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EMILY名单组织2014年曾因杰克逊的反堕胎投票记录发起六位数广告攻势反对他
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥 福克斯新闻
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缅因州一名民主党州长候选人计划于周日和周一与佛蒙特州联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯一同开展竞选活动，他一直以支持堕胎权的候选人身份向选民宣传自己参选州长，但他的过往记录显示，他的立场并非一直如此。
作为州议员时，他曾获得缅因州生命权组织100%的评级——这一评级意味着其投票记录完全符合反堕胎政策。
杰克逊的立场转变凸显了“多布斯诉杰克逊案”最高法院裁决带来的后续影响，该裁决终结了堕胎权的宪法保护，将此前属于联邦层面辩论的堕胎问题交由各州自行考量。
在2022年的这项裁决中，最高法院裁定宪法中并未保障堕胎权，这意味着各州将必须逐个案例地划定界限，规定本州居民在何种情况下可以合法终止妊娠。
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2026年5月20日，缅因州波特兰，正在竞选缅因州州长的特洛伊·杰克逊在一场题为“健康社会愿景”的市政厅活动上发言。他在活动中谈到了自己的医疗保健计划。他此次参选旨在填补珍妮特·米尔斯 currently 担任的州长席位。（乔·雷德莱/盖蒂图片社）
在杰克逊的推动下，缅因州迅速通过了堕胎权扩展法案，取消了对晚期堕胎的限制。
这一举措获得了美国最大的堕胎服务提供商 Planned Parenthood（ Planned Parenthood ）的赞誉。
“我们对杰克逊总统以及今天为缅因州民众利益行事的20名州参议员和76名州代表表示赞赏，” Planned Parenthood 在一份新闻稿中写道。
仅在10年前的2011年，杰克逊还曾投票支持一项旨在确认子宫内胎儿人格地位的法案。
两年后的2013年，杰克逊还投票支持推进针对考虑堕胎的女性的咨询要求，为她们提供旨在探索终止妊娠替代方案的二次咨询资源。
这两项法案均未获得通过。
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2026年5月18日，缅因州奥古斯塔的缅因州议会大厦。（乔·雷德莱/盖蒂图片社）
即便如此，它们还是引起了足够多的关注，让堕胎权利组织注意到了杰克逊——但并非以正面的方式。
据当地报道，2014年，支持堕胎权的组织EMILY名单发起了一场六位数的电视广告攻势反对杰克逊。
“政客不应干预女性关于妊娠的个人医疗决策。就是这样，”杰克逊2014年民主党初选对手艾米丽·凯恩在接受《波特兰新闻先驱报》采访时表示。
就在2022年10月，也就是“多布斯案”裁决四个月后，杰克逊还告诉当地记者，他仍在为这个问题纠结。
自去年5月宣布参选州长以来，杰克逊似乎已经摆脱了这种纠结。
“决定是否以及何时组建家庭的权利，是我们自由的根基，也是我们作为美国人的身份象征。这是一个极其私人的决定，不应由政客或大法官来决定，”杰克逊去年在Instagram的一篇帖子中写道。
“在罗伊诉韦德案被推翻的周年纪念日，我将继续反击破坏堕胎权的企图，在缅因州捍卫生育自由，”杰克逊写道。
桑德斯长期以来一直支持堕胎权，并以支持堕胎权的候选人身份参选，他于周五正式背书杰克逊，称他是“缅因州工薪阶层所需的州长”。
“特洛伊与众不同，”桑德斯说，“为缅因州工薪阶层奋斗对特洛伊来说并非新鲜事。这是他作为伐木工和缅因州州议员一生都在做的事情。特洛伊了解缅因州工薪阶层的处境，因为他本身就属于这个阶层。”
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2026年5月21日，华盛顿特区，联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯在穿过国会大厦时，就缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳浮出水面的Reddit帖子接受福克斯新闻数字频道记者采访。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“特洛伊从一开始就是我们进步工薪阶层运动的一员，”他继续说道，“他始终与我们这些人站在一起，我们认为医疗保健是一项人权，劳动者应获得生活工资，我们需要一个为所有人服务的政府——而不仅仅是为超级富豪和有权势的人脉服务。”
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值得注意的是，杰克逊并未将堕胎权列为其竞选网站上的首要议题。
在缅因州，并没有严格的截止日期禁止妊娠任何阶段的堕胎，尽管在可存活期（约24至26周）后有相关保护条款。晚期堕胎需经执业医师批准方可进行。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系桑德斯和杰克逊的竞选团队。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会组的政治记者，此前曾在《世界杂志》担任记者。
Sanders-backed gubernatorial hopeful’s past pro-life views clash with current abortion stance
May 23, 2026 12:00pm EDT / Fox News
EMILY’s List ran a six-figure ad campaign against Jackson in 2014 over his pro-life voting record
By Leo Briceno Fox News
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A Democratic gubernatorial hopeful in Maine, who is scheduled to campaign with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday and Monday, has been pitching himself to voters as a pro-choice candidate for governor, but his track record indicates that wasn’t always his stance.
