Issue Position: Abortion and Life Issues

Issue Position

As a pro-life legislator, I work in conjunction with such groups as Pregnancy Resources to promote abstinence. I support the constitutional amendment, approved by a great majority of voters, which requires parental notification. I would support legislation to put an end to abortions occurring after viability, which is the most the Legislature can do under current judicial precedent, and I applaud the U.S. Supreme Court for its recent decision to uphold the ban on partial-birth abortion.

I am very supportive of ethical stem cell research. In Florida, because of ethical concerns, we choose to use government dollars on adult stem cell lines that have shown actual success, rather than on speculative embryonic research. Our state should continue to dedicate itself to the protection of the most vulnerable among us and to promote a culture that defends and cherishes life as the most fundamental of our inalienable rights.

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