State of New Hampshire secondary Archives: on Abortion
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
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
Bob Smith:
Human life begins at conception
Question topic: Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.Smith: Strongly Agree
Question topic: Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Smith: NO.
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 New Hampshire Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
Chris Sununu:
Voted to restrict funding to local Planned Parenthood
After Sununu's candidacy announcement, New Hampshire Democrats quickly issued a statement focused on Sununu's funding vote: "Chris Sununu voted to restrict access to birth control and cancer screenings for thousands of women who rely on local
Planned Parenthood health centers and opposed the successful bipartisan expansion of health care to over 41,000 New Hampshire citizens," said the New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman.
Source: Union-Leader on 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial race
Sep 7, 2015
Chris Sununu:
Take a pause in Planned Parenthood funding
Following is a letter written by N.H. Executive Councilors Colin Van Ostern & Chris Pappas to Chris Sununu and the other Executive Councilors requesting that they join in restoring Planned Parenthood funding in N.H.:For six months, New Hampshire
women and families have been deprived of critical funding for basic medical care; care that was budgeted for by legislators but denied when the Executive Council voted 3-2 in August to end contracts for Planned Parenthood health centers.
When the council voted narrowly against these funds in August, Councilor Sununu stated he was looking to "just take a pause," and the only objection cited by either Councilors Sununu or Kenney was the then-new videos which have since been debunked
(and their makers indicted).
The questions raised in the previous vote against these funds have been resolved, but the denial of funds continues. It's time to move forward together by setting aside political considerations and doing what is right.
Source: Portsmouth Herald OpEd on 2016 New Hampshire governor race
Jan 30, 2016
Chris Sununu:
Disagrees with states having no exception abortion bans
During an interview on CNN's State of the Union, host Jake Tapper asked the governor: "What's your response when you hear someone like South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem, who said...that her state's law would make no
exception for a young girl who got pregnant after being raped?""I don't agree with that at all. I just don't," Sununu responded. "Governor Noem and the folks of South Dakota have to reconcile that."
Source: Newsweek magazine on 2022 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race
Jul 10, 2022
Chuck Morse:
Backs restrictive abortion ban; I'm a pro-life Republican
Republicans wrote a ban on abortions after 24 weeks that requires mandatory ultrasounds before a pregnancy is terminated. The language in the budget made no exception for rape or incest, or for fetal viability, and included criminal and civil penalties--
including prison sentences--for health care providers who conduct abortions after 24 weeks. Morse made no apologies. "I'm a pro-life Republican. I always have been," Morse said. Morse said the ban was "what the people of New Hampshire wanted.
Source: Concord Monitor on 2022 New Hampshire Senate race
Jan 28, 2022
Colin Van Ostern:
Restore funding for Planned Parenthood
On the state Executive Council, Colin led the fight to successfully restore funding for preventive care like birth control, cancer screenings, and annual exams at New Hampshire's
Planned Parenthood health centers after they were defunded in 2011, and he has vowed to work tirelessly against recent political cuts. In 2015, he was named the state "Champion for Choice" by NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire.
Source: 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial website VanOstern.com
Jul 20, 2016
Colin Van Ostern:
Restore Planned Parenthood funding; they had no wrongdoing
For six months, New Hampshire women and families have been deprived of critical funding for basic medical care; care that was budgeted for by legislators but denied when the Executive Council voted 3-2 in August to end contracts for Planned Parenthood
health centers. To be clear:- Five different congressional investigations uncovered no evidence of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood.
- Ten states have concluded state investigations by clearing Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing.
- Eight other
states, including New Hampshire, found no evidence worthy of even an investigation.
The questions raised in the previous vote against these funds have been resolved, but the denial of funds by the council continues to adversely impact public health
and the lives of thousands of Granite Staters. It's time to move forward together by setting aside political considerations and doing what is right for the roughly 13,000 New Hampshire women and families who relied on this care last year.
