Axios.com political coverage: on Abortion


Bill Weld: Long record of support for abortion rights

Weld supports abortion rights and has fought to protect them. As governor in 1991, he introduced a bill aiming to make it easier to get an abortion in Massachusetts.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020" Apr 15, 2019

Julian Castro: I believe in a woman's right to choose

"I believe in a woman's right to choose, it is an issue of reproductive freedom and justice," he said at the "She the People" Presidential Forum in Houston on April 24.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020" Apr 22, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand: Her judicial appointments must uphold Roe v. Wade

Gillibrand pledged in a Medium post that if she were elected president, she would only nominate judges that will uphold Roe v. Wade and protect reproductive rights: "A woman's right to make her own personal health decisions is nonnegotiable," she wrote.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020" May 7, 2019

Pete Buttigieg: Personal choice is best for abortion's moral decision

If elected, Pete Buttigieg (boot-a-judge, often referred to as "Mayor Pete"), the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would be the youngest U.S. president ever. Said on Meet the Press that abortion is a "question that is almost unknowable ... a moral question that is not going to be settled by science. So the best way for it to be settled in practice is by the person who actually faces the choice."
Source: Axios.com "Election Factsheet," on 2020 Democratic primary May 3, 2019

Seth Moulton: Supports public funding; opposes Born-Alive bill

He supports the public funding of abortions and the right for women to terminate pregnancy for health reasons. He opposes the "Born-Alive" bill.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020" Apr 22, 2019

Tim Ryan: Opposed abortion; now supports woman's choice

Ryan previously opposed abortion based on his Catholic faith (and voted for the amendment that would prevent taxpayer dollars from funding them), but he announced his change of opinion in an op-ed in The Akron Beacon Journal in 2015. He said he now thinks "we must trust women and families--not politicians--to make the best decision for their lives."
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020" Apr 7, 2019

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2024 Presidential contenders on Abortion:
  Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)

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Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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