Brown Cries Foul Over Shaheen Ad On Abortion

He says the senator is distorting one of his abortion bills. The legislation tells a different story.

Scott Brown formally announces his candidacy for U.S. Senate April 10, 2014 at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Brown, a former U.S. Senator in Massachusetts, recently moved to New Hampshire, and will look to take on incumbent U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
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By Michael C. Bender

October 7, 2014 at 10:50 PM UTC

Updated on

October 8, 2014 at 2:02 PM UTC

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Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Scott Brown launched into Democratic Jeanne Shaheen on Tuesday, saying "she lied" in a new TV spot from the incumbent Democratic senator which Brown calls "despicable." But it looks like Brown is the one who's distorting the record.

Shaheen's ad states that Brown sponsored a bill to force women to look at color photographs of developing fetuses before having an abortion. "Scott Brown wants the government to tell women how to make this decision," a female narrator says in the spot.