The Chicago Tribune: on Abortion
Kathy Salvi:
Takes traditional party positions, opposes abortion
Salvi has been the establishment's choice, staking out traditional party positions, raising the most money and winning the endorsement of a number of Republican organizations.
She holds conservative views such as opposition to abortion and support for a wall along the country's southern border.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2022 Illinois Senate race
Jun 28, 2022
Mark Curran:
Opposed partial-birth abortion
Curran, an opponent of abortion rights, was a longtime supporter of allowing concealed carry of firearms in Illinois. He was not opposed to universal background checks to purchase a firearm but contended issues involving mental health and video games
are more significant in dealing with gun violence than attempting to ban high-power weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. "There's a connection to the sanctity of life, that you could kill a baby in a partial-birth abortion," he said.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2020 Illinois Senate race
Aug 7, 2019
Daniel Biss:
Criticized governor for attempt to ban abortion
Biss last year ran a political action committee that sought to link Rauner to President Donald Trump. At his campaign announcement this year,
Biss criticized Rauner for refusing to speak out against Trump's attempts to curb immigration, to ban abortion and to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
John Kasich:
Ban abortions after 20 weeks; but no "heartbeat bill"
Gov. John Kasich signed a bill imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the first detectable fetal heartbeat. The so-called heartbeat bill would have prohibited
most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy.Kasich chose instead to sign off on a 20-week ban similar to those now in effect in 15 states and blocked from enforcement in two others.
The measures are based on the assertion that fetuses can feel pain then, which opponents characterize as scientifically unsound. Ohio lawmakers rejected a Democratic amendment that would have added exceptions for rape and incest.
Kasich said the
heartbeat provision would have been struck down: "The State of Ohio will be the losing party in that lawsuit and will be forced to cover the legal fees for the pro-choice activists' lawyers," Kasich said. "Therefore, this veto is in the public interest."
Source: Chicago Tribune on Ohio legislative voting records
Dec 13, 2016
John Kasich:
Require abortion clinics to have nearby hospital & doctor
In Oklahoma this week, the state Supreme Court threw out a law requiring abortion clinics to have doctors who have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles of their facility. The court ruled that measure, which requires doctors with admitting
privileges to be present for abortions, violates both the U.S. and Oklahoma constitutions. Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed it into law in 2014, but courts had blocked it from going into effect. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year struck down a
similar provision in Texas.In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich signed a bill imposing a 20-week abortion ban based on the assertion that fetuses can feel pain then, which opponents characterize as scientifically unsound. Kasich vetoed stricter provisions in a
so-called heartbeat bill that would have prohibited most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy, noting that the heartbeat provision would have been struck down.
Source: Chicago Tribune on Ohio legislative voting records
Dec 13, 2016
Richard Durbin:
Abortion is a private decision
On social issues, Durbin, who once opposed abortion rights, defended his support for the procedure and called it a “private decision” that should be made by a woman, her doctor and her family.
Sauerberg noted his opposition to abortion and said he and his family are actively involved in crisis pregnancy centers that provide women with an alternative.
Source: 2008 Illinois Senate Debate reported in the Chicago Tribune
Oct 7, 2008
Steven Sauerberg:
Provide women with an alternatives to abortion
On social issues, Durbin, who once opposed abortion rights, defended his support for the procedure and called it a “private decision” that should be made by a woman, her doctor and her family.
Sauerberg noted his opposition to abortion and said he and his family are actively involved in crisis pregnancy centers that provide women with an alternative.
Source: 2008 Illinois Senate Debate reported in the Chicago Tribune
Oct 7, 2008
Elizabeth Dole:
No litmus test for judiciary appointments
A top aide to her campaign said Dole also would consider nominating or appointing to any federal post, including the U.S. Supreme Court, someone who supported abortion rights.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 4/10/99
Apr 10, 1999
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