Richard Carmona on Abortion

Championed women's health and pre-natal health services

Carmona served in the Bush administration as the 17th U.S. Surgeon General. In that position, he championed women's health care and pre-natal health services. He left the position after the administration tried to make health care a political issue. Source: Kingman Daily Miner on 2012 Arizona Senate debate , May 24, 2012

Give every woman access & choice in reproductive healthcare

Throughout my time as US Surgeon General, I remained steadfast in my belief that every woman should have access to comprehensive health care, including retaining access to reproductive health care options and FDA-approved prescription contraceptives.

As a medical doctor, I know that a woman's access and choice of reproductive health care options is an intensely personal decision left best decided by a woman and her physician. I also believe it is important to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the United States through supporting medically-accurate, comprehensive sex education for our kids, taking steps to prevent teen pregnancy and providing access to pre-natal care for all women.

Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, carmonaforarizona.com , Mar 15, 2012

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