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Joe Biden on Abortion  
 
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| Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator |  
    
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    - Leaving abortion to the states turns back rights. (Jun 2024)
    
 - Congress should codify Roe v. Wade and I'll sign it. (Mar 2024)
    
 - Roe v. Wade is under attack as never before. (Mar 2022)
    
 - Restore federal Title X family planning program. (Apr 2021)
    
 - Rescind Mexico City Policy "global gag rule". (Jan 2021)
    
 - Fact-Check: opposes Hyde Amendment, after decades of support. (Jul 2019)
    
 - Unequivocal support for abortion rights; Congress must act. (Jul 2019)
    
 - I accept church rule personally, but not in public life. (Oct 2012)
    
 - No church needs to provide contraception under ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
    
 - Romney will appoint pro-life Justice; Obama will not. (Oct 2012)
    
 - Constitution does offer an inherent right to privacy. (Oct 2008)
    
 - Allow women to choose, but no federal funding. (Jul 2007)
    
 - No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view. (Apr 2007)
    
 - Supports partial-birth abortion ban, but not undoing Roe. (Apr 2007)
    
 - Accepts Catholic church view that life begins at conception. (Apr 2007)
    
 - Nominees should agree on constitutional right to privacy. (Apr 2007)
Voting Record
     - If Congress passes a national abortion ban, I will veto it. (Feb 2023)
    
 - Everyone voted for Hyde Amendment; it was in other bills. (Mar 2020)
    
 - Has guarded right to choose for years with SCOTUS votes. (Feb 2020)
    
 - Roe v. Wade is as close to a consensus as we can get. (Oct 2008)
Voting Rights
     - Trump's second term takes away reproductive freedom. (Jul 2024)
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Doug Burgum on Abortion  
 
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| 2024 Presidential contender; Republican ND Governor |  
    
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    - 10th Amendment says leave it to the states; no federal ban. (Aug 2023)
    
 - I support the Dobbs decision but wouldn't sign a federal ban. (Jul 2023)
    
 - Signed strict ban in North Dakota, opposes national ban. (Jun 2023)
    
 - Law requires doctors to say some abortions reversible. (Mar 2019)
    
 - Support a ban on abortions for things like gender selection. (Jan 2016)
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Chris Christie on Abortion  
 
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| N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate |  
    
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    - No federal ban on abortion without national consensus. (Jun 2023)
    
 - If you're pro-life it's got to be for the whole life. (Jun 2023)
    
 - Thousands upon thousands are murdered in the womb. (Jan 2016)
    
 - FactCheck: Donor to Planned Parenthood in '94, but denies it. (Jan 2016)
    
 - Put defunding of Planned Parenthood on the president's desk. (Sep 2015)
    
 - I defunded Planned Parenthood in N.J. for 6 years running. (Sep 2015)
    
 - Successfully defunded Planned Parenthood in New Jersey. (Aug 2015)
    
 - Ban abortions after 20 weeks, with exceptions. (Jun 2015)
    
 - FactCheck: No, Dems allow plenty of pro-life speakers. (Mar 2014)
    
 - GOP tolerates pro-choice views; Dems don't tolerate pro-life. (Mar 2014)
    
 - 1996: partial birth procedure is reprehensible. (Jun 2012)
    
 - 1994: Donated to Planned Parenthood; opposed public donation. (Jun 2012)
    
 - Pro-choice until seeing daughter pre-natally. (Jun 2012)
    
 - 1996: Switched from pro-choice to pro-life. (Jun 2012)
    
 - Eliminate family planning funding from state budget. (Jun 2012)
    
 - I'm pro-life with exceptions; take it or leave it. (Jun 2011)
    
 - Life is precious and should be protected. (Jun 2011)
    
 - Default pro-choice until hearing 13-week fetal heartbeat. (Jun 2011)
    
 - Pro-life; the life of every human being is precious. (Jul 2009)
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Ron DeSantis on Abortion  
 
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| Republican presidential contender; FL governor |  
    
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    - Defend the rights of states to enact pro-life protections. (Jan 2024)
    
 - I believe in a culture of life, and the Heartbeat Bill. (Aug 2023)
    
 - Ban most abortions after six weeks instead of fifteen. (Apr 2023)
    
 - FactCheck: Only 1.3% of abortions take place after 21 weeks. (Oct 2022)
    
 - Anti-choice on abortion; pro-choice on vaccinations. (Jul 2021)
    
