2020 WV Senate race: on Abortion


Richard Ojeda: Wholeheartedly support a woman's right to choose

On abortion: "I wholeheartedly support a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body. Full stop," he said. As president, Ojeda said, he would oppose any 20-week abortion ban or other such restrictions. Ojeda also committed to nominating only judges who were similarly invested in protecting women's rights to make their own reproductive decisions, and vowed to oppose the Hyde Amendment.

"I'm also calling bullshit on the idea that opposing abortion makes you pro-life," he said in a statement. "If you just want to keep working class women from making their own decisions, you might be pro-birth but you're not pro-life. I have always considered myself pro-life because I want to reduce the number of abortions by making birth control accessible, by quadrupling the funding for Planned Parenthood."

Source: The Intercept on 2020 West Virginia Senate race Oct 17, 2019

Richard Ojeda: Opposing abortion makes you pro-birth, not pro-life

I wholeheartedly support a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body. I'm also calling bull on the idea that opposing abortion makes you pro-life. If you just want to keep working class women from making their own decisions, you might be pro-birth but you're not pro-life. I want to reduce the number of abortions by making birth control accessible, quadrupling funding for Planned Parenthood, and making sure that those who start families have jobs and childcare.
Source: The Intercept on 2020 West Virginia Senate race Nov 21, 2018

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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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