Newt Gingrich on Abortion Former Republican Representative (GA-6) and Speaker of the House

Opposing contraception isn't extreme; legal infanticide is

GINGRICH: Two quick points. The first is there is a legitimate question about the power of the government to impose on religion activities which any religion opposes. That's legitimate. But I just want to point out, not once did in the 2008 campaign did anybody in the elite media ask why Barack Obama voted in favor of legalizing infanticide. If we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is President Obama who, as a state senator, voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion.

ROMNEY: In the previous debate, we wondered why in the world did contraception come up? Well, we found out when Barack Obama continued his attack on religious conscience. I don't think we've seen in the history of this country the kind of attack on religious conscience, religious freedom, religious tolerance that we've seen under Barack Obama

Don't discard excess embryos from in vitro fertilization

Embryonic stem-cell research desensitizes us to kill babies

Speaking at a Baptist church, he declared that embryonic stem-cell research amounts to "the use of science to desensitize society over the killing of babies." And in a news conference, he said he would ban all embryonic stem-cell research, including that done on discarded embryos created by in vitro

Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations

The campaign against public prayer and the display of religious symbols is only the tip of the iceberg. Consider the following examples:
• In May 2009, a pro-life nurse at a New York hospital was forced to participate in a late-term abortion, even though the hospital had agreed in writing to honor her religious convictions.
• In Jan. 2010, a Baptist minister was sentenced to thirty days in jail for peacefully protesting outside a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Oakland, California.
• In Feb. 2010, five men were threatened with arrest for preaching Christianity on a public sidewalk in Virginia.

Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers

Source: A Nation Like No Other, by Newt Gingrich, p. 92 , Jun 13, 2011

Impeach judges who don’t abide by Constitution as written

1. The American people can insist on electing Senators who promise to confirm judges who enforce the Constitution as written.
2. The legislative & executive branches can limit jurisdiction of the federal courts to hear certain types of cases where they believe the federal judiciary is wrong.
3. Americans can only insist that judges who consistently ignore the Constitution and the legitimate powers of the other two coequal branches of the federal government be considered unfit the serve and be impeached.

Most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion

Gingrich is opposed to abortion but does not believe the nation is ready to enact a constitutional ban. In the first three months of 1995, while the Contract With America was being debated, he angered some Republican congressmen by detouring them from anti-abortion amendments to bills and by putting aside their arguments that a welfare reform package might lead to an increase in abortions.

$500 tax credit for adoption

Supports the Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge.

The Susan B. Anthony List's 2012 Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge asks declared presidential candidates to commit to key pro-life goals if elected to the presidency in 2012. While this is by no means a complete list of all pro-life objectives, having a President that actively supports these pro-life aims will keep up the momentum to achieve our ultimate goal of ending abortion in this country. The Pro-life pledge:

I PLEDGE that I will only support candidates for President who are committed to protecting Life. I demand that any candidate I support commit to these positions:
• FIRST, to nominate to the U.S. federal bench judges who are committed to restraint and applying the original meaning of the Constitution, not legislating from the bench;
• SECOND, to select only pro-life appointees for relevant Cabinet and Executive Branch positions, in particular the head of National Institutes of Health, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health & Human Services;
• THIRD, to advance pro-life legislation to permanently end all taxpayer funding of abortion in all domestic and international spending programs, and defund Planned Parenthood and all other contractors and recipients of federal funds with affiliates that perform or fund abortions;
• FOURTH, advance and sign into law a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.