Some of the more extreme anti-abortion stances on the website of the US Senate candidate appeared to have been removed after he secured the GOP nomination in Arizona.
Masters won the Republican primary on August 2 and will face Kelly in the November election.
Masters' campaign website said he was 100% pro-life and that he supported a federal personhood law that would recognize unborn babies as human beings.
His stance on abortion has changed. The website was updated on Thursday, according to NBC.
He still supports the Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayer funds from being used on abortions, and he also supports removing taxpayer funding from the organization.
It doesn't say that Masters wants a federal personhood law that would prevent abortion from being legal in the state. He supports a "law or a Constitutional amendment that bans late-term abortion and partial-birth abortion at the federal level" according to his website.
He supports programs that help pregnant women provide for a family and don't have an abortion, according to the updated website.
Since May, the promise to only vote for judges who disagree with the Supreme Court's decision on abortion has been removed. The constitutional right to an abortion was struck down by the Supreme Court in June.
The revisions to Masters' website came as some Republicans were concerned about the impact of the reversal on the election.
Voters in Kansas confronted the issue of abortion at the ballot box after Masters won his primary. The amendment that would have weakened the right to abortion in the state was soundly defeated by voters.
The campaign did not reply immediately.
Reporting was contributed byKatherine Tangalakis-Lippert.
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