Doug Jones on Abortion

Voted against bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks

Doug Jones: Voted against bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks, which "could [lead] to a mother's death." Supports "a woman's freedom to choose what happens to her own body." Voted against defunding Planned Parenthood.

Tommy Tuberville: Only exception to save the life of the mother. Favors state law without exceptions for rape or incest. Abortions may be seen in the future as "this generation's holocaust." Planned Parenthood should not receive taxpayer funds.

It's a woman's intensely personal decision

Jones: No. It has to be a woman's choice, an "intensely personal decision that only she, in consultation with her God, her doctor, her partner or family " can make. "Having said that, the law for decades has been that late-term procedures are generally restricted except in the case of medical necessity. That's what I support."

Moore: Yes. Every abortion should be illegal, without exceptions.

I stand with Planned Parenthood

Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion.

S.311/H.R.962: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Congress finds the following:

• If an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws.
• (2) Any infant born alive after an abortion or within a hospital, clinic, or other facility has the same claim to the protection of the law that would arise for any newborn, or for any person who comes to a hospital, clinic, or other facility for screening and treatment or otherwise becomes a patient within its care.
• In the case of an attempted abortion that results in a child born alive, any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive shall exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.

Opposing argument from Rewire.com, `Born Alive Propaganda,` by Calla Hales, 4/12/2019: From restrictive bans at various points of pregnancy to a proposed death penalty for seeking care, both federal and state legislators are taking aim at abortion rights. The goal? To make abortion illegal, criminalizing patients and providers in the process. One kind of bill making a recent resurgence is the `Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.` These bills aim to further the false narrative that abortions regularly occur immediately before or, according to the president, at the time of birth. Intentional action to end the life of an infant is already illegal. This is covered by federal and state infanticide laws. These bills do nothing but vilify physicians who provide reproductive health care.

Legislative outcome Referred to Committee in House; Senate motion to proceed rejected, 56-41-3 (60 required).

Pro-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey.

The Christian Coalition inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Public Funding of Abortions (Such as Govt. Health Benefits and Planned Parenthood)?' Self-description by Christian Coalition of America: "These guides help give voters a clear understanding of where candidates stand on important pro-family issues" for all Senate and Presidential candidates.