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New Hampshire GOP Candidates Spar Over How Pro-Life They Are

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Two leading Republican candidates for Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District argued over each other's level of commitment to fighting abortion during a debate Tuesday. Eddie Edwards, a U.S. Navy veteran and former police chief, when he was asked why he sat on the board of a health organization that gave money to Planned Parenthood, vehemently denied supporting the abortion provider and touted his endorsement by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a pro-life advo

Two leading Republican candidates for Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District argued over each other's level of commitment to fighting abortion during a debate Tuesday. Eddie Edwards, a U.S. Navy veteran and former police chief, when he was asked why he sat on the board of a health organization that gave money to Planned Parenthood, vehemently denied supporting the abortion provider and touted his endorsement by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a pro-life advo…