Mike Bishop on Abortion

100% Pro-life record

Pro-life with exception only for life of the mother

Bishop: Strongly Agree

Q: Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

Bishop: I am pro-life with the only exception being that of the life of the mother.

Abortions should always be illegal

Bishop indicates support of the following principles concerning abortion.
• Abortions should always be illegal.
• Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion.
• Prohibit public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions.

Opposes abortion rights.

Project VoteSmart infers summary responses from campaign statements and news reports The PVS survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Abortion: Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?'

Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection.

A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, to implement equal protection for the right to life of each born and preborn human person, the Congress hereby declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child, a prohibition on in vitro fertilization, or a prohibition on use of birth control or another means of preventing fertilization.

In this Act, the terms `human person` and `human being` include each member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization or cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.