 - Reject loosening law on late term abortions. (Mar 2019)
    
 - Ban abortions after fetal heartbeat detected. (Oct 2018)
    
 - Endorsed as pro-life "authentic conservative". (Jun 2012)
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Tulsi Gabbard on Abortion  
 
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| Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from HI-2 |  
    
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    - No 3rd-trimester abortion unless life of mother at stake. (Oct 2019)
    
 - Abortion should remain legal and accessible. (Jan 2019)
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Nikki Haley on Abortion  
 
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| Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 |  
    
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    - IVF frozen embryos should be protected like babies. (Feb 2024)
    
 - Respect women instead of demonizing with fear or judgement. (Jan 2024)
    
 - Unapologetically pro-life, but no federal ban . (Aug 2023)
    
 - Not enough pro-life senators to ban abortions. (Aug 2023)
    
 - I think we can all agree on banning late-term abortions. (Jun 2023)
    
 - Some states are pro-life, some err on side of abortion. (May 2023)
    
 - As UN ambassador condemned regimes using forced abortion. (May 2023)
    
 - I'm pro-life because someone saved my husband's life. (Apr 2012)
    
 - Every life is blessed by God. (Nov 2010)
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Kamala Harris on Abortion  
 
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| Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator |  
    
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    - Many pro-life people didn't intend it would happen like this. (Oct 2024)
    
 - Now in over 20 states there are Trump abortion bans. (Sep 2024)
    
 - Fight state laws that criminalize healthcare providers. (May 2024)
    
 - Access to medication abortion: mifepristone thru pharmacies . (Mar 2024)
    
 - Supported FACT Act to disclose reproductive information. (Jan 2021)
    
 - Are there any laws where government controls male bodies? (Jan 2021)
    
 - A woman has the right to choose. (Oct 2020)
    
 - A staunch supporter of legal protection for abortion. (Jul 2020)
    
 - Hyde Amendment denies poor women reproductive health care. (Jul 2020)
    
 - Reproductive healthcare under attack in American today. (Oct 2019)
    
 - Stop men telling women what they can do with their bodies. (Oct 2019)
    
 - Repeal Hyde Amendment; unacceptable that Biden voted for it. (Jul 2019)
    
 - Don't limit abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. (Jan 2019)
    
 - Investigated of anti-choice activist for violating law. (Apr 2016)
    
 - Investigate fraud in anti-Planned Parenthood videos. (Apr 2016)
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Mike Huckabee on Abortion  
 
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| Republican Presidential candidate |  
    
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    - We continue to slaughter 4,000 babies a day. (Jan 2016)
    
 - Pro-life rhetoric not to blame in clinic shootout. (Nov 2015)
    
 - Under my presidency, life would be really deemed precious. (Sep 2015)
    
 - Taking innocent life does not solve problem of rape. (Aug 2015)
    
 - If GOP capitulates on life, they lose voters like me. (Oct 2014)
    
 - In AR, instituted "Choose Life" license plates. (Nov 2008)
    
 - I am actively PRO-LIFE not just quietly pro-life. (Nov 2008)
    
 - Culture of life encompasses more than just abortion issue. (Nov 2008)
    
 - Life question reflects nation's nature & equality of humans. (Feb 2008)
    
 - Consensus impossible: pro-choice world fundamentally differs. (Jun 2007)
    
 - Hate abortion but allow it is like hate slavery but allow it. (May 2007)
    
 - Pro-life includes improving life after birth. (Jan 2007)
    
 - Outlaw all abortions; err on the side of life. (Jan 2007)
    
 - Pro-life and pro-death penalty, & sees them as far different. (Jan 2007)
    
 - Even Americans who are pro-choice are pro-life. (Jan 2007)
    
 - Supports woman's right-to-know legislation. (Jan 2001)
    
 - Abortions are legal but they're NOT safe. (Jun 1998)
    
 - By deciding abortion is OK, we're our own god. (Sep 1997)
Constitutional Issues
     - Apply Constitutional rights from conception. (Jan 2016)
    
 - Abortion should be illegal but not criminal. (Nov 2015)
    
 - Litmus test for Supreme Court justices on rights of unborn. (Sep 2015)
    
 - Apply 5th and 14th amendments to unborn child. (Aug 2015)
    
 - As president, would push for the repeal of Roe v. Wade. (May 2015)
    
 - Unborn Child Amendment: all legally possible to protect life. (Nov 2008)
    
