Progressive women's groups silent on second gentleman Doug Emhoff's affair

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Several progressive women's groups were silent when asked by Fox News Digital about how second gentleman Doug Emhoff's affair when he was married to his ex-wife could affect his image as a leader championing their cause.

Fox News Digital sent an inquiry for comment to EMILYs List, the League of Women Voters, the Progressive Women's Alliance of West Michigan, the National Organization for Women, the National Women's Political Caucus, the Feminist Majority Foundation, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the Women's Liberation Front and the International Center for Research on Women. None of the groups returned a request for comment about whether Emhoff should face heightened scrutiny as potentially the next first gentleman by press deadline.

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As the Democratic Party's standard-bearer husband, Emhoff has been involved in a number of left-wing causes and has encouraged men to advocate for abortion in the aftermath of the summer 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Earlier this year, he teamed up with Men4Choice to tour Florida, Arizona and North Carolina to campaign for abortion rights. Meanwhile, his wife was making press stops at abortion clinics.

"This is an issue of fairness to women. Women are dying," Emhoff said in an NBC interview in May. "It’s affecting