Jim Gilmore presidential campaign, 2016/Abortion

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Jim Gilmore suspended his presidential run on February 12, 2016.^[1]

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In a 2007 article, Jim Gilmore was quoted as opposing abortion after eight weeks of gestation. He said, "After that period of time I think there should be no further abortions - because I think the child has emerged - except to save the life of the mother and situations of extremes."^[2]

Gilmore has been quoted as saying Roe v. Wade was "wrongly decided." He has worked in the past to put restrictions on abortions and has said he is personally opposed to abortion, but has not supported making abortion completely illegal in the United States.^[2]

In 2001, Gilmore supported legislation that required a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion was permitted. The legislation also required doctors to obtain written consent from women obtaining an abortion, and to inform women about health risks and the gestational age of the fetus. He wrote, "When it comes to the most difficult decision a woman must make, whether or not to have an abortion, I believe she should be fully informed about the medical implications of that decision and have an opportunity to reflect on that information." Gilmore signed the legislation into law in 2001.^[3]^[4]

In 1998, Gilmore supported and signed legislation into law that made partial birth abortion illegal. Under the law, performing a partial birth abortion was punishable as a class 1 misdemeanor.^[5]

In 1997, just before he was governor of Virginia, he backed legislation that required parental consent for a minor to obtain an abortion. Virginia at the time required only that parents be informed of the abortion, but not that they actually give consent for it to occur.^[6]^[7]

In 1997, Gilmore expressed his opinion that abortions should not be legal after 12 weeks of gestation, even in cases of incest or rape.^[6]

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