George Allen on Abortion Republican Senate Challenger

Define that life begins at conception, but contraception ok

Moderator: Don't they work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg?

Allen: Well if the egg is not fertilized, there is not conception.

Kaine explained that the common birth control pill works by a dual mechanism--both preventing fertilization, and preventing successful implantation when fertilization does occur. Also, he added, intra-uterine devices work singly by preventing implantatio Cruz on immigration: Wants to triple size of Border Patrol. Says Dewhurst supported in-state tuition for kids of illegal immigrants.

Dewhurst: I have always been against an amnesty program. "If they want to be a citizen, they ought to go home and reapply."

Dewhurst says he was against tuition for children of illegal immigrants.

For parental notification; against funding abortions

As our Senator, his record earned him a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee. He worked hard for and voted for legislation to ban partial-birth abortions and to prohibit federal funding of elective abortions. He sponsored legislation to prohibit taking a minor across State lines in order to evade parental notification laws, and supported efforts to ensure that abortion clinics do not circumvent notification laws nor encourage the misuse of any exceptions.

For adult stem-cell research; against embryonic research

George Allen will continue this record after his election to the Senate in 2012. Specifically, he pledges to:
• support the re-instatement of the Mexico City policy prohibiting American taxpayers' dollars from funding any U.N. or international program that encourages or performs abortions
• oppose the use or importation of any drug that is for the purpose of causing abortions, such as RU-486
• work to reverse the current Administration's funding of Embryonic Stem Cell research outside of the current lines approved under the Bush Administration in 2001, as well as continue to oppose human cloning.

Strongly opposes “Abortion is a woman’s right”

Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions.

Proponents recommend voting YES because:

This bill deals with how young girls are being secretly taken across State lines for the purpose of abortion, without the consent of their parents or even the knowledge of their parents, in violation of the laws of the State in which they live. 45 states have enacted some sort of parental consent laws or parental notification law. By simply secreting a child across State lines, one can frustrate the State legislature's rules. It is subverting and defeating valid, constitutionally approved rights parents have.

Opponents recommend voting NO because:

Some States have parental consent laws, some don't. In my particular State, it has been voted down because my people feel that if you ask them, "Do they want their kids to come to their parents?", absolutely. But if you ask them, "Should you force them to do so, even in circumstances where there could be trouble that comes from that?", they say no.

This bill emanates from a desire that our children come to us when we have family matters, when our children are in trouble, that they not be fearful, that they not be afraid that they disappoint us, that they be open with us and loving toward us, and we toward them. This is what we want to have happen. The question is: Can Big Brother Federal Government force this on our families? That is where we will differ.

Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives.

• Increase funding and access to family planning services
• Funds legislation that requires equitable prescription coverage for contraceptives under health plans
• Funds legislation that would create and expand teen pregnancy prevention programs and education programs concerning emergency contraceptives

Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime.

Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life.

Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.

For over thirty years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the political arm of the pro-choice movement and a strong advocate of reproductive freedom and choice. NARAL Pro-Choice America's mission is to protect and preserve the right to choose while promoting policies and programs that improve women's health and make abortion less necessary. NARAL Pro-Choice America works to educate Americans and officeholders about reproductive rights and health issues and elect pro-choice candidates at all levels of government. The NARAL ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.