Source: Portsmouth Herald OpEd on 2016 New Hampshire governor race
Jan 30, 2016
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
Dan Feltes:
Supports Planned Parenthood; opposes parental notification
Dan is strongly pro-choice. Dan has been a supporter of Planned Parenthood. He has contributed financially and helped with fundraisers for Planned Parenthood. Dan and his wife, Erin, hosted for several weeks a Planned Parenthood volunteer intern working
in the 2012 election cycle.Dan opposes unnecessary regulations and laws interfering with the reproductive rights of women. Dan would support a repeal of the Tea Party-driven parental notification law, which did not provide a clear exception in cases
of rape, incest, or abuse in the household. While Dan respects the views of everyone and their right to express them, he does not believe people have the right to interfere with the difficult and private medical decisions
of women through intimidation tactics. Dan supports efforts that seek to prevent women from facing intimidation and threats outside women's health clinics when exercising their right to choose.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire governor campaign website DanFeltesNH.com
Jan 1, 2014
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
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
Jeanne Shaheen:
Opposed the Blunt Amendment: require birth control coverage
Sparks flew [at the Senate debate] on the topic of immigration and border security. "The border is secure when people don't come across it," Brown said to the applause of supporters after Todd asked him to define a secure border.
Shaheen attacked Brown's record on abortion rights; Brown, while senator for Massachusetts, supported the Blunt Amendment, which would have allowed any employer with moral objections to opt out of requiring to cover birth control in 2012.
Source: NECN-sponsored 2014 New Hampshire Senate debate
Oct 21, 2014
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
Jim Rubens:
Oppose partial birth abortion; support parental notification
I support:- End taxpayer funding for abortion and for Planned Parenthood. Redirect womens' health dollars to non-profit women's health clinics and family planning counseling services which do not provide abortions.
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Partial birth abortion ban.
- Parental notification.
- Oppose "buffer zone" anti-speech laws.
- Allow hormonal contraceptives to be sold directly to women over the counter and without a prescription.
Source: 2016 New Hampshire Senate campaign website JimRubens.com
Apr 1, 2016
Jon Lavoie:
Pro-choice because it's none of my business
Contrary to what the media and the presidential candidates want you to believe, the topic of abortion is not completely a national issue. It is very much a State to State decision. In my opinion, personal or religious beliefs on this issue should
not be made into law. So as Governor, what will be my stance on the topic? "It's none of my business." Now I'll explain:Why should myself or anyone else have a say in what others do in their personal lives? This can't be an easy decision to make for
most people, and in the end, they alone will have to come to terms with it and live with their decision.
Am I pro-life or pro-choice? In a black and white world, I suppose I am a Republican who tends to lean a bit to the left on this issue. If that
makes me pro-choice, then ok. In a perfect world, I would wish that there was no need for abortion, but this world is not perfect. There are instances where people are going to make this choice, and it's simply none of my business.
Source: 2016 New Hampshire Governor campaign website, JonLavoie.org
Nov 4, 2015
Karen Testerman:
No taxpayer dollars to terminate human life in the womb
Family is not a choice. It is a God given right and duty. We have four grown children and 11 grandchildren. They are precious to us and we cannot fathom why people like Shaheen would condone killing a child in the womb.Estimates are that 1.5 million
children are killed in the womb every year. Taxpayer dollars should not be used to terminate the human life of American citizens. Planned Parenthood kills a child every 94 seconds. This is the same organization that praises and funds Shaheen.
Do the calculation. Imagine how 60 million more tax paying citizens could impact and maintain programs like Social Security. How many new businesses and jobs could they create?
I hear some say these additional citizens would be a burden on our economy. Only a person (like Shaheen) who expects people to depend on the government for their sustenance would believe this way.
Source: 2014 New Hampshire Senate website, KarenTesterman.net
Dec 1, 2013
Kelly Ayotte:
Make birth control pills available without prescription
A pair of Republican lawmakers want women to be able to purchase birth control pills and other forms of contraceptives without a prescription, a move opposed by physicians' groups. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) have introduced the
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act that would require drug companies to start the process of selling their products over the counter. The bill would also waive any FDA fees associated with the change.
