Mike Pence vice presidential campaign, 2016/Abortion
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Pence on abortion
- During a town hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in July 2016, Mike Pence said, “I’m pro-life and I don’t apologize for it. We’ll see Roe vs. Wade consigned to the ash heap of history where it belongs,” should Trump win the election.[1]
- In 2007, 2009, and 2011, Pence introduced legislation that proposed prohibiting "the Secretary of Health and Human Service (HHS) from providing any federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion." The legislation excluded abortions where the pregnancy was the result of rape, incest, or danger to the mother.[2][3][4]
- In February 2011, Pence said, "If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved in providing counseling services and HIV testing, they ought not be in the business of providing abortions. As long as they aspire to do that, I’ll be after them."[5]
- In November 2009, Pence voted in favor of an amendment seeking to prohibit "federal funds for abortion services in the public option" and "individuals who receive affordability credits from purchasing a plan that provides elective abortions."[6]
- Pence voted for 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.[7]
- Read what the 2016 presidential candidates and other vice presidential candidates said about abortion.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Conservative Daily Post, "MIKE PENCE: “WE’RE OVER-RULING THAT SUPREME COURT CASE,” July 29, 2016
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.4133," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.614," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.217," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Mike Pence’s war on Planned Parenthood," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Amdt.509 to H.R.3962," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.3," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Republican Party, "The 2016 Republican Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
