The idea of making access to safe abortions harder and more expensive and more difficult, having to travel across state lines - that puts women's health and lives in jeopardy, which is something I think no one wants.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies.
Abortion's a private decision. But I just think it shouldn't be federalized.
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
The Supreme Court has in place a legal structure which protects abortion rights in this country, and something has got to be done to change that before we can put in place truly meaningful protection for the unborn.
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the disparities in access to family planning services for low-income women, and decrease the incidence of abortion in the U.S.
Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life.
The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth.
Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.
I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.