Article snippet: A small but growing number of Republican senators are calling for Roy Moore to drop out of the Alabama Senate race, but so far Moore is defiant, insisting he will continue to run. ABC News has reached out to all 52 Republican senators for reaction. Fifteen of them are calling for Moore to withdraw from the race. Five have withheld comment. A majority have qualified their remarks by saying if the allegations are true, Moore should step aside. Not one Republican senator is publicly calling for Moore to stay in the Alabama special election to fill the seat left vacant by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he believes the account of the women who have accused Moore of sexual misconduct. The Republican Senate leader's comments mark a change from a few days ago when he said in a statement, "If these allegations are true, he must step aside." Moore, a staunch conservative who gained notoriety as an Alabama Supreme Court judge for putting a monument of the Ten Commandments in a state judiciary building, faces allegations first reported by The Washington Post that he engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old when he was 32 and pursued other young women when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was single and in his 30s. Moore has strongly denied the allegations. Because there is no way to remove his name from the ballot, Republicans in the Senate face the dilemma of pulling their support and inc... Link to the full article to read more