*Updated info on local, state and federal candidates added as available.
The Legislative affiliate of the Family Research Council has the following comparative information available regarding the positions of the party platforms on a variety of issues including:
ABORTION LBGT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, GOD IN GOVERNMENT, SEX EDUCATION AND MORE Download the document below for details: Here is the breakdown on Sanctity of Human Life per the FRCAction Comparison report 2020
republican: “Proud to be the party that protects human life and offers real solutions for women” and “strongly oppose[s] infanticide,” including specific support for: the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act; a human life constitutional amendment; a ban on abortion at 20 weeks, when unborn babies can feel pain; a ban on abortion based on sex or disability; a ban on dismemberment abortion “in which unborn babies are literally torn apart limb from limb”; abortion clinic safety regulations; a ban on human cloning, and creating or experimenting upon human embryos, including three-parent embryos; a ban on any sale of body parts; and a ban on the “use of public funds to perform or promote abortion or to fund organizations, like Planned Parenthood. democrat: Supports “repealing the Hyde Amendment”to allow the government to fund abortion. Supports “codifying”the right to abortion. “Democrats believe every woman should be able to access... reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortions.” Oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to reproductive health and rights. Opposes current FDA safety restrictions on chemical abortion pills. Supports repealing President Trump’s changes to the Title X program that separate abortion from federal family planning grants. |