 - No state-by-state decisions on moral issues like abortion. (Nov 2008)
    
 - Will lead fight for constitutional ban on abortion. (Feb 2008)
    
 - I'm pro-life, but have no opinion on Justice O'Connor. (Jan 2008)
    
 - No states rights for moral issues like abortion. (Nov 2007)
    
 - Led Arkansas to human life amendment in state constitution. (Sep 2007)
    
 - Certainly good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed. (May 2007)
    
 - Pro-life, but respects choice as mandated law. (Jan 2001)
Public Funding
     - End Planned Parenthood funding by tying to debt limit vote. (Aug 2015)
    
 - No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion. (Sep 2007)
    
 - Eliminate public funding for abortion organizations. (Nov 2002)
    
 - 50M abortions a year worldwide is bug business. (Jun 1998)
Stem Cells
     - Pro-stem cell research but not embryonic stem cells. (Nov 2008)
    
 - Embryonic stem cell research creates life to end a life. (May 2007)
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Asa Hutchinson on Abortion  
 
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| Republican presidential contender; AR Governor |  
    
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    - Americans want to restrict abortion with right exceptions. (Apr 2023)
    
 - Have to do better in child birth care and adoption services. (Apr 2023)
    
 - It's Arkansas policy that we protect the life of the unborn. (May 2022)
    
 - Now we're the number one pro-life state in the nation. (Jan 2021)
    
 - Human life begins at conception. (Sep 2014)
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Kristi Noem on Abortion  
 
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| Republican |  
    
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    - I will proclaim that 2024 will be "Freedom for Life Year". (Jan 2024)
    
 - Pro-life, although South Dakotans support right to choose. (Oct 2022)
    
 - Focus on doctors breaking the law; ban telemedicine abortion. (Jul 2022)
    
 - Supreme Court gave authority back to the states to decide. (Jun 2022)
    
 - As soon as Roe is overturned, ready to protect every unborn. (Jan 2022)
    
 - No mother should be pressured into ending a child's life. (Mar 2021)
    
 - Ban abortion of preborn diagnosed with Down syndrome. (Jan 2021)
    
 - Protect life from miracle of conception to dignified death. (Nov 2010)
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Mike Pence on Abortion  
 
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| Former Republican Vice President (withdrew Oct.2023) |  
    
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    - A 15-week ban is an idea whose time has come. (Aug 2023)
    
 - Err on the side of life to give unborn child every chance. (Jul 2023)
    
 - Won't rest until sanctity of life is center of American law. (Jun 2023)
    
 - I'd like to see Mifepristone taken off the market. (Apr 2023)
    
 - A champion of the right to life throughout my public career. (Apr 2023)
    
 - National abortion bans ought to be part of the debate. (Apr 2023)
    
 - I am proud to serve a pro-life president. (Oct 2020)
    
 - Roe v. Wade worst Supreme Court decision since Dred Scott. (Sep 2020)
    
 - Federal funding of Planned Parenthood is "morally wrong". (Sep 2020)
    
 - Proposed abortion bill that defined "forcible rape". (Sep 2020)
    
 - Trump is the most pro-life president in American history. (Feb 2020)
    
 - Stands for unborn against Democratic "culture of death". (Mar 2019)
    
 - Tie-breaker vote to defund Planned Parenthood. (Mar 2017)
    
 - We embrace life because we're better for it. (Oct 2016)
    
 - Partial-birth abortion is just anathema to me. (Oct 2016)
    
 - Need Supreme Court justices who uphold Constitution. (Jul 2016)
    
 - Periods for Pence: protest against interring aborted fetuses. (Apr 2016)
    
 - Prohibit abortion for race, sex, diagnosis of disability. (Mar 2016)
    
 - Defund Planned Parenthood for providing abortion. (Sep 2012)
    
 - Commit to unalienable right to life, including the unborn. (Feb 2008)
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Vivek Ramaswamy on Abortion  
 
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| CEO & Republican Challenger |  
    
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    - I believe that abortion is a form of murder. (Apr 2023)
    
 - Supports state level ban at six weeks when brainwaves begin. (Apr 2023)
    
 - Abortion is murder, should be regulated at the state level. (Apr 2023)
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Marco Rubio on Abortion  
 
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| FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate |  
    
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    - Leave it to state's voters; Democrats want no restrictions. (Jul 2024)
    
 - Abortion is complex issue; we must reduce the number of them. (Aug 2015)
    
