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Joe Biden on Abortion

* 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)
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
* Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Voted NO on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
* Rated 36% by NARAL, indicating a mixed voting record on abortion. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

Sam Brownback on Abortion

* Roe is not in the Constitution. (Sep 2007)
* No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion. (Sep 2007)
* Iowa phone ad: Romney is not pro-life. (Aug 2007)
* I am pro-life and I'm whole life. (Jun 2007)
* Opposes abortion even for women pregnant by rapists. (May 2007)
* Glorious day for human liberty when Roe v. Wade is repealed. (May 2007)
* Could support a pro-choice nominee, as part of coalition. (May 2007)
* Adult stem cell healing instead of embryonic stem cells. (May 2007)
* FactCheck: Adult stem cell can't replace embryonic stem cell. (May 2007)
* Agrees with Supreme Court limiting partial birth abortion. (Apr 2007)
* Did not convert to pro-life during first campaign. (Feb 2007)
* Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
* Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
* Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Hillary Clinton on Abortion

* Lift ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases. (Jun 2007)
* Abortion is a sad, tragic choice to many women. (May 2007)
* Fought for years to get "Plan B" contraceptive on the market. (Dec 2006)
* Respect Roe v. Wade, but make adoptions easier too. (Nov 2006)
* Prevention First Act: federal funds for contraception. (Oct 2006)
* Alternatives to pro-choice like forced pregnancy in Romania. (Nov 2003)
* Must safeguard constitutional rights, including choice. (Oct 2000)
* Late term abortion only if life or health are at risk. (Oct 2000)
* Remain vigilant on a woman’s right to chose. (Jan 2000)
* Keep abortion safe, legal and rare. (Jan 1999)
* Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. (Jan 1999)
* Reach out to teens to reduce teen sex problems. (Jan 1999)
* Supports parental notice & family planning. (Feb 1997)
* Cairo Document: right to abortion but not as family planning. (Sep 1996)
* Voted liberal line on partial birth & harm to fetus. (Oct 2005)
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
* Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
* Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women. (Apr 2001)
* Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

Chris Dodd on Abortion

* Conduct stem cell research to help Alzheimers and diabetes. (Jul 2007)
* Courts should decide abortion cases based on woman's health. (Apr 2007)
* Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
* Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Voted NO on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
* Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

John Edwards on Abortion

* Gov't should not decide for women on partial-birth abortion. (Apr 2007)
* Ad: compassion, truth, and hope over fear-mongering. (Jul 2004)
* Right to abortion is constitutionally protected. (Jan 2004)
* Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

Rudy Giuliani on Abortion

* Ultimate decision by woman, her conscience & her doctor. (Aug 2007)
* Allowing choice keeps government out of people's lives. (May 2007)
* Seek bipartisan ways to reduce abortion & increase adoption. (May 2007)
* Forever against abortion; but respect others' choice. (May 2007)
* Appoint constructionist judges, but no litmus test. (May 2007)
* Would personally advise women against abortion. (May 2007)
* 1997:Supported partial birth; opposed parental notificiation. (May 2007)
* Would not oppose strong pro-life plank of GOP platform. (May 2007)
* Giuliani donated to Planned Parenthood throughout 1990s. (May 2007)
* Ok to repeal Roe v. Wade, but ok to view it as precedent too. (May 2007)
* Allow states to fund or not fund abortion. (May 2007)
* Encourage adoptions; ban partial-birth abortion. (May 2007)
* Embryonic stem cell research ok if limited properly. (May 2007)
* FactCheck: Encouraged adoptions; but over-stated results. (May 2007)
* Pro-choice; no ban on partial-birth abortions. (Dec 1999)

Mike Gravel on Abortion

* Any abortion decision should remain between woman & doctor. (Apr 2007)
* Stem Cell research should not be limited. (Jun 2006)

Mike Huckabee on Abortion

* No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion. (Sep 2007)
* Led Arkansas to human life amendment in state constitution. (Sep 2007)
* Consensus impossible: pro-choice world fundamentally differs. (Jun 2007)
* Hate abortion but allow it is like hate slavery but allow it. (May 2007)
* Certainly good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed. (May 2007)
* Embryonic stem cell research creates life to end a life. (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)
* Eliminate public funding for abortion organizations. (Nov 2002)
* Supports woman’s right-to-know legislation. (Jan 2001)
* Pro-life, but respects choice as mandated law. (Jan 2001)

Duncan Hunter on Abortion

* Hunter Bill: define that life begins at conception. (Sep 2007)
* No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion. (Sep 2007)
* Good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed. (May 2007)
* Adult stem cell research instead of embryonic stem cells. (May 2007)
* Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
* Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
* Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
* Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
* Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
* Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
* Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
* Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Dennis Kucinich on Abortion

* Litmus test on Roe, but as part of a culture of life. (Apr 2007)
* Women's right-to-choose is essential to gender equality. (Nov 2006)
* Abortions should always be legal. (Jan 2004)
* Shifted to pro-choice when women's health became at risk. (Dec 2003)
* All men & women have right to make difficult moral decisions. (Aug 2003)
* Supreme Court nominees must agree to uphold Roe v. Wade. (Apr 2003)
* Women can't be free unless they have the right to choose. (Apr 2003)
* Prevention, education, & health care, to minimize abortions. (Apr 2003)
* Life begins at conception. (Jul 1996)
* Journey in 2002 from pro-life to pro-choice. (Apr 2003)
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
* Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
* Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
* Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
* Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
* Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
* Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
* Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)

