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Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016/Abortion
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 Lindsey Graham |
U.S. Senator (Assumed office: 2003) U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2003) |
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- Lindsey Graham said on October 26, 2015, that he supported abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. He said, "Anybody with that position [against abortion in the case of rape and incest] will get creamed. I would never tell a woman who's been raped she's got to carry the child of the rapist. Eighty-three percent of the American people feel like that goes too far. So if you would veto a bill that had an exception for rape or incest. ... I appreciate your passion for the pro-life issue but you're outside the mainstream and you cannot get elected." He added that Marco Rubio needed to clarify his position on the issue, saying, “But is that Marco's position? You're 44 years old. You need to tell us what you think about this.”[2]
- On September 21, 2015, Graham encouraged his colleagues in the Senate to support a 20-week abortion ban. "We're one of seven nations in the entire world that allow abortion on demand at 20 weeks, the fifth month of the pregnancy. I'd like to get us out of that club,” Graham said, referring to Canada, China, the Netherlands, North Korea, Singapore and Vietnam.[3]
- During the undercard GOP September 2015 debate, Lindsey Graham opposed Bobby Jindal’s and Ted Cruz’s positions that Congress should push for Planned Parenthood defunding. "If I am president of the United States, I wouldn't put one penny in -- in my budget for Planned Parenthood, not one penny. I'm as offended by these videos as you are. But the one thing I'm not going to do going into 2016 is shut the government down and tank our ability to win. What you're saying and what Senator Cruz is saying, I am really sick of hearing," Graham said.[4]
- During the Fox News Republican debate on August 6, 2015, Graham suggested there was no "war on women" in the United States. Graham said, "I don't think it's a war on women for all of us as Americans to stand up and stop harvesting organs from little babies. Let's take the money that we would give to Planned Parenthood and put it in women's health care without having to harvest the organs of the unborn. The only way we're going to defund Planned Parenthood is have a pro-life president. You want to see a war on women? Come with me to Iraq and Afghanistan, folks. I've been there 35 times. I will show you what they do to women."[5]
- Graham co-wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register on July 29, 2015, to promote the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act he sponsored in the Senate. Calling America’s adoption of abortion a “radical policy” and comparing it to existing laws in countries like North Korea and the People’s Republic of China, Graham said legalizing abortion “was never chosen by the American people, and whenever given the opportunity to express their convictions, they reject that policy.”[6]
- In 2014, Graham sponsored S 1670 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which sought to ban abortions after 20 weeks, except in cases of medical emergency, rape and incest.[7]
- Graham co-sponsored S 3 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which "Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any physician or other individual from knowingly performing a partial-birth abortion, except when necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury." It became law on November 5, 2003.[8]
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- ↑ NPR, "Lindsey Graham Ends Presidential Bid," December 21, 2015
- ↑ CNN Politics, Lindsey Graham presses Marco Rubio over abortion stance," October 26, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Graham: America needs to leave abortion 'club of seven'," September 21, 2015
- ↑ Washington Post, "Full transcript: Undercard GOP debate," September 16, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Transcript: GOP Aug. 6 undercard debate," August 6, 2015
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Graham: Ending late-term abortion is chance to recover humanity," July 29, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “S.1670 - the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” accessed January 22, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “S.3 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003,” accessed January 22, 2015
