POLITICO: 2024 ELECTIONS Constitution Party nominates anti-abortion activist Randall Terry for president Terry’s platform is almost exclusively dedicated to his anti-abortion stance and activism. Randall Terry holds a sign that reads "Abortion is Murder" in front of the Supreme Court. Operation Rescue founder and Constitution Party candidate Randall Terry protests in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on July 9, 2018. | Cliff Owen/AP By GISELLE RUHIYYIH EWING 04/27/2024 06:09 PM EDT https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/27/constitution-party-randall-terry-election-2024-00154790

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Constitution Party nominates anti-abortion activist Randall Terry for president

Terry’s platform is almost exclusively dedicated to his anti-abortion stance and activism.


Randall Terry holds a sign that reads "Abortion is Murder" in front of the Supreme Court.

Operation Rescue founder and Constitution Party candidate Randall Terry protests in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on July 9, 2018. | Cliff Owen/AP


By GISELLE RUHIYYIH EWING


04/27/2024 06:09 PM EDT


Outspoken anti-abortion activist Randall Terry has been chosen as the religiously conservative Constitution Party’s presidential nominee for the 2024 election.


Terry’s entrance onto the 2024 scene, first reported by Ballot Access News and confirmed by POLITICO, reaffirms that the issue of abortion is a central concern for conservative voters going into the November election, as Terry’s platform is almost exclusively dedicated to his anti-abortion stance and activism.



“We are running for President in the effort to make child killing by abortion the number one voter issue in America,” his campaign website says. “We will show the horror of aborted children to the American people, and call on Christians to REPENT for having voted for Joe Biden.”


Terry, a founder of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, put in an ill-fated bid for the Democratic nomination for president in 2012, campaigning against then-president Barack Obama. Central to his campaign at the time was a series of graphic ads — including a Super Bowl ad that featured pictures of aborted fetuses — landing Terry in hot water with the FCC.


Terry’s made-to-shock ads are already making a reprisal in his 2024 bid for president, with his site prominently featuring six ads that include images of aborted fetuses. Several ads also reference another conservative flashpoint: gender-affirming care.


According to its website, the Constitution Party is on the ballot in 12 states and is petitioning to be on more. In 2022, the party made it on the ballot in 15 states, including battleground states Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan.


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