GOP governors in four states pledge to uphold abortion rights

Chris Sununu of New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s legislature is controlled by Republicans and it does not have a law that explicitly protects abortion. But Sununu said in a Friday statement that abortion will remain legal in the state.

After a draft of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe leaked, Sununu said he is a “pro-choice governor” that would keep New Hampshire a “pro-choice state.”

But the governor has also been criticized by reproductive health group Planned Parenthood for signing a measure that bans most abortions beyond 24 weeks of pregnancy. After the measure became law in 2021, he boasted on a podcast of doing “more on the pro-life issue, if you will, than anyone.”