedy
93 David Frizzell
State Senate (By District)
6 Rick Niemeyer
11 Linda Rogers
14 Dennis K. Kruse
15 Elizabeth Brown
17 Andy Zay
19 Travis Holdman
21 James R. Buck
22 Ron Alting
26 Mike Gaskill
27 Jeff Raatz
29 Mike Delph
31 James W. Merritt, Jr.
39 Eric S. Bassler
41 Greg Walker
45 Chris Garten
47 Erin Houchin
48 Mark Messmer
49 Jim Tomes

Indiana Right to Life PAC’s full list of endorsements, including candidates for the Indiana Senate and House, is available here.

Indiana Right to Life PAC works to elect pro-life candidates to public office for the purpose of enacting public policy that protects the right to life of all persons, including the unborn. Indiana Right to Life PAC believes that the issue of life is paramount to all other issues because without the right to life, all other freedoms are without meaning.