Candidate Responses
Favors abortion rights.
"Senator Biden supports the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade that protects a woman's right to choose to terminate a pregnancy," his campaign web site states.
Favors abortion rights
"I believe in the freedom of women to make their own decisions about the most personal and significant matters affecting their lives," Clinton said in a statement to NARAL Pro-Choice America. "That is why I strongly support Roe v. Wade. I also believe that abortion should be safe, legal and rare."
Favors abortion rights
"I have always believed in a woman's right to choose. It is a decision that should be safe, legal, rare and - above all - between a woman and her doctor," Dodd said in a statement to NARAL Pro-Choice America
Favors abortion rights
In a statement to NARAL Pro-Choice America, Edwards said, "A woman's decision about whether to become a parent is one of the most important life decisions that she can face. She should be able to make it with her family, her doctor, and consistent with her religious and moral values. Government and politicians should not make it for her."
Favors abortion rights, although previously opposed them.
"The most personal, and often the most difficult decision a woman can make is the decision to terminate her pregnancy. Though not an easy choice, it is a legally guaranteed and protected one. And it should remain so,"he said in a statement to NARAL Pro-Choice America. That organization ranked his position on Pro-Choice as 100 percent from 2003 to 2006; 25 percent in 2002 and 0 percent in 2001.
Favors abortion rights
In a recent Democratic Presidential Debate, Obama said, "I think that most Americans recognize that this is a profoundly difficult issue for the women and families who make these decisions. They don't make them casually. And I trust the women to make these decisions in conjunction with their doctors and their families and their clergy."
Favors abortion rights
"I am pro-choice and will continue to support abortion rights and medical privacy for women," he said on his web site. "I am the only candidate explicitly committing to appoint only judges who consider Roe v. Wade settled law."
Supports constitutional right to abortion but says he would appoint Supreme Court nominees who back abortion restrictions
"Rudy Giuliani supports reasonable restrictions on abortions such as parental notification with a judicial bypass and a ban on partial birth abortion - except when the life of the [filtered word] is at stake," his web site stated.
Supports constitutional ban on abortion "I support and have always supported passage of a constitutional amendment to protect the right to life," he says on his web site. "My convictions regarding the sanctity of life have always been clear and consistent, without equivocation or wavering. I believe that Roe v. Wade should be overturned."
Opposes abortion rights. Introduced legislation to give constitutional protections to the unborn.
"I would amend the U.S. Constitution and provide blanket protection to all unborn children from the moment of conception by prohibiting any state or federal law that denies the personhood of the unborn," his campaign web site states.