Joe Manchin (D): Mostly ban. Lifelong abortion opponent, but recognizes that Americans are divided on this. Voted for bill prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks & opposes any public funding.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Ban. Overturn Roe v Wade, stop "the pro-abortion agenda" in Congress & legislate nationwide restrictions similar to WV's.
Q: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if disagree with it morally?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. Voted for bill to reverse ACA mandate for contraceptive coverage in order to safeguard religious liberty.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Yes. Strong advocate for religious liberty.
Q: Allow Planned Parenthood to receive public funds for non-abortion health services?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. No abortion funding, but committed to "helping women get vital health services, like cancer screenings & preventive care."
Patrick Morrisey (R): No. "Has opposed all taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood."
As a Libertarian, I believe that the role of government is to protect our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that government is not the grantor of our rights, but rather is to be the protector of rights and liberties with which we are endowed by our Creator.
Thus, where our actions infringe on the rights of another person, government has a proper role to mediate the dispute and to protect the oppressed.
Consistent with the above principles, I believe the issue of abortion turns on one fundamental inquiry: when does human life begin? I find that the answer to this question has been established beyond reasonable dispute. Basic biology demonstrates that an individual human being is created at the moment of conception. Therefore, the act of abortion is the taking of the life of another human being.
A: Pro-Life.
Q: Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
A: Yes, with exemptions to parental requirements only for incest by parent.
Q: Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
A: Yes, with exemptions to parental requirements only for incest by parent. .
Q: Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
A: Yes.
Folk adds, "All life is precious, the unanswered questions are clearly not simple questions to be answered by a yes or no answer. Taking a life, no matter how inconvenient the circumstances, is not a simple answer."
Joe Manchin (D): Mostly ban. Lifelong abortion opponent, but recognizes that Americans are divided on this. Voted for bill prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks & opposes any public funding.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Ban. Overturn Roe v Wade, stop "the pro-abortion agenda" in Congress & legislate nationwide restrictions similar to WV's.
Q: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if disagree with it morally?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. Voted for bill to reverse ACA mandate for contraceptive coverage in order to safeguard religious liberty.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Yes. Strong advocate for religious liberty.
Q: Allow Planned Parenthood to receive public funds for non-abortion health services?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. No abortion funding, but committed to "helping women get vital health services, like cancer screenings & preventive care."
Patrick Morrisey (R): No. "Has opposed all taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood."
A: We need to think outside the box on abortion. If they banned abortions tomorrow, there are still people who are going to have abortions. You cannot be pro-life if you don't think about people after birth too, and about sick people. If you build up the workforce, you give women access to health care so they can have adequate birth control. You can give them better, livable wages so they don't have to worry about bringing a child into this world and not being able to take care of them.
"I'm also calling bullshit on the idea that opposing abortion makes you pro-life," he said in a statement. "If you just want to keep working class women from making their own decisions, you might be pro-birth but you're not pro-life. I have always considered myself pro-life because I want to reduce the number of abortions by making birth control accessible, by quadrupling the funding for Planned Parenthood."
Planned Parenthood press release in opposition: House Bill 302 bans abortion in almost all cases. The bill includes narrow exceptions, including for a medical emergency, which is defined to apply only when an abortion is necessary to avert the patient's death or when delay would cause a "serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment." Adult survivors of sexual assault would only be able to obtain an abortion within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Minors who are victims of sexual assault would be subject to additional hurdles: forced notification of a parent, even if the minor is a victim of incestThis bill also requires the patient to provide the police report to the doctor before providing the abortion.
Legislative Outcome: Passed House 69-23-8 on Jul/27/22; passed Senate 21-10-3 on Jul/29/22; signed by Governor Jim Justice on Sep/16/22.
Planned Parenthood press release in opposition: House Bill 302 bans abortion in almost all cases. The bill includes narrow exceptions, including for a medical emergency, which is defined to apply only when an abortion is necessary to avert the patient's death or when delay would cause a "serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment." Adult survivors of sexual assault would only be able to obtain an abortion within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Minors who are victims of sexual assault would be subject to additional hurdles: forced notification of a parent, even if the minor is a victim of incestThis bill also requires the patient to provide the police report to the doctor before providing the abortion.
Legislative Outcome: Passed House 69-23-8 on Jul/27/22; State Rep. Moore Capito voted YES; passed Senate 21-10-3 on Jul/29/22; signed by Governor Jim Justice on Sep/16/22.
Planned Parenthood press release in opposition: House Bill 302 bans abortion in almost all cases. The bill includes narrow exceptions, including for a medical emergency, which is defined to apply only when an abortion is necessary to avert the patient's death or when delay would cause a "serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment." Adult survivors of sexual assault would only be able to obtain an abortion within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Minors who are victims of sexual assault would be subject to additional hurdles: forced notification of a parent, even if the minor is a victim of incestThis bill also requires the patient to provide the police report to the doctor before providing the abortion.
Legislative Outcome: Passed House 69-23-8 on Jul/27/22; passed Senate 21-10-3 on Jul/29/22; State Sen. Ron Stollings voted NO; signed by Governor Jim Justice on Sep/16/22.
A: Strongly Agree. Congressman Mooney cosponsored the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 which prohibits taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood for a year, until a Congressional investigation into their gruesome abortion practices can be completed. He also cosponsored the Abortion Full Disclosure Act of 2015 which ensures tax dollars are not used to fund abortions and requires Obamacare to offer insurance plans that do not mandate abortion coverage.
Q: Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
A: I believe in the importance to defend and promote the culture of life from conception to natural death.
Q: Does the federal government have a role to play in limiting abortion, and what federal steps and/or federal legislation would you support?
A: I have been a longtime sponsor of the Life at Conception Act which simply defines that human life begins at the moment of conception.
With only a minutes left, Willis hit the issues, letting voters know he was pro-life and pro-Second Amendment, and pledging to keep the promise of Social Security and Medicare.
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