Where do the candidates for governor of Pennsylvania stand on abortion? | |
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| Mike Fisher (R) | Ed Rendell (D) |
| Should partial-birth abortions, in which fully-developed, living babies who can feel pain are stabbed in the head before their brains are suctioned out, remain legal? | |
| MIKE FISHER believes that partial-birth abortions should be outlawed. He supports the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act that was passed by Congress. | ED RENDELL supports only the NARAL/Clinton phony "ban" that would not stop partial-birth abortions. He opposes the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act that was passed by Congress. |
| Should government take your taxes to pay for abortion on demand? | |
| MIKE FISHER opposes the use of tax dollars for abortions. | ED RENDELL supports the use of tax dollars for abortions. |
| Should the section of the abortion Control Act that prevents the destruction of live human embryos -- human beings -- for scientific experimentation be repealed? | |
| MIKE FISHER opposes a change to the PA law and supports protecting live human embryos from destruction for scientific experimentation. | ED RENDELL proposes changing the PA law to allow the destruction of live human embryos for scientific experimentation. |
| Should unlimited abortion on demand for any reason or no reason remain legal? | |
| MIKE FISHER believes that Roe v. Wade should be reversed, allowing Congress and the state legislatures to once again protect unborn children and their mothers from abortion. | ED RENDELL supports Roe v. Wade, which allows taking babies' lives by abortion for any reason at any time during pregnancy, even as birth control and in the form of infanticide called partial-birth abortion. |
| What would happen in Pennsylvania when Roe v. Wade is overturned? | |
| MIKE FISHER would sign legislation protecting unborn children and their mothers from abortion. | ED RENDELL would veto any legislation that would protect unborn children and their mothers from abortion. |
| Who is supporting the candidates because of their positions on abortion? | |
| MIKE FISHER is endorsed by the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation PAC. | ED RENDELL is endorsed by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) and Planned Parenthood, which operates six abortion facilities in Pennsylvania. |