John McCain on Abortion

* Abortion issue shows what kind of country we are. (Aug 2007)
* Concerned if women undergo illegal dangerous operations. (May 2007)
* Supports federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. (May 2007)
* Prosecute abortion doctors, not women who get them. (Jan 2000)
* “Family Conference” if daughter wanted an abortion. (Jan 2000)
* Abortion OK if raped; and no testing for rape. (Jan 2000)
* Supports fetal tissue research; against over-intensity. (Jan 2000)
* Overturn Roe v. Wade, but keep incest & rape exceptions. (Jan 2000)
* Support adoption & foster care; work together on abortion. (Oct 1999)
* Wants Roe vs. Wade made irrelevant, but would not repeal it. (Aug 1999)
* Opposes partial-birth abortions & public financing. (Aug 1999)
* Nominate justices based on experience, and values. (Jun 1999)
* Restrict abortions; no partial-birth; no public funding. (Jul 1998)
* Supports repealing Roe v. Wade. (May 2007)
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
* Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
* Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

Barack Obama on Abortion

* Stem cells hold promise to cure 70 major diseases. (Aug 2007)
* Trust women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion. (Apr 2007)
* Extend presumption of good faith to abortion protesters. (Oct 2006)
* Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism. (Oct 2006)
* Pass the Stem Cell Research Bill. (Jun 2004)
* Protect a woman's right to choose. (May 2004)
* Supports Roe v. Wade. (Jul 1998)
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
* Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)

Ron Paul on Abortion

* Delivered 4000 babies; & assuredly life begins at conception. (Sep 2007)
* Sanctity of Life Act: remove federal jurisdiction. (Sep 2007)
* Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench. (Sep 2007)
* Save "snowflake babies": no experiments on frozen embryos. (Sep 2007)
* No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion. (Sep 2007)
* Embryonic stem cell programs not constitionally authorized. (May 2007)
* Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
* Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
* Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
* Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
* Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
* Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
* Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
* Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
* Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
* No federal funding of abortion, and pro-life. (Dec 2000)
* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Bill Richardson on Abortion

* Stem cell research as part of preventive healthcare. (Jul 2007)
* Supreme Court model cannot be justice who dissented on Roe. (May 2007)
* Resist any effort to weaken a woman's right to choose. (Oct 2002)

Mitt Romney on Abortion

* Two-step process: overturn Roe; then change hearts & minds. (Sep 2007)
* Following in Reagan's footsteps in converting to pro-life. (Aug 2007)
* Iowa attack phone ads are not true; I am pro-life. (Aug 2007)
* Tired of holier-than-thou attitude about becoming pro-life. (Aug 2007)
* Absolute good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed. (May 2007)
* Personally pro-life, but government should not intrude. (May 2007)
* Was effectively pro-choice until cloning changed his opinion. (May 2007)
* Altered nuclear transfer instead of embryonic stem cells. (May 2007)
* Breach of Constitution for justices to adjust Constitution. (Mar 2007)
* Now firmly pro-life, despite 2002 tolerance for abortion. (Dec 2006)
* Anti-abortion views have "evolved & deepened" while governor. (Jul 2005)
* Personally against abortion, but pro-choice as governor. (Mar 2002)
* For safe, legal abortion since relative's death from illegal. (Oct 1994)
* Stem cell research lofty goals don't justify destroying life. (Mar 2007)
* Defining mistake: supported abortion law despite opposing it. (Aug 2007)
* Would welcome overturning Roe v. Wade. (Mar 2007)
* Committed to not change law on abortion as Gov., and did not. (Mar 2007)
* Opposes Roe v Wade, but won't tamper with abortion laws. (Dec 2006)
* Vetoed emergency contraception for rape victims. (Jul 2005)
* Vetoed stem cell research bill. (May 2005)
* Endorsed legalization of RU-486. (Mar 2002)

Tom Tancredo on Abortion

* Litmus test for judges: only appoint if they'd overturn Roe. (Sep 2007)
* Talk about the unborn as people, because they are. (Sep 2007)
* No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion. (Sep 2007)
* The unborn enjoy a God given right to life. (Sep 2007)
* Greatest day in history when Roe v. Wade is repealed. (May 2007)
* Embryonic stem cell research is morally reprehensible. (May 2007)
* Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
* Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
* Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
* Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
* Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
* Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
* Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
* Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
* Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Fred Thompson on Abortion

* Lobbied for Planned Parenthood,but always voted against them. (Oct 2007)
* Appoint only strict constructionist judges. (Sep 2007)
* 1991: Consulted for pro-abortion group, as part of law firm. (Jul 2007)
* Doesn't recall 1994 survey ok'ing abortion; doesn't ok it. (Jun 2007)
* Roe usurped 200 years of law; return decision to states. (Jun 2007)
* Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad science. (Jun 2007)
* Appoint strict constructionist judges. (Jun 2007)
* Has never been pro-choice despite 1994 news reports. (Jun 2007)
* Judges should not make new social policy for the country. (Mar 2007)
* Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)

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