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Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act; Bill HR 748 ; vote number 2005-144 on Apr 27, 2005
"I would not change Roe v. Wade, I would protect and expand women's reproductive rights, and I would work with Congress to bolster family planning and protection against sexually transmitted diseases here and abroad."
"I would not change Roe v. Wade, I would protect and expand women's reproductive rights, and I would work with Congress to bolster family planning and protection against sexually transmitted diseases here and abroad."
Co-sponsored the Emergency Contraception Awareness Act (H.R. 3887; 107th Congress), which sought to “establish a public education and awareness program relating to emergency contraception.”
Supports making "morning after" pill affordable and accessible without prescription.
Chicago Tribune Issues Comparison
"In 1999, I supported funding contraception and UN family planning. I voted NO to oppose banning partial-birth abortions."
Green Party 2008 Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Feb 3, 2008
Voted NO on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000.
"I would also support better sex education in our schools and community centers, as well as making safe and healthy preventive measures available through heath care providers and community programs to reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Many factors come into any woman's decision to get pregnant or have an abortion. We are still missing effective policies to insure safe, affordable and effective birth control for both genders, programs that support education and employment for single parents, courts that insure child support payments, and available health care through pregnancy and childbirth, and for children."
"In 1999, I supported funding contraception and UN family planning...In 2001, I voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad and NO on a new federal crime for harming a fetus while committing other crimes. In 2005, I voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions."
Green Party 2008 Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Feb 3, 2008
...Representative Cynthia McKinney described the [Hyde Amendment, which would prohibit federal funding for abortion] as "nothing but a discriminatory policy against poor women who happen to be disproportionately black."
"I would also support better sex education in our schools and community centers, as well as making safe and healthy preventive measures available through heath care providers and community programs to reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Many factors come into any woman's decision to get pregnant or have an abortion. We are still missing effective policies to insure safe, affordable and effective birth control for both genders, programs that support education and employment for single parents, courts that insure child support payments, and available health care through pregnancy and childbirth, and for children."