Where Do the Candidates Stand on Abortion?

Governor
Governor
Mark Earley
Mark Warner
  • Mark Earley sponsored the law requiring abortionists to notify a parent prior to performing an abortion on their minor daughter.
  • Mark Earley was chief patron of a bill to ban Partial-Birth abortions and a bill that would make killing an unborn child in an act of violence against a pregnant woman a crime.
  • Mark Earley, as Virginia's Attorney General, successfully defended Virginia's Parental Notification Law all the way to the Supreme Court.
  • Mark Warner supports Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand for all nine months of pregnancy for any reason, including birth control.
  • Mark Warner opposes banning Partial-Birth abortions.
  • Mark Warner opposes Parental Consent legislation.
  • Mark Warner opposes legislation to require abortion clinics in Virginia to be licensed and to adhere to health and safety regulations. (Mark Warner web site; Associated Press, 9/08/01)
Lt. Governor
Lt. Governor
Jay Katzen
Tim Kaine
  • Jay Katzen voted for Virginia's Parental Notification Law in the Virginia General Assembly.
  • Jay Katzen voted to ban Partial-Birth abortions in Virginia.
  • Jay Katzen voted for the Woman's Right to Know (Informed Consent) Law.
  • Tim Kaine opposes Virginia's Informed Consent Law.
  • Tim Kaine opposes banning Partial-Birth abortions.
  • Tim Kaine favors amendments that would render Pro-Life legislation virtually ineffective. (Virginian Pilot 6/08/01)
Attorney General
Attorney General
Jerry Kilgore
Donald McEachin
  • Jerry Kilgore supports Virginia's Parental Notification Law.
  • Jerry Kilgore supports the Informed Consent Law.
  • Jerry Kilgore supports banning Partial-Birth Abortions.
  • Donald McEachin voted against Virginia's Woman's Right to Know (Informed Consent) Law in 2001.
  • Donald McEachin voted against the 2001 Feticide bill, which would make killing an unborn child in an act of violence against a pregnant woman a crime.
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