2014 KS Senate debate: on Abortion


Greg Orman: Supports access to abortion services

Roberts has voted several times for federal restrictions on access to abortion services. He endorsed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case in which justices said corporations can decline to cover some medical practices in their employee insurance plans if the corporation believes those practices violate its religious beliefs. "Every American has a right to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment to our Constitution," Roberts said in a statement after the decision.

Orman thinks the Hobby Lobby decision was wrong. "This is a dangerous precedent to set and opens the door to many more court challenges from private employers," his website says. Orman says he supports access to abortion services.

Source: The Kansas City Star on 2014 Kansas Senate race Sep 19, 2014

Pat Roberts: Let insurance plans deny abortions based on employer beliefs

Roberts has voted several times for federal restrictions on access to abortion services. He endorsed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case in which justices said corporations can decline to cover some medical practices in their employee insurance plans if the corporation believes those practices violate its religious beliefs. "Every American has a right to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment to our Constitution," Roberts said in a statement after the decision.

Orman thinks the Hobby Lobby decision was wrong. "This is a dangerous precedent to set and opens the door to many more court challenges from private employers," his website says. Orman says he supports access to abortion services.

Source: The Kansas City Star on 2014 Kansas Senate race Sep 19, 2014

Randall Batson: Focus on alternatives such as adoption & foster children

Some families that cannot have children will go to great lengths to do so. Within society there are alternatives, such as adoption and the fostering of children. A voluntary kindred spirit to aid people with social or economic needs is more compassionate. These alternatives to abortion are better than a policy of aggression.
Source: 2014 Kansas Senate campaign website batson4senate.weebly.com Aug 31, 2014

Milton Wolf: Human life begins at conception

Question topic: Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Wolf: Strongly Agree

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

Wolf: As a medical doctor, I know that life begins at conception and I believe it should be protected at every stage from conception to natural death. I will fight to achieve that reality as a United States Senator. I am also well aware of the fact that I am judged by my results, not simply my intentions. If a bill where before me that eliminated some abortions but provided exceptions I would vote for that bill because it would save lives today.

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Kansas Senate race Jul 2, 2014

Chad Taylor: No prosecution of Planned Parenthood for lost reports

On February 17, Chad Taylor, the Democrat District Attorney for the jurisdiction of the capital city of Kansas, issued a press release saying he'd not be filing any criminal charges concerning abortion report copies needed for felony prosecution of Planned Parenthood. Because Taylor's declaration of "no harm, no foul" was so full of errors (including essential dates and the job of a key informant), its summary disposition of the matter settled nothing.

Taylor's statement signaled the conclusion of a sheriff's investigation begun in November after it was asserted that copies of state reports from Planned Parenthood that should have been in the Attorney General's office had been destroyed. These copies were compliance reports of late-term abortions, that were subpoenaed under a criminal inquisition.

Kansans for Life is asking Taylor to clear up this mess. This affects the integrity of the as-yet-incomplete prosecution of Planned Parenthood for misdemeanors back in 2003.

Source: 2014 Kansas Senate debate coverage by Kansans For Life Feb 20, 2012

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Candidates and political leaders on Abortion:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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