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Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016/Abortion
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See below what Gary Johnson and the 2016 Libertarian Party Platform said about abortion.
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Johnson on abortion
- In an interview with The Daily Caller on June 7, 2016, Gary Johnson discussed abortion and other domestic policy issues. He said, “I don’t even want to enter into the argument. I want to give women choice in dealing with that issue, period. Unbelievably difficult decision. I’m going to make it for a woman? Government’s going to make it for a woman? I don’t want to play a part in that role.”[2]
- Johnson discussed abortion and Texas House Bill 2, which required that doctors who perform abortions have hospital admitting privileges at a facility within 30 miles of where an abortion is performed and that abortion facilities meet the same requirements as outpatient surgery centers, in an interview with The Texas Tribune on April 12, 2016. Johnson said, “I think it’s an affront to women’s rights. Abortion is an unbelievably difficult decision that anyone should have to make. But only a woman should make it.”[3]
- During the Libertarian Party debate that aired on Fox Business Network on April 1, 2016, Johnson said he was in favor of legalized abortion.[4]
- On his 2012 presidential campaign website, Johnson wrote, "Life is precious and must be protected. A woman should be allowed to make her own decisions during pregnancy until the point of viability of a fetus." Johnson also stated that stem cell research "should only be completed by private laboratories that operate without federal funding."[5]
- In June 2011, Johnson expressed support for some abortion rights in an interview with Rolling Stone. He said, "I support women’s rights to choose up until viability of the fetus. I’ve supported the notion of parental notification. I’ve supported counseling and I’ve supported the notion that public funds not be used for abortions. But I don’t want for a second to pretend that I have a better idea of how a woman should choose when it comes to this situation. Fundamentally this is a choice that a woman should have."[6]
- Read what other 2016 presidential candidates said about abortion.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Reason.com, "Gary Johnson To Announce He's Running for President Today," January 6, 2016
- ↑ The Daily Caller, "Libertarian Gary Johnson Angling For Disaffected Bernie Sanders Supporters," June 7, 2016
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Libertarian Eyes a Third-Party Presidential Chance," April 12, 2016
- ↑ Examiner.com, "Libertarian Party presidential debate was last night, follow up next week," April 2, 2016
- ↑ Archive.org, "Gary Johnson 2012: Civil Liberties," accessed January 9, 2016
- ↑ Rolling Stone, "Meet Gary Johnson, the GOP's Invisible Candidate," June 15, 2011
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Libertarian Party, "The 2016 Libertarian Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
