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Candidate Positions on Abortion

The following positions reflect those used for each candidate in the Select A Candidate survey. They come from the candidates; public statements, Web sites, and responses to Minnesota Public Radio questionnaires. In some cases, candidiates have failed to respond to inquiries, and their position is noted as "No known opinion."

Question: Do you favor or oppose legalized abortion?
Dean BarkleyDean Barkley ANSWER OPTION: Favor
 CANDIDATE'S POSITION: "Personally I'm pro-life, but I support abortion rights because any government with the power to ban abortion also has the power to require abortion."

Norm ColemanNorm Coleman ANSWER OPTION: Oppose
 CANDIDATE'S POSITION: "I am pro-life," Coleman said during a speech at the Humphrey Institute May 14, 2007. He voted in favor of banning partial birth abortions except for when maternal life is threatened in March 2003. (More Info)

Al FrankenAl Franken ANSWER OPTION: Favor
 CANDIDATE'S POSITION: In a written statement to MPR Franken said, "I believe that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. And during the Clinton Administration, the number of abortions declined every year. Why? Because under President Clinton, our government understood that the best way to prevent abortions is to prevent unwanted pregnancies. That should be our focus."

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