History[edit]

The Republican Majority for Choice began its life as the Republican Coalition for Choice, founded in 1989 by Mary Dent Crisp, former Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee and former National Committeewoman from Arizona. It was renamed from the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition in 2004 after an American Viewpoint Poll commissioned by Republicans for Choice found that 69% of Republicans strongly agreed with the following statement: "The decision to have an abortion should be between a woman, her doctor and her family. Government should not be involved in making such a personal decision."[7]


The Republican Majority for Choice was allied with other Moderate to Liberal Republican Groups such as The Republican Main Street Partnership, Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too, Ann Stone's Republicans for Choice, the Log Cabin Republicans, The Wish List, Republicans for Environmental Protection, and the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority. In 2018, the RMC announced that it was closing operations and its leadership announced they were leaving the GOP citing the party's anti-abortion platform.[8]

Maine

Susan Collins

West Virginia

Shelley Moore Capito

Alaska

Lisa Murkowski

Massachusetts (retired)

Scott Brown

Rhode Island (retired, switched to Democratic Party, then Libertarian Party)

Lincoln Chaffee

Maine (retired)

Olympia Snowe

Pennsylvania (retired, switched to Democratic Party)

Arlen Specter

Republicans for Choice

Democrats for Life of America