Mother Jones magazine: on Abortion

Chuck Hagel: Supports insurance coverage for abortion for military women

[Mother Jones magazine describes that amendment as] an effort by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to expand abortion access for military women who are raped. If Shaheen's measure passes, military families will finally have the same access to abortion that other federal employees already receive. The Department of Defense currently only provides abortion coverage if the life of the mother is at stake. If an Army medic serving in Afghanistan is raped and becomes pregnant, she can't use her military health plan to pay for an abortion. If she does decide to get an abortion, she will have to pay for it with her own money. And if she can't prove she was raped, she may have to look for services off base, which can be dangerous or impossible in many parts of the world.

Joe Manchin III: Pro-life; pro-NRA; anti-EPA

Justin Amash: Would extend 14th Amendment rights to fetuses

[The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to former slaves, via the phrase "all persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens." Amash would interpret that as extending to the pre-born].

Merrick Garland: Record on abortion rights entirely blank

That's because the DC Circuit, where Garland has served for the past 19 years, almost never ends up on the frontlines of the culture wars; cases involving abortion or gay marriage rarely appear on its docket, which is heavily weighted with regulatory issues. And as someone who spent most of his pre-judicial career as a federal prosecutor, Garland hasn't had many opportunities to weigh in on Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Despite having gone through the judicial confirmation process once before, his record on the subject appears to be almost entirely blank.

Pete Buttigieg: Offered anti-abortion clinic help away from abortion clinic