2022 NY Governor's race: on Abortion


Andrew Giuliani: Protect the right to life, I look at this very simply

Giuliani would not commit to protecting a woman's right to have an abortion. "I would protect the right to life. I look at this very simply. I'm a father now of almost six months and the first time I saw my daughter on the ultrasound, I knew the most important thing in my life is protecting her," he said. "Another thing, I look at what we've seen in celebrating late-term abortion as one of the most despicable things that we've seen on a state level."
Source: State of Politics on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race May 24, 2022

Kathy Hochul: Overturning Roe changed nothing in NY, because I'm governor

[Republican challenger Lee Zeldin] came under consistent attack over his anti-abortion policy views and celebration of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Zeldin has argued the issue is moot: New York state has passed strict abortion rights protections and, even if he wanted to, he could not change them.

Still, he did not directly answer a question from the moderators asking whether he would sign off on new restrictions if Republicans took hold of the state legislature--something Zeldin insisted was immaterial because "it's not happening."

Hochul returned to the issue frequently, touting the state law and promising to protect it from conservative politicians like Zeldin. "What we have in New York state is simply a codification of Roe v. Wade," Hochul said, when asked if she would put any restrictions on abortion. She then added, "You know why nothing changed the day after the Dobbs decision? It's because I'm the governor of New York and he's not."

Source: CNN Politics on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race Oct 25, 2022

Lee Zeldin: Overturning Roe is moot: NY has strict abortion rights

[In Zeldin's debate with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul], the Republican came under consistent attack over his anti-abortion policy views & celebration of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Zeldin has argued the issue is moot: New York state has passed strict abortion rights protections and, even if he wanted to, he could not change them.

Still, he did not directly answer a question from the moderators asking whether he would sign off on new restrictions if Republicans took hold of the state legislature--something Zeldin insisted was immaterial because "it's not happening."

Hochul returned to the issue frequently, touting the state law and promising to protect it from conservative politicians like Zeldin. "What we have in New York is simply a codification of Roe v. Wade," Hochul said, when asked if she would put any restrictions on abortion. She then added, "You know why nothing changed the day after the Dobbs decision? It's because I'm the governor of New York and he's not."

Source: CNN Politics on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race Oct 25, 2022

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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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