Joe Manchin (D): Mostly ban. Lifelong abortion opponent, but recognizes that Americans are divided on this. Voted for bill prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks & opposes any public funding.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Ban. Overturn Roe v Wade, stop "the pro-abortion agenda" in Congress & legislate nationwide restrictions similar to WV's.
Q: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if disagree with it morally?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. Voted for bill to reverse ACA mandate for contraceptive coverage in order to safeguard religious liberty.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Yes. Strong advocate for religious liberty.
Q: Allow Planned Parenthood to receive public funds for non-abortion health services?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. No abortion funding, but committed to "helping women get vital health services, like cancer screenings & preventive care."
Patrick Morrisey (R): No. "Has opposed all taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood."
As a Libertarian, I believe that the role of government is to protect our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that government is not the grantor of our rights, but rather is to be the protector of rights and liberties with which we are endowed by our Creator.
Thus, where our actions infringe on the rights of another person, government has a proper role to mediate the dispute and to protect the oppressed.
Consistent with the above principles, I believe the issue of abortion turns on one fundamental inquiry: when does human life begin? I find that the answer to this question has been established beyond reasonable dispute. Basic biology demonstrates that an individual human being is created at the moment of conception. Therefore, the act of abortion is the taking of the life of another human being.
A: Pro-Life.
Q: Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
A: Yes, with exemptions to parental requirements only for incest by parent.
Q: Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
A: Yes, with exemptions to parental requirements only for incest by parent. .
Q: Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
A: Yes.
Folk adds, "All life is precious, the unanswered questions are clearly not simple questions to be answered by a yes or no answer. Taking a life, no matter how inconvenient the circumstances, is not a simple answer."
Joe Manchin (D): Mostly ban. Lifelong abortion opponent, but recognizes that Americans are divided on this. Voted for bill prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks & opposes any public funding.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Ban. Overturn Roe v Wade, stop "the pro-abortion agenda" in Congress & legislate nationwide restrictions similar to WV's.
Q: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if disagree with it morally?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. Voted for bill to reverse ACA mandate for contraceptive coverage in order to safeguard religious liberty.
Patrick Morrisey (R): Yes. Strong advocate for religious liberty.
Q: Allow Planned Parenthood to receive public funds for non-abortion health services?
Joe Manchin (D): Yes. No abortion funding, but committed to "helping women get vital health services, like cancer screenings & preventive care."
Patrick Morrisey (R): No. "Has opposed all taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood."
A: We need to think outside the box on abortion. If they banned abortions tomorrow, there are still people who are going to have abortions. You cannot be pro-life if you don't think about people after birth too, and about sick people. If you build up the workforce, you give women access to health care so they can have adequate birth control. You can give them better, livable wages so they don't have to worry about bringing a child into this world and not being able to take care of them.
"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."
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Republicans:
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX) Carly Fiorina(CA) Gov.John Kasich(OH) Sen.Marco Rubio(FL) Donald Trump(NY) |
Democrats:
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY) Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT) 2016 Third Party Candidates: Roseanne Barr(PF-HI) Robert Steele(L-NY) Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA) | ||
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