State of New Jersey secondary Archives: on Abortion
Bob Hugin:
Against late term abortions unless mother's life is at risk
A deputy campaign manager said, "Bob opposes late-term abortions unless the life of the mother is at risk. As Senator,
Bob will vet each judicial nominee on their own merit and record. He thought Judge Neil Gorsuch was an excellent choice and would generally be supportive of nominees who fit that profile."
Source: Politics DW on 2018 New Jersey Senate race
Feb 26, 2018
Bob Hugin:
Pro-choice, but no late-term abortions unless maternal risk
Q: Abortion: Mostly ban or mostly legal?Robert Hugin (R): Legal. "Pro-choice." Opposes late-term abortions unless life of mother is at risk.
Robert Menendez (D): Legal. "Strongly support a woman's right to choose." Cosponsored bill preventing
medically unneeded restrictions.
Q: Contraception: Can employers withhold contraceptive coverage if oppose it?
Robert Hugin (R): No stand found.
Robert Menendez (D): No. Women have the right to affordable contraceptive services.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on New Jersey Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Bonnie Watson Coleman:
Protect women's access to comprehensive reproductive care
Bonnie Watson Coleman believes that a woman's right to choose is between a woman and her doctor. She is committed to protecting women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care services including access to contraceptives,
education regarding all reproductive options, and support for healthy pregnancies. Bonnie Watson Coleman will continue to defend a woman's right to choose and vigorously oppose attacks against it.
Source: 2014 New Jersey House campaign website BonnieForCongress.com
Oct 10, 2014
Cory Booker:
No restrictions before viability; exceptions after viability
Cory Booker supports a woman's right to choose, according to his campaign website. But to hear a conservative group's ad tell it, Booker supports much more than choice.The American Commitment Action Fund, a conservative PAC behind the BookerFAIL
website, funded a new ad that claims Booker condones abortion at any stage of pregnancy and without restrictions. "He supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations," the ad states.
We checked with the Booker campaign. "We can all agree that we want to prevent unintended pregnancies, and therefore the need for abortion," a spokesman said. "Mayor Booker supports Roe v Wade, which allows women the right to choose up to the
point of viability."
As for late-term and partial-birth abortions? "Cory Booker does not oppose restrictions on post-viability abortions if exceptions are made for the health and the life of the mother," the spokesman said.
Source: Politifact.com FactCheck on 2014 New Jersey Senate race
Sep 1, 2013
Cory Booker:
Vigorously defend women's access to affordable birth control
My priorities for affordable, high-quality health care include:- Working to have our nation better invest in prenatal and early childhood health initiatives;
- Helping our nation develop strategies for wellness and preventative health. This is
truly the best way to reduce health care cost and elevate the quality of life;
- Vigorously defending women's access to health care, affordable birth control, and protecting every woman's right to make decisions about her reproductive health;
Source: 2013-2014 New Jersey Senate campaign web CoryBooker.com
Nov 3, 2013
Cory Booker:
Fix Hobby Lobby: it's not about religious freedom
Cory Booker urged Congress today to pass a law to fight the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial ruling allowing some religious-leaning companies to refuse paying for insurance coverage for contraception under ObamaCare.
Booker vowed to work with fellow Democrats in Congress to draft legislation that would "fix" the ruling.The nation's highest court voted 5-4 on Monday that companies with religious objections can dodge the requirement to pay for insurance coverage
for contraception under Obama's Affordable Care Act, saying it violates a federal law protecting religious freedom. The ruling favored art-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby, among about 50 companies to sue over the ObamaCare requirement.
Booker is running for re-election this year against Republican challenger Jeff Bell, who--like other GOP leaders--praised Monday's ruling.
Source: Newark Star-Ledger on 2014 New Jersey Senate race
Jul 1, 2014
Hirsh Singh:
Eliminate all taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood
I am a defender of life. I respect those who have a different opinion but the move by some states to allow late-term abortion and post-birth infanticide is atrocious.
In the Senate I will fight to:- Eliminate all taxpayer funding of organizations like Planned Parenthood
- Enact the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"
- Promote adoption as a viable option before a baby's birth.
Source: 2020 New Jersey Senate website HirshSingh.com
Feb 5, 2020
Hirsh Singh:
New Jersey should promote a philosophy of life, not death
I believe that we must demonstrate to our children that we value their lives--one day we will rely on them to value ours. New Jersey should promote a philosophy of life within our government, not death. New Jersey must demonstrate this philosophy by
refusing to fund organizations whose primary purpose is to end the lives of our children. How many of our future leaders, engineers, doctors, scholars and inventors have we lost simply because they weren't considered human in their mother's womb?
Source: 2020 New Jersey Senate campaign website HirshSingh.com
Jun 11, 2020
Jeff Bell:
Apply 14th Amendment to the unborn
Question topic: Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.Bell: Strongly Agree.
Question topic: Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Bell: No.
Question topic: Briefly list political or legislative issues of most concern to you.
Bell: Applying the 14th Amendment's protection of life to the unborn
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 New Jersey Senate race
Sep 30, 2014
Jeff Bell:
Hobby Lobby ruling protects religious freedom
Cory Booker urged Congress today to pass a law to fight the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial ruling allowing some religious-leaning companies to refuse paying for insurance coverage for contraception under ObamaCare. The nation's highest court
voted 5-4 that companies with religious objections can dodge the requirement to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under ObamaCare, saying it violates a federal law protecting religious freedom. The ruling favored art-and-crafts chain
Hobby Lobby, among about 50 companies to sue over the ObamaCare requirement.