The idea is opposed by Planned Parenthood and American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Both groups point out that under the Affordable Care Act, insurance plans are required to cover all FDA-approved forms of birth control.
If birth control pills and other contraceptives are available over the counter and not covered by insurance, prices could go up and access down.
Source: The Huntsville (AL) Times on 2016 New Hampshire Senate race
May 27, 2015
Mitt Romney:
States shouldn't ban contraception; and no state wants to
Q: [to Romney] Sen. Santorum has been very clear in his belief that the Supreme Court was wrong when it decided that a right to privacy was embedded in the Constitution. And following from that, he believes that states have the right to ban
contraception. Now I should add that he said he's not recommending that states do that. SANTORUM: No, let's be clear. We're talking about the 10th Amendment and the right of states to act.
Q: Gov. Romney, do you believe that states have the
right to ban contraception? Or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy?
ROMNEY: I can't imagine a state banning contraception. I can't imagine the circumstances where a state would want to do so, and if I were a governor of a state or a
state legislature, I would totally and completely oppose any effort to ban contraception.
SANTORUM: The Supreme Court created through a penumbra of rights a new right to privacy that was not in the Constitution. I believe it should be overturned.
Source: WMUR 2012 GOP New Hampshire debate
Jan 7, 2012
Molly Kelly:
Supports abortion rights and is backed by Planned Parenthood
Kelly has repeatedly declared that "as governor I will not allow women's reproductive rights to go backwards. And I promise that all women, regardless of income, will have access to safe legal abortion."
She also has highlighted that she's always stood with Planned Parenthood and in recent days has touted her endorsement by the political wing of the powerful national group that provides reproductive health care.
Source: Concord Monitor on 2018 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race
Sep 3, 2018
Ray Metcalfe:
Supports reproductive rights & stem-cell research
Q: Name 25 contentious issues which voters can depend on you to vote for?
A:- Stem-cell research
- Universal health care
- Reproductive rights
- Keeping promises to veterans
- Civil rights
- Privacy rights
- Workers rights
- The Bill of Rights
- Gun rights
- Fair trade as opposed to free trade
- Employee's free choice
- Retraining for displaced workers
- Quality public education
- Affordable higher education
- Scientific research
- Space exploration
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Addressing global warming
- Ending the war on drugs
- Ending corporate welfare
- Repealing the Patriot Act
- Power cost equalization
- A complete and modernizing overhaul of America's transportation and communication systems
- Reversing Ted
Stevens' privatization of Alaska's fishing rights
- A judicial system that places a higher value on dispensing justice and getting it right than it places on winning
- Ending our current tax system and replacing it with a progressive tax system
Source: 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial website Metcalfe4Senate.com
Nov 1, 2008
Rick Santorum:
States have the right to ban contraception, but shouldn't
Q: [to Romney] Sen. Santorum has been very clear in his belief that the Supreme Court was wrong when it decided that a right to privacy was embedded in the Constitution. And following from that, he believes that states have the right to ban
contraception. Now I should add that he said he's not recommending that states do that. SANTORUM: No, let's be clear. We're talking about the 10th Amendment and the right of states to act.
Q: Gov. Romney, do you believe that states have the right
to ban contraception? Or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy?
ROMNEY: I can't imagine a state banning contraception. I would totally and completely oppose any effort to ban contraception.
SANTORUM:
The Supreme Court created through a penumbra of rights a new right to privacy that was not in the Constitution. It created a right through boot-strapping, through creating something that wasn't there. I believe it should be overturned.
Source: WMUR 2012 GOP New Hampshire debate
Jan 7, 2012
Ron Paul:
Right to privacy is explicit, but not for contraception
Q: [to Paul] Sen. Santorum believes that the Supreme Court was wrong when it decided that a right to privacy was embedded in the Constitution. And following from that, he believes that states have the right to ban contraception, although he's not
recommending that states do that. SANTORUM: The Supreme Court created through a penumbra of rights a new right to privacy that was not in the Constitution.
