The Wall Street Journal: on Abortion
Buddy Roemer:
Tight limits on abortion are unconstitutionally restrictive
Some of Roemer's past positions might give evangelical voters pause. As governor, he vetoed three bills that imposed tight limits on abortion, calling them unconstitutionally restrictive. He also greatly expanded gambling in the state.Midway through h
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Source: The Wall Street Journal, "Longshot from Louisiana"
Mar 16, 2011
Dan Sullivan:
Exception for abortion to protect life of mother
At a GOP debate Monday, Messrs. Treadwell, Sullivan and Miller each labeled themselves as pro-life candidates--although with varying exceptions.
Sullivan would keep abortion legal in the case of rape, incest and to protect the mother's life. Treadwell would allow the procedure to protect the mother's life. And Miller said he would allow no exceptions.
"I don't think we ought to be talking about exceptions, we ought to be talking about life," Miller said at the debate, held in an evangelical church in
Eagle River. "Why are we going to punish the sons and daughters for the father's sins? That's what we do for the rape and incest exception."
Source: Wall Street Journal on 2014 Alaska Senate debate
Aug 5, 2014
James Webb:
Supports Roe v. Wade and abortion rights
Webb says, "I drifted away from the Democratic Party on national security issues but I never left on social issues and issues of economic fairness." He opposes a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, believes trade agreements should require other
nations to improve labor standards and wages, and backs abortion rights as defined by the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade. "I believe the power of the government ends at my front door unless there is a compelling reason to come inside," he says.
Source: Jeanne Cummings, Wall Street Journal, p. A6
Jun 8, 2006
Joe Miller:
Don't talk about exceptions; talk about life
At a GOP debate Monday, Messrs. Treadwell, Sullivan and Miller each labeled themselves as pro-life candidates--although with varying exceptions.
Sullivan would keep abortion legal in the case of rape, incest and to protect the mother's life. Treadwell would allow the procedure to protect the mother's life. And Miller said he would allow no exceptions.
"I don't think we ought to be talking about exceptions, we ought to be talking about life," Miller said at the debate, held in an evangelical church in Eagle River. "Why are we going to punish the sons and daughters for the father's sins? That's what
we do for the rape and incest exception."
Miller's supporters distributed news clippings that in 2012 Treadwell blocked a measure that would have allowed a statewide referendum to outlaw abortion.
Source: Wall Street Journal on 2014 Alaska Senate debate
Aug 5, 2014
John MacGovern:
Don't require churches to provide birth control to staff
MacGovern says there is also a crisis in moral leadership in the US. He opposes Pres. Obama's administration's decision to require religious institutions to provide services that violate their deeply held moral values. He was referring to a requirement
that insurance companies representing institutions such as churches provide birth control services even if those institutions object to birth control. MacGovern calls it "an assault on our cherished first amendment right to religious freedom."
Source: Wall Street Journal on 2018 Vermont Senate race
Nov 1, 2012
Mead Treadwell:
Exception for abortion for rape, incest & maternal health
At a GOP debate, Messrs. Treadwell, Sullivan and Miller each labeled themselves as pro-life candidates--although with varying exceptions. Sullivan would keep abortion legal in the case of rape, incest and to protect the mother's life. Treadwell would
allow the procedure to protect the mother's life. And Miller said he would allow no exceptions.Miller's supporters distributed news clippings about Mr. Treadwell that could be infuriating to a socially conservative audience:
That in 2012 he agreed to allow transgendered people to "correct the gender marker" on their Alaska driver's license and that he blocked a measure that would have allowed a statewide referendum to outlaw abortion. During the debate,
Treadwell said the initiative would have been unconstitutional and acted on advice of the state's lawyers.
But Miller used the episode to attack Treadwell. "You know, we heard that argument before, 'I was just following orders,'" Miller said.
Source: Wall Street Journal on 2014 Alaska Senate debate
Aug 5, 2014
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