Booker is running for re-election this year against Republican challenger Jeff Bell, who--like other GOP leaders--praised Monday's ruling. "This is a great assurance to the
American people and to New Jerseyans that their religious freedoms will not be stripped away by government mandates forcing people to pay for and buy into practices they believe violates their religious conviction," Bell said in a statement.
Source: Newark Star-Ledger on 2014 New Jersey Senate race
Jul 1, 2014
Josh Gottheimer:
Fight any attempt to get between a woman and her doctor
I unequivocally support women's reproductive rights and will fight any attempt to get between a woman and her doctor when it comes to making personal healthcare choices. I also believe women should have access to affordable health care services around
the country.We should also invest in stem cell research and ensure that the National Institutes of Health continue to fund ground-breaking research in cancer, autism, and other diseases.
Source: 2016 New Jersey House campaign website josh4congress.com
Nov 8, 2016
Kim Guadagno:
Supports women's healthcare; pro-choice
Guadagno's spokesman says: "The lieutenant governor is a pro-choice woman who will absolutely support women's health programs in New Jersey.
Any suggestion she wouldn't support women's health is simply desperate."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger on 2017 New Jersey governor race
Aug 10, 2017
Murray Sabrin:
Human life begins at conception
Question topic: Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.Sabrin: Strongly Agree
Question topic: Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Sabrin: We should all work to create a cultural shift in this country that this dreadful procedure would only be acceptable to be used in the extraordinary circumstance to protect the life of the mother.
As a US Senator I would sponsor and vote for legislation to protect and promote life and would oppose anti-life justices to the US Supreme Court.
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 New Jersey Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
Phil Murphy:
Codify woman's full reproductive rights into state law
I'm proud we are fighting the Trump administration's efforts to block women from receiving vital information critical for them to make important decisions. We've protected funding for Planned Parenthood and women's health care. This
must go beyond just providing funding to make up for the loss of Title X money. It's about protecting a woman's fundamental and constitutional right to full reproductive freedom. Let's commit to codifying a woman's full reproductive rights in state law.
Source: 2020 New Jersey State of the State address
Jan 14, 2020
Phil Murphy:
Will sign bill securing woman's right to choose into law
I thank and congratulate the Legislature on passing and sending to my desk a bill that will secure a woman's access to reproductive care and her right to choose into state law. These decisions must be kept between a woman and her doctor, period.
I will sign this into law this week. And I am especially proud that we are getting this done before the United States Supreme Court renders its ruling challenging Roe v Wade, which it is poised to overturn.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature
Jan 11, 2022
Ray Lesniak:
Won landmark case for abortion rights
Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?A: Pro-choice.
Q: Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
A: Yes.
Q: When the life of the woman is endangered?
A: Yes.
Q: Prohibit public funds
for organizations that perform abortions?
A: No.
Lesniak adds,"I won a landmark Women's Right to Choose case, Ponter v Ponter, which went beyond Roe v Wade and held a woman had the right to choose regarding any medical procedure involving her body."
Source: Vote Smart 2017-2018 New Jersey Political Courage Test
Nov 1, 2017
Rich Pezzullo:
Opposes using tax dollars for abortions, wants regulations
Being pro-life, Rich has examined the health care choices available and believes our sisters, mothers, wives and girlfriends deserve more choices than abortion. He believes that women have health issues requiring assistance but opposes using tax dollars
to pay for abortions. Rich has advocated that sensible regulations on service providers, not unlike those placed on other medical professionals, including parental notification and informed consent, are in the best interest of the patients.
Source: 2018 New Jersey Senate campaign website pezzullo.com
Jan 1, 2018
Rik Mehta:
Protect unborn children from the moment of conception
Rik is pro-life. In the Senate, he will vote to protect unborn children from the moment of conception, while also ensuring that expectant mothers receive all the care and support that they need.
Rik opposes taxpayer funds being used to provide abortion, believes we should ban late-term abortions, and that a parent or guardian must be notified when a minor child is seeking an abortion.
Source: 2020 New Jersey Senate campaign website RikForNJ.com
Mar 18, 2020
Robert Menendez:
Yes affordable contraceptives; no unneeded restrictions
Q: Abortion: Mostly ban or mostly legal?Robert Hugin (R): Legal. "Pro-choice." Opposes late-term abortions unless life of mother is at risk.
Robert Menendez (D): Legal. "Strongly support a woman's right to choose." Cosponsored bill preventing medica
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on New Jersey Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Seth Kaper-Dale:
Supports ful range of reproductive services
In accordance with the National Organization for Women's recommendations, my healthcare policy will allow patients and doctors the exclusive power to determine what medical care is best, including a full range of reproductive services.
My administration will promote educational programs addressing physical violence against women, all forms of gender-based denigration and abuse and a woman's right to control her own body.
Source: 2018 New Jersey Governor website KaperDaleForGovernor.com
Aug 8, 2017
Doug Steinhardt:
Conservative, pro-life, Lifetime NRA member
Doug Steinhardt is a conservative New Jersey Republican. He is pro-life, a Lifetime Member of the National Rifle Association and proud supporter of President Donald Trump. Doug's New Jersey roots run deep. He grew up on the same
Warren County farm where his parents still live and has spent years working with conservative activists to build our Republican movement from the ground up.
Source: 2021 New Jersey Governor campaign website Steinhardt4Gov.com
Oct 4, 2022
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