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Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016/Abortion
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- During a campaign event in South Carolina, on February 11, 2016, Jeb Bush criticized Donald Trump’s stance on abortion and said that, like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Trump likes to divide people for his own gain. On the issue of abortion, he said, “In Florida we eliminated partial-birth abortions, the horrific procedure that Donald Trump just 12 or 13 years ago supported. I’ve never met a person other than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump who has that radical of a view.” Citing Trump’s many insults, Bush said, “It’s based on this notion that if everybody reaches their full potential, whatever that is, that is divinely inspired, then extraordinary things will happen for our country. Trump, across the board, doesn’t understand this. Neither does our president. It’s dangerous to have a president like ours today whose best skill is to divide people in order to make himself look better.”[2]
- During CNN's September 16 Republican presidential debate, Bush spoke about his stance on abortion and about defunding Planned Parenthood. He said, "I'm the most pro-life governor on this stage. I got to act on my core beliefs. It's part of who I am. Life is a gift from God. And from beginning end we need to respect it and err on the side of life. And so I defunded Planned Parenthood. We created a climate where parental notification took place. We were the only state to fund crisis pregnancy centers with state moneys. We were totally focused on this. And I would bring that kind of philosophy to Washington, D.C. So here is a solution to this. Title X of the HHS funding, there is something that was the 'Reagan Rule.' It was passed in 1988. And in that rule it was defined, and the courts approved this, that a Planned Parenthood, you couldn't separate the money between the actual abortion procedures, and there are 330,000 abortions that take place in this clinic, and their promotion of it. He interpreted it the right way, the courts ruled in his favor, and Planned Parenthood did not get funding during that time until President Clinton came in. When I'm elected president, we will restore that interpretation of Title X. And this deal will be finished. ...There are 13,000 community-based organizations that provide health services to women, 13,000 in this country. I don't believe that Planned Parenthood should get a penny from the federal government. Those organizations should get funding, just as I increased funding when I was governor of the state."[3]
- At a town hall on August 25, 2015, Bush said he did not believe Planned Parenthood should receive any federal funding because "they’re not actually doing women’s health issues."[4]
- On August 4, 2015, while speaking about Planned Parenthood and community health centers, Bush said, "I’m not sure we need a half a billion dollars for women’s health issues." Later that day, he released the following statement: "With regards to women’s health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women’s health organizations that need to be fully funded. They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don’t have the access they need. I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood – an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs."[5][6]
- According to Real Clear Politics, Bush "signed into law a parental notification measure for teenage girls considering abortion and supported a controversial 'choose life' specialty license plate, the proceeds from which benefited organizations serving pregnant women who planned to put their babies up for adoption."[7]
- According to Real Clear Politics, in 2003, Bush "made headlines by asking a circuit court to appoint a representative for the fetus of a mentally disabled rape victim."[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/us/politics/jeb-bush.html?_r=0 The New York Times, " Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outgunned," February 20, 2016]
- ↑ SCNow.com, "Bush calls Trump radical at Florence meet-and-greet," February 11, 2016
- ↑ Washington Post, "Wednesday’s GOP debate transcript, annotated," accessed September 16, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Jeb: Planned Parenthood isn't 'doing women's health issues'," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Jeb Bush’s ad-lib offers Dems another gift," August 4, 2015
- ↑ Jeb Bush for President, "Jeb Bush Statement on Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood," accessed August 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Real Clear Politics, "Could Jeb Bush Win Over the Christian Right in '16?" April 8, 2014
