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Gwen Stoltz is a mother of three.

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advocated for “patient-centric policies.”
As anyone who deals with provid-
ers and doctor’s offi ces knows, it’s an
opaque system that can feel adversarial
to the consumer. Stoltz wants more
transparency about what the prices are
and which medications are allowed.

She thinks this is particularly
important for pregnant women.

“Let’s say a woman is pregnant, and
she has another health condition. She
still needs the medication, and she
can’t aff ord it. Or let’s say the newborn
needs something,” Stoltz said.

Breyman, a father of two, outlined
a similar agenda but focused more on
costs than transparency. He believes
that even pro-lifers can agree that no
woman should have to make an abor-
tion decision for economic reasons.

Th at’s why he thinks it’s essential to
invest in reproductive health care and
child care, as well as to pass laws that
will help both parents fi nd time to take
care of children.

According to Breyman, the big prob-
lem with child care is that you either
have to be poor to qualify for gov-
ernment benefi ts or rich to be able to
aff ord it. He hopes that the U.S. reaches
a point “where we’ll have universal pre-
K,” he said.

“For many kids, those years are for-
mative, and they defi ne how successful
they’ll be in college and in careers,”
Breyman added.

Th e Holland resident believes that,
at the very least, Democrats can use
this moment to show that they are
“pro-life and pro-choice at the same
time.” Th ey can promote a pro-family
agenda without sacrifi cing “the right
of women to make reproductive health
care choices.”
But Breyman still thinks that the
abortion issue comes fi rst and that the
pro-family ideas are relevant with or
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Ilya Breyman is a father of two.

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without Roe.

“If Roe hadn’t been overturned, we
would still be talking about women as
mothers, making sure their pregnan-
cies are safe and that when children are
born they can enjoy educational and
health care opportunities,” he said.

Shapiro, like Stoltz and Breyman,
believes the abortion issue is par-
amount. He says oft en on the cam-
paign trail and to the media that the
Pennsylvania General Assembly is
poised to send a bill to the governor that
would criminalize abortion. He also
explains that his Republican opponent,
Doug Mastriano, would sign that bill.

In his response to that question,
Shapiro reasserted his priority.

“I believe abortion is health care
— and access to abortion must be
protected here in Pennsylvania,” he
said via email. “I will veto any bill to
further restrict abortion access, and
as governor, I will continue to pro-
tect Pennsylvania law and the abortion
rights of Pennsylvania women.” JE
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