As a state lawmaker, he received a 100% rating from the Maine Right to Life — a designation indicating a voting record wholly consistent with pro-life policies.
Jackson’s reversal demonstrates the fallout of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision that ended a constitutional right to an abortion and made the issue, previously a federal debate, a state-driven consideration.
In their 2022 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that no guarantee of a right to an abortion existed in the Constitution, meaning that individual states would have to decide on a case-by-case basis where to draw the line under what circumstances residents could legally end a pregnancy.
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Troy Jackson, who is running for Governor of Maine, speaks during a town hall about a Vision for a Healthy Society on May 20, 2026 in Portland, Maine. Jackson spoke about his plan for health care during the event. He is running to fill the seat currently held by Janet Mills.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Maine, with Jackson’s help, immediately passed expansions to abortion access, removing restrictions on late-term abortions.
The move prompted praise for Jackson from Planned Parenthood, the country’s largest abortion provider.
“We applaud President Jackson and the 20 state senators and 76 representatives acting in the best interest of Mainers today,” Planned Parenthood wrote in a press release.
Just 10 years earlier, Jackson had voted for a bill in 2011 that would have affirmed personhood in the womb.
Two years later, in 2013, Jackson also voted to advance counseling requirements for women considering an abortion, providing them with second-opinion resources designed to explore alternatives to ending a pregnancy.
Both of those efforts failed.
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The Maine State Capitol is seen on May 18, 2026, in Augusta, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Even so, they garnered enough attention to put Jackson on the radar of abortion rights groups — and not in a good way.
In 2014, EMILY’s List, a pro-abortion group, launched a six-figure TV ad campaign against Jackson, according to local reporting.
“Politicians should not be involved in a woman’s personal medical decisions about her pregnancy. Period,” Emily Cain, Jackson’s primary opponent in 2014, told the Portland Press Herald.
As recently as October 2022, just four months after the Dobbs decision, Jackson told local reporters he was struggling with the issue.
Since declaring his candidacy for governor last May, Jackson seems to have left that struggle behind.
“The right to decide if and when to start a family is fundamental to our freedom and to who we are as Americans. It is a deeply personal decision that should not be made by politicians or justices,” Jackson said in a post to Instagram last year.
“On the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, I will continue to fight back against efforts to undermine abortion rights and stand up for reproductive freedom in Maine,” Jackson wrote.
Sanders, who has supported abortion and has run as a pro-choice candidate for decades, officially endorsed Jackson on Friday, calling him the governor “that working Mainers need.”
“Troy is different,” Sanders said. “Fighting for the working class of Maine is not something new for Troy. That’s what he has done for his entire life as a logger and as a member of the Maine state legislature. Troy knows what’s going on with the working class of Maine because he’s part of that working class.”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders reacts to questions from a Fox News Digital reporter about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s resurfaced Reddit posts while walking through the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Troy has also been part of our progressive working class movement from the beginning,” he continued. “He has always stood with those of us who understand that health care is a human right, that workers deserve a living wage, and that we need a government that works for all-not just the ultra-wealthy and well-connected.”
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Notably, Jackson does not list abortion access as a top priority on his campaign website.
In Maine, there is no strict cutoff that prevents abortion at any point in a pregnancy, although some protections apply after viability, around the 24 to 26 week mark. Late-term abortions are permissible with the approval of a licensed physician.
Fox News Digital reached out to Sanders and Jackson’s campaign.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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