NY Senate debate: on Abortion


Howard Mills: Supports a woman’s right to choose

MILLS: I’m socially tolerant and O’Grady is in this race for one reason and one reason only: I support a woman’s right to choose. She’s an anti-choice candidate. She’s running a one-issue, anti-choice campaign. I support a woman’s right to choose.

O’GRADY: Everybody believes in freedom. What Howard doesn’t believe in is the freedom for the unborn. They don’t have any rights as far as he’s concerned, and that’s why I’m in this race in order to give a voice to those who would not have any voice.

Source: 2004 NY Senate Debate on WABC Oct 17, 2004

Marilyn O`Grady: Believes in the freedom for the unborn

MILLS: I’m socially tolerant and O’Grady is in this race for one reason and one reason only: I support a woman’s right to choose. She’s an anti-choice candidate. She’s running a one-issue, anti-choice campaign. I support a woman’s right to choose.

O’GRADY: Everybody believes in freedom. What Howard doesn’t believe in is the freedom for the unborn. They don’t have any rights as far as he’s concerned, and that’s why I’m in this race in order to give a voice to those who would not have any voice.

Source: [Xref Mills] 2004 NY Senate Debate on WABC Oct 17, 2004

Marilyn O`Grady: Entered the race to give a voice to the unborn

It’s the social issues that really define us as a culture, and how we treat the most humble and the most insignificant in our society says a lot about us, and I think it’s to our detriment that we don’t stick up for the sanctity of human life. I’m very proud to be in this race in order to give a voice to the unborn. Unlike some people who will say they’re personally opposed but they won’t impose their view on somebody else, that’s no moral backbone. That’s just trying to have it both ways.
Source: 2004 NY Senate Debate on WABC Oct 17, 2004

  • The above quotations are from New York Senate debate, Sen. Charles Schumer (D) vs. Howard Mills (R) vs. Marilyn O'Grady (Const.), Oct. 17, 2004 on WABC.
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Candidates and political leaders on Abortion:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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