 - Barbarians of our age have murdered millions of the unborn. (Aug 2015)
    
 - Ban abortion after 20 weeks. (Apr 2015)
    
 - Consensus that life begins at conception; so no abortion. (May 2014)
    
 - I believe in protecting life but I'm not a chauvinist. (Mar 2013)
    
 - Pro-life, but understands that woman's right is the law. (Jun 2012)
    
 - Expand birth control exemption for faith-based organizations. (Jun 2012)
    
 - Opposed Sotomayor nomination based on her Roe support. (Jun 2012)
    
 - No right to privacy, that resulted in the Roe v. Wade. (Feb 2010)
    
 - Require ultrasounds before performing abortions. (Feb 2010)
    
 - Voted against funding stem cell research. (Apr 2006)
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Bernie Sanders on Abortion  
 
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| Independent Senator (VT) amd former Presidential candidate |  
    
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    - Appoint only justices who support Roe & Planned Parenthood. (Feb 2020)
    
 - Get the government off the backs of women on abortion. (Nov 2019)
    
 - Totally absurd for U.S. to limit birth control abroad. (Sep 2019)
    
 - Medicare-for-All will protect women's constitutional right. (Jun 2019)
    
 - Right to abortion applies to low income women as well. (Jun 2019)
    
 - No anti-choice appointments to Supreme Court. (May 2019)
    
 - Few or no government limits on abortion. (Feb 2019)
    
 - Support pro-life Dems if they replace pro-life Republicans. (Apr 2017)
    
 - Lifetime pro-choice record, plus funding for family planning. (Sep 2015)
    
 - Advocate for family planning and funding for contraceptives. (Sep 2015)
    
 - Women have the right to choose, regardless of income. (Jun 1997)
Voting Record
     - Voted for spending bills with Hyde Amendment, but pro-choice. (Jun 2019)
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Tim Scott on Abortion  
 
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| Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator |  
    
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    - A state's rights issue on the right; extremism on the left. (Jun 2024)
    
 - No abortion on demand; cannot leave it to the states. (Aug 2023)
    
 - Against the radical left pushing taxpayer-funded abortion. (May 2023)
    
 - Human life begins at conception. (Sep 2014)
    
 - Fight for the rights of the unborn. (Nov 2010)
    
 - No embryonic stem cell research. (Nov 2010)
    
 - Don't require 24 hours after ultrasound; 1 hour is enough. (Feb 2009)
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Jill Stein on Abortion  
 
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| Green Challenger |  
    
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    - Roe shows Supreme Court is amenable to public pressure. (Feb 2016)
    
 - Offer abortion services free to women at the poverty level. (Jul 2014)
    
 - Healthcare is a right, including women's reproductive rights. (Nov 2012)
    
 - Real choice includes information on prevention. (Nov 2012)
    
 - Birth control should not be up to your employer. (Oct 2012)
    
 - Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. (May 2012)
    
 - Maintain abortion rights & provide free birth control. (May 2012)
    
 - Give women easy access to "morning after" pill. (Oct 2002)
    
 - Protect a woman's right to choose. (Nov 2001)
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Francis Suarez on Abortion  
 
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| Miami mayor; GOP presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023) |  
    
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    - Exceptions for rape, incest and life-threatening emergencies. (Aug 2023)
    
 - Supports a 15-week federal abortion ban, not yet for 6-week. (Jun 2023)
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Donald Trump on Abortion  
 
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| Republican former President |  
    
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    - I would veto a national abortion ban. (Oct 2024)
    
 - FactCheck: No, Virginia doesn't allow abortion after birth. (Sep 2024)
    
 - I did a great service in sending abortion back to the states. (Sep 2024)
    
 - Free IVF for all, paid by government or insurance mandate. (Sep 2024)
    
 - Crowning achievement is overturning Roe; but it's divisive. (Jul 2024)
    
 - I believe in exceptions for rape, incest, and maternal life. (Jun 2024)
    
 - FactCheck: No, Democrats don't allow abortion after birth. (Jun 2024)
    
 - I will not block abortion medication: abortion pill ok. (Jun 2024)
    
 - Let individual states decide: Biden/Harris are extremist. (Jun 2024)
    
 - I got Roe v. Wade terminated and I'm proud to have done it . (Jan 2024)
    
 - Falsely claims Democrats want to execute babies after birth. (Apr 2023)
    
 - I won't influence how Justices vote on Roe v Wade. (Oct 2020)
    
