2018 IN Senate race: on Abortion

Mike Braun: Life starts with conception

Andrew Straw: A fetus has rights; treat abortion like euthanasia

A: Oppose "unrestricted" It should be illegal to have an abortion for a civil rights-suppressing purpose, such as solely on the basis of disability or race or sex of the fetus.

Q: So if a woman makes the decision herself, that's ok? As long as her reason is not about disability or race or gender? In other words, you'd agree with "Abortion is a woman's restricted right"?

A: Let me be clear. A fetus has rights and that is why they have civil rights. If a woman was not involved in the pregnancy, she would have˙NO RIGHT˙to kill her own child just like she has no right to do euthanasia against a disabled person or a senior or some adult who was a certain race or gender. Abortion is actually killing someone and if that makes the calculus difficult, that's too bad. Deal with it. A woman does not have an unrestricted total right to kill her fetus and no number of federal judges can change this.

Andrew Straw: Since 1973, courts allowed parents to kill their children

Mark Hurt: Life is precious; no tax-payer funded abortion

Hurt contends: "Government takeovers in health care, costly regulations with no cost/benefit analysis, government intervention in unprecedented sectors of our economy, attacks on religious liberties and so many areas of our individual lives, are fostering dependence, disillusionment, and hopelessness among too many in our country.

Hurt adds: "We need to provide support for mothers and fathers who teach their children the values of hard work, the importance of serving others, and compassion for the poor."