A Colorado senator's TV advertisement supporting abortion backfired because it featured a girl critics say has no business being in a commercial related to grown up issues of pregnancy and abortion.
Democrat Senator Mark Udall attempted to challenge a Republican congressman's pro-life stance in a new ad that shows a woman discussing abortion with her young daughter right by her side, the Daily Caller reported.
"I want my daughter to have the same choices I do," the woman says after a narrator criticizes Representative Cory Gardner's support for strict anti-abortion laws.
Pro-life supporters in Colorado pounced on Udall for going too far.
"His new pro-abortion ad which features a little girl and her mother, shows the citizens of Colorado just how far he will go to promote his radical abortion agenda," Sarah Zagorski, executive director of Colorado Citizens for Life, told the Daily Caller.
The senator used similar pro-abortion ads to criticize Gardner earlier this year. In April, Udall's campaign spent $500,000 to run ads attacking Gardner for supporting legislation that bans abortions for rape and incest victims, the Associated Press reported.
Gardner's campaign manager told the AP that Udall "has decided to launch his re-election campaign with a negative, misleading attack ad because he has no record of accomplishments."
Udall has also used the same woman and child in other ads supporting abortion and birth control, according to the Daily Caller.
"Sen. Mark Udall has consistently shown the people of Colorado where he stands on abortion," Zagorski said. "From violating in favor of unlimited abortion funding for businesses like Planned Parenthood, to refusing to support parental consent laws for minors, Udall holds an extreme abortion-on-demand view and will not protect the women and children of Colorado.
State residents will get to choose which lawmaker they want during Colorado's midterm elections this November, which is expected to be one the most expensive in the nation. Republicans need to secure six seats in the Senate to take control from the Democrats, the AP reported.