 - Ban the late-term abortion of babies. (Feb 2020)
    
 - End medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses. (Jun 2019)
    
 - FactCheck: Late abortions only for non-viable fetus. (Feb 2019)
    
 - Cherish innocent life instead of ripping babies from womb. (Feb 2019)
    
 - Completed conversion from 1999 pro-choice to 2019 pro-life. (Feb 2019)
    
 - Increased programs and funds covered by Mexico City policy. (Feb 2018)
    
 - Reinstate Mexico City Policy: end abortion funding abroad. (Jan 2017)
    
 - Unpredictable abortion funding good; Planned Parenthood bad. (Nov 2016)
    
 - Not acceptable to rip baby from womb in 9th month. (Oct 2016)
    
 - Overturn Roe v, Wade and return abortion laws to the states. (Oct 2016)
    
 - Millions are helped by Planned Parenthood, but defund it. (Feb 2016)
    
 - Planned Parenthood does great work on women's health. (Feb 2016)
    
 - Defund Planned Parenthood. (Oct 2015)
    
 - 1998: I hate abortion yet I'm totally for choice. (Oct 2015)
    
 - Planned Parenthood is important, but abortions must stop. (Aug 2015)
    
 - I have evolved on abortion issue, like Reagan evolved. (Aug 2015)
    
 - Ban late abortions; exceptions for rape, incest or health. (Jun 2015)
    
 - Undecided on embryonic stem cell research. (Apr 2011)
    
 - I am now pro-life; after years of being pro-choice. (Apr 2011)
    
 - I changed my views to pro-life based on personal stories. (Apr 2011)
    
 - I am pro-life; fight ObamaCare abortion funding. (Feb 2011)
    
 - Pro-choice, but ban partial birth abortion. (Jul 2000)
    
 - Favors abortion rights but respects opposition. (Dec 1999)
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JD Vance on Abortion  
 
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| Republican Vice Presidential nominee |  
    
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    - Try to balance interest in life against interest in autonomy. (Nov 2024)
    
 - Democracy is messy; let voters decide in each state. (Oct 2024)
    
 - As pro-life as anyone, but supports abortion pills . (Jul 2024)
    
 - Preserve access to Mifepristone medication abortion . (Jul 2024)
    
 - People don't want blanket abortion bans; exceptions ok. (Jul 2024)
    
 - ONLY exception is strict life of the mother exception. (Nov 2022)
    
 - Unborn babies are not inconveniences to be discarded. (Oct 2022)
    
 - Abortion rights should be regulated by state legislatures . (Oct 2022)
    
 - Eliminating abortion makes society pro-child, pro-family. (Oct 2021)
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Tim Walz on Abortion  
 
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| DFL Governor & V.P. nominee |  
    
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    - No registry of pregnancies; that's nobody else's business. (Oct 2024)
    
 - Has two children, both conceived by IVF. (Aug 2024)
    
 - Minnesota will protect reproductive freedom including IVF. (Mar 2024)
    
 - Codified abortion rights while surrounded by pro-life states. (Jun 2023)
    
 - Abortion is on the ballot with my anti-choice opponent . (Oct 2022)
    
 - Maintain funding for Planned Parenthood. (Oct 2018)
    
 - Abortions should always be legal. (Nov 2006)
    
 - Supports embryonic stem cell research. (Nov 2006)
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Cornel West on Abortion  
 
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| Green Party/People's Party candidate |  
    
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    - Protect reproductive rights, end all forms of patriarchy. (Aug 2023)
    
 - Wrong to be more concerned about abortion than child poverty. (Jun 2023)
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Kanye West on Abortion  
 
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| Birthday Party candidate for President |  
    
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    - Planned Parenthood founded for eugenics against blacks. (Sep 2020)
    
 - Pay a million per kid to discourage abortion. (Jul 2020)
    
 - I am pro-life because I'm following the word of the Bible. (Jul 2020)
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Marianne Williamson on Abortion  
 
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| Democratic candidate for President |  
    
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    - Protect the right of every woman to make her own decisions. (Jun 2023)
    
 - 2006: Mandatory counseling/(2014) No longer supports. (Jul 2019)
    
 - Abortion is about private morality; government has no role. (Apr 2019)
    
 - Resist any effort to restrict or limit reproductive rights. (Apr 2019)
    
 - Calls herself 100% pro-choice. (Mar 2019)
    
 - Ask for soul's wisdom on abortion, and surrender to God. (Jul 2018)
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