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Ned Lamont on Abortion

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Criticizes Republican candidate: "choice is on the ballot"

A press conference to announce the launch of a new reproductive rights hotline veered into campaign territory as Gov. Ned Lamont named U.S. Senate candidate Leora Levy and by extension his Republican opponent as threats to abortion rights nationwide. "I worry that one of our candidates for senate supports outlawing a woman's right to choose across the country," Lamont said. "Leora Levy would go down to Washington D.C. and join Mitch McConnell to outlaw that choice. So choice is on the ballot."
Source: CT News Junkie on 2022 Connecticut Gubernatorial race , Aug 5, 2022

Modernize, remove restrictions from abortion law

Legislative Summary:HB5414: An Act concerning the provision of protections for persons receiving and providing reproductive health care services in the state and access to reproductive health care services in the state.

Planned Parenthood in support, April 29, 2022This is the most significant abortion legislation passed by the General Assembly since Connecticut codified the right to safe, legal abortion in state law in 1990. This bill will modernize the state's abortion law and regulations in line with current medical standards of care, removing medically unnecessary restrictions to allow qualified advanced practice clinicians to provide aspiration abortion for their patients.

Legislative Outcome:Passed House 87-60-4 on Apr/19/22; passed Senate 25-9-2 on Apr/29/22; signed by Governor Ned Lamont on May/5/22

Source: Planned Parenthood on Connecticut voting records HB5414 , May 5, 2022

Absolute support for women's right to reproductive freedom

I absolutely support women's right to complete and appropriate health care and to reproductive freedom. I will fight to make the morning after pill available over the counter, to make emergency contraception available to all rape victims, and to support the nomination and appointment of pro-choice judges.
Source: 2006 Senate campaign website, nedlamont.com, "issues" , Apr 23, 2006

Opposes Alito nomination because Alito is so anti-choice

If I were the U.S. Senator from Connecticut, I would have led the charge against the Alito nomination. You really learn how much our country has swung to the right when you see that, moving from Sandra Day O'Connor-who was obviously nominated by that liberal Ronald Reagan-all the way over to Judge Alito. Alito has had a long agenda and part of his agenda is to outlaw a woman's right to choose and to overturn Roe v. Wade.

If you don't think it's important, you don't think these basic rights we have are at risk, look at that bill that just came out of South Dakota, which will outlaw a woman's right to choose even in the case of rape and incest. That bill's headed right to the Supreme Court in the next 18 months or so, and it's going to be a close call-and it won't be a close call if Judge Stevens isn't there with us. So, I would've opposed Alito, I would've supported the filibuster, I would've kept that debate going. It's too crucial to what's going on.

Source: Sam Seder interview on "The Randi Rhodes Show" , Mar 10, 2006

Other governors on Abortion: Ned Lamont on other issues:
CT Gubernatorial:
Bob Stefanowski
Jen Tooker
Ryan Fazio
Susan Bysiewicz
CT Senatorial:
Chris Murphy
Joe Visconti
John Flynn
Leora Levy
Matthew Corey
Richard Blumenthal
Robert Hyde
Themis Klarides

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