2020 NH Senatorial race: on Abortion


Corky Messner: Ban abortion after 20 weeks; no government funding

Q: Keep abortion legal or ban?

Corky Messner: Mostly ban. Ban after 20 weeks. Supports rule barring U.S. support for health care NGOs that in any part of their work provide, refer or promote abortion.

Jeanne Shaheen: Legal. Worked to block Planned Parenthood cuts and to protect access to birth control, cancer screenings, and other health services.

Source: CampusElect survey of 2020 New Hampshire Senate race Sep 30, 2020

Don Bolduc: Pro-life excepting rape, incest, life of mother

Bolduc told WMUR that he is pro-life on abortion and favors abortion only in cases of "rape, incest and the health of the mother."
Source: WMUR 9-News on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race May 5, 2020

Bill O`Brien: Led override of veto of partial-birth abortion ban

O'Brien presided over the House when it had an anti-abortion majority in 2011-2012. The House during that window passed a partial-birth abortion ban, a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, a requirement of a 24-hour waiting period before receiving an abortion, and a proposal to prohibit the use of public funds for abortions. The GOP-led Senate at the time killed three of those four bills, but O'Brien got the Legislature to override then-Gov. John Lynch's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban.
Source: Manchester Union-Leader on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race Nov 10, 2019

Bill O`Brien: Would ban abortion in all cases, including rape and incest

O'Brien told WMUR he supported the Alabama law that would ban abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. "I believe in the sanctity of life. I'm not willing to say that any life is a life that ought to be done away with," O'Brien said. "It horrifies me that a Supreme Court would say yes to unborn death. But put that aside, it's not the law of the land. They should be interpreting the law of the land. They made it up. We have originalists on the court now. We should have more of them."
Source: Manchester Union-Leader on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race Nov 10, 2019

Jeanne Shaheen: Shaheen amendment provides reproductive care in foreign aid

A coalition of 44 national pro-life leaders is objecting to Shaheen's amendment to a bipartisan spending bill. The bill provides $665 million for "family planning and reproductive health care" and includes funds for the U.N. Population Fund, which has backed China's one-child, forced-abortion policy. The pro-life leaders say Shaheen's amendment would "undermine" President Trump's pro-life policies overseas that serve to block American taxpayer dollars from supporting abortion in other countries.
Source: Breitbart News on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race Oct 29, 2019

Gloria Bromell Tinubu: Against funding Planned Parenthood

"Well, first of all, I fully support the president in his Planned Parenthood view. I do not support funding Planned Parenthood as it is today because money is going to abortions, 330,000 abortions," Bolduc said at a Hollis GOP meeting. "Planned Parenthood is not the way we need to go. It's not the way the president wants to go. It's not the way I will support; you know, surveys show it's not the way New Hampshire wants to go."
Source: Manchester Union-Leader on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race Jul 19, 2019

Andy Martin: Committed to sanctity of life, within the rule of law

Other than making promises they can't keep to pass abortion legislation, congress has very little to do with the abortion debate. I am committed to the sanctity of life but I am also committed to the rule of law.
Source: WMUR.com on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race Nov 1, 2018

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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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