PAUL: No, I think the 4th Amendment is very clear. It is explicit in our privacy.
You can't go into anybody's house without a search warrant. This is why the Patriot Act is wrong, because you have a right of privacy by the 4th Amendment. As far as selling contraceptives, the Interstate Commerce Clause protects this; it was originally
written not to impede trade between the states, but it was written to facilitate trade between the states. So if it's not illegal to import birth control pills from one state to the next, it would be legal to sell birth control pills in that state.
Source: WMUR 2012 GOP New Hampshire debate
Jan 7, 2012
Scott Brown:
OpEd: Not a reliable vote on abortion rights
At the gathering here, N.H. State Representative Daniel Tamburello said he liked Brown personally but hesitated when asked whether he would support him. "I'm a pretty strong pro-life guy, and that's usually a sticking point for me in the primaries,"
Rep. Tamburello said. When campaigning in Massachusetts, Brown said he favored abortion rights, although activists disputed the claim, saying his was not a reliable vote. Nonetheless, the perception here is that he supports abortion rights.
Source: New York Times on 2014 New Hampshire Senate race
Dec 11, 2013
Steve Marchand:
Proudly pro-choice
This is a guy--me--who's a lifelong Democrat but has been praised by editorial boards from the Portsmouth Herald to the New Hampshire Union Leader for being fiscally responsible and being really smart with how we raise and how we spend money.
And yet I'm also somebody who's proudly pro-choice, pro same-sex marriage, transgender rights, a strong environmentalist, anti-casino gambling. You can do that and you can be fiscally responsible.
Source: N.H. Public Radio on 2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial race
Apr 24, 2017
Tom Sherman:
Supports a full range of reproductive health care services
Dr. Sherman supports a full range of reproductive health care services. As Governor, Dr. Sherman will be a fierce advocate for repealing
Chris Sununu's cruel abortion ban, which broke with decades of bipartisan respect for a women's rights to work with her doctor to make her own health care decisions.
Source: 2022 New Hampshire Governor campaign web DrTomSherman.com
Mar 28, 2022
Don Bolduc:
FactCheck: Claims NH is pro-life but voters 71% pro-choice
The retired brigadier general railed [Democratic Sen. Maggie] Hassan for her focus on the right to an abortion, which was taken away with the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling earlier this year, instead of the economy and
inflation rates that are at the highest levels in decades. "She just wants to hang on with dear life. Well, guess what? Your views are not consistent with the average Granite Stater, number one. Number two, get over it. This is about the economy, fiscal
responsibility and the safety and security of this nation, which you cannot defend," Bolduc said.In a recent poll from the St. Anselm College Survey Center of nearly 2,000 registered voters in New Hampshire, 71% identified as pro-choice, 25%
described themselves as pro-life and 3% were unsure. When it comes to the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe vs. Wade decision, 38% said they support the ruling, 58% oppose it and 5% are unsure.
Source: WMUR FactCheck on 2022 New Hampshire Senate race
Sep 15, 2022
Maggie Hassan:
Right to abortion in jeopardy if GOP controls Congress
[Republican opponent Don Bolduc] railed Hassan for her focus on the right to an abortion. "She just wants to hang on with dear life. Well, guess what? Your views are not consistent with the average Granite Stater, number one. Number two, get over it.
This is about the economy," Bolduc said.Hassan has campaigned on the notion that the right to abortion is in jeopardy in all 50 states if Republicans gain control of Congress. Bolduc, though, said if elected, he would not support a 15-week abortion
ban recently proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham. "I would vote no on that because the federal government is way too much in our business. Granite Staters will be better served by working through their legislature to address that issue,
not the federal government," Bolduc said.
The Hassan campaign released a digital ad on Monday that focuses on Bolduc's "get over it" comment.
Source: WMUR FactCheck on 2022 New Hampshire Senate race
Sep 15, 2022
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