Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2020-2024: on Abortion
Elizabeth Warren:
We have never left individual rights to the states
GOV. KRISTI NOEM (R-SD): I anticipate there will be more debate and discussion. What was interesting about the Supreme Court decision is that it gave the authority back to the states to make these decisions. So, now that this decision has been made,
it will be up to each of the states and the state legislatures and the people there to talk to their elected representatives about what their laws look like closer to home.SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA):
Look, what she's really saying is that when this decision is made, it should be made by the government. That the government should move in and the government should determine whether or not a pregnancy is forced to continue or whether or not a
pregnancy can be terminated. We have never left individual rights to the states. The whole idea is that women are not second-class citizens. And the government is not the one that will decide about the continuation of a pregnancy.
Source: ABC This Week on 2024 Presidential Hopefuls
Jun 26, 2022
Vivek Ramaswamy:
Supports state level ban at six weeks when brainwaves begin
[On restricting abortion]: "Life ends right when brainwaves end--that's how we determine when life ends on the back end. I think we should apply a consistent principle on the front end, that's around the six-week mark that brainwaves do begin,"
Ramaswamy told Fox News. "This is not an answer for the president, because I think the federal government should be out of this. But if you're a governor or you're dealing with this in the states, I can share with you my opinion on it," Ramaswamy said.
Source: Washington Examiner on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Apr 26, 2023
Cornel West:
Wrong to be more concerned about abortion than child poverty
Many of my conservative brothers and sisters know that the child poverty rate in the United States, roughly 21%--it's much higher among Black and Brown. So, if they're committed to the well-being of the child, you would think they would be on the
cutting edge of eliminating child poverty. So, they're concerned about the child on the inside. That strikes me as not that concerned about imago Dei, not that concerned about the sanctity and dignity of children.
Source: Democracy Now on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Jun 7, 2023
Doug Burgum:
Signed strict ban in North Dakota, opposes national ban
Burgum said that despite signing into law one of the strictest and most conservative abortion bans in the country in his home state of North Dakota, he does not intend to institute a national abortion ban, as some of his competitors have suggested.
He said he believes such decisions should be decided at the local level. "The principle reason why we would say no on the national ban is because I believe in limited federal scope of the federal government, I believe in local control," Burgum said.
Source: WMUR on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Jun 12, 2023
Larry Elder:
Abortion is murder, Roe one of the worst Court decisions
He has called the Roe vs. Wade ruling, which created a legal right to abortion, "one of the worst decisions that the
Supreme Court ever handed down," described abortion as "murder" and said rules governing the procedure should be left to the states.
Source: Los Angeles Times on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Aug 10, 2023
Donald Trump:
Crowning achievement is overturning Roe; but it's divisive
Overturning Roe is one of the crowning achievements of Donald Trump's presidency. No one at the Republican National Convention is talking about it.Heading into the final day of the Republican Party's first national gathering since the Supreme Court's
landmark decision, which has allowed more than a third of states to ban nearly all abortions, the issue has barely received a passing mention. Main-stage speakers have instead leaned into economic populism, and isolationism.
But most GOP delegates
are fine with abortion not taking center stage, saying they have little interest in divisive social issues that could damage the nominee at a moment when Trump appears on a glidepath to victory. While Democrats and abortion-rights groups stage press
conferences outside the convention and attempt to use GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance's past statements to bring abortion back into the political spotlight, the GOP is choosing not to engage.
Source: Politico.com on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Jul 18, 2024
Tim Walz:
Has two children, both conceived by IVF
- Walz met his future wife, Gwen Whipple, a native Minnesotan, as they were both high school teachers in temporary classrooms. The first lady said she was irked by his loud voice disrupting her classroom.
- The two eventually moved to Mankato,
Minnesota, where they both worked at Mankato West High School. "Gwen loved living in southern Minnesota. We jumped at the chance to move to Mankato and start our lives together."
- He has two children, Hope and Gus. Hope recently graduated from college in Montana, and Gus is in public high school in St. Paul.
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Both children were conceived through IVF and fertility treatments: "There's a reason we named [our daughter] Hope."
Source: Politico.com on 2024 Vice Presidential hopefuls
Aug 6, 2024
Donald Trump:
Free IVF for all, paid by government or insurance mandate
Donald Trump's call for mandating free access to in-vitro fertilization has puzzled congressional Republicans, drawing a mix of skepticism and outright opposition across the party spectrum, from center-right to far-right lawmakers.Some worried about
the high cost of such a policy. Others confessed they don't understand what he's proposing to do. Yet others wondered aloud if Trump was serious. And numerous Trump allies said his announcement came as a surprise to them.
Some wondered if Trump was
serious about his call for government-mandated coverage of IVF, or whether he simply said it to mute Democratic attacks that a Trump victory would threaten access to IVF.
"We are going to be, under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying
for that treatment," Trump told NBC News last month when asked what he'd do about IVF if elected. "We're going to be mandating that the insurance company pay."
There is scant evidence of a Republican appetite for that plan in Congress.
Source: NBC News on 2024 Presidential Hopefuls
Sep 10, 2024
Nikki Haley:
IVF frozen embryos should be protected like babies
Nikki Haley said that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization are "babies," siding with a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that raised concerns among doctors and patients about the future of the procedure."Embryos, to me, are
babies," Haley told NBC News in an interview, adding that she used artificial insemination to have her son, a different process than IVF that doesn't present the same complexities around creating embryos in a lab. "When you talk about an embryo, you are
talking about, to me, that's a life. And so I do see where that's coming from when they talk about that."
Asked if legislation and rulings like the one in Alabama could have a chilling effect on families using IVF to become parents, Haley said, "This
is one where we need to be incredibly respectful and sensitive about it." Haley added: "Every woman needs to know, with her partner, what she's looking at. And then when you look at that, then you make the decision that's best for your family."
Source: NBC News on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Feb 21, 2024
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