2018 MN Senate race: on Abortion


Jim Newberger: De-fund Planned Parenthood

Healthcare: Allow Planned Parenthood to receive public funds for non-abortion health services?

Klobuchar: Yes. Signed letter to Senate leadership supporting continued funding. Voted against defunding.

Newberger: No. Supported 2016 Minnesota bill to defund Planned Parenthood.

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Minnesota Senate race Nov 1, 2018

Paula Overby: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right"?

A: Support--Politicians are not qualified to decide if or when a mother's life support should be withdrawn from an unborn fetus. Women must have control over their own reproductive capacity. If the public has concerns about child welfare, we should invest in better prenatal services, sex education, and family planning.

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Minnesota Senate candidate May 13, 2018

Jim Newberger: Abortion is not an unrestricted right

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right"?

A: Oppose.

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Minnesota Senate candidate Mar 15, 2018

Jim Newberger: 100% pro-life

I will be the voice that speaks out for the unborn. Has a proven record of being 100% prolife.
Source: 2018 Minnesota Senatorial website JimForUSSenate.com Oct 1, 2017

Jim Newberger: Require that doctor be in room when taking RU-486

[Newberger introduced a bill] during the right-to-life crowd's brief craze over RU-486, which they (and no one else) called the "abortion pill." Newberger wanted to mandate that women could only take the pill while "in the same room" as the doctor who prescribed it. Any doctor who let a woman leave the room to take the pill would face criminal penalties and/or be sued by the woman's husband or parents. The bill was backed by the creeps-into-watching-women-eat lobby, and no one else.
Source: City Pages on 2018 Minnesota Senate race Aug 16, 2017

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Candidates and political leaders on Abortion:

Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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