This blog has been superseded by new information (which is why the links are gray). Fully updated information as of mid-October 2010 is available by clicking here.
You may still look up our detailed comments on candidates in the following places:
Governor & Senate Candidates (plus key State Senate races)
Pro-life vs. pro-abortion candidates in 3 Congressional Primaries (candidates are lying!)
Legislative Candidates' detailed comments (today's post contains updates and supersedes the old information)
We have received NEW candidate surveys in the past few days, which are listed here. Pro-life candidates' names are listed in bold.
This is a simplified list of all candidates who Colorado Right to Life considers "pro-life". To be on this list, a candidate must meet the following qualifications:
1) They must support Personhood - Amendment 62 - and be on record supporting an actual Right to Life which should be guaranteed under the law.
2) They must officially support NO ABORTIONS for any reason (other than to save the "life of the mother" which is a matter we've discussed before -- we support doing whatever is necessary to save the life of the mother, which NEVER requires trying to kill an unborn child in the womb -- candidates who support "life of the mother exceptions" are misunderstanding this, but we just need to talk through it with them).
This list includes only valid pro-life candidates for Governor, US Senate/Congress, State House and State Senate, and occasionally candidates who are NOT pro-life whose position we want to make clear (their names will not be bolded). We're sorry if the non-inclusion of a favorite candidate offends you. Candidates who are NOT on this list are either missing because they have made statements which violate either of our two criteria or because they have not responded to the CRTL Candidate Survey -- call them, e-mail them, ask them to answer, and they will be included.
Colorado Governor
Dan Maes (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Scott McInnis (R) supports Personhood (his claims of having a pro-life record in Congress are NOT true), and says he is pro-life with no exceptions (we'll hold him to that).
Tom Tancredo (Constitution) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
U.S. Senate
Ken Buck (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Jane Norton (R) says she supports Personhood, but her website supports abortions for rape or incest which violate the concept of Personhood -- she is NOT 100% pro-life.
Congressional District 1
Steve Barton (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
(Mark Fallon, his Republican opponent, is not overtly pro-life: Denver Post: "Fallon, a practicing Catholic with traditional religious beliefs, says he would remain neutral on social issues like a woman's right to an abortion and gay rights")
Congressional District 2
No candidates are 100% pro-life -- Bob Brancato opposes most abortions, Stephen Bailey supports all abortions.
Congressional District 3
Bob McConnell (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Scott Tipton (R) won't go on record, and claims to be pro-life but is NOT considered truly pro-life.
John Hargis (write-in) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Congressional District 4
Cory Gardner (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Congressional District 5
Doug Lamborn (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Congressional District 6
Mike Coffman (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Congressional District 7
No candidates are confirmed 100% pro-life. Lang Sias hasn't responded to repeated attempts to get a response to our surveys, though he says he's pro-life. Ryan Frazier falsely claims to be pro-life while he's told newspapers he doesn't think the government should interfere.
State Senate District 1
Greg Brophy (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
State Senate District 2
Kevin Grantham (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
(his Republican opponent is pro-abortion)
State Senate District 3
Vera Ortegon (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
Alexander Mugatu (R) supports Personhood, but also supports some abortion exceptions so he cannot be considered fully pro-life.
State Senate District 5
No pro-life candidates (pro-life Wayne Wolf doesn't appear to be on the ballot any longer)
State Senate District 6
Dean Boehler (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
(his Republican opponent supports abortion)
State Senate District 7
Steve King (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
(King did support "emergency contraception" in a previous legislative session -- we take this as his promise he will not do so again)
State Senate District 9
Kent Lambert (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
State Senate District 11
Owen Hill (R) hasn't responded to our survey but we believe he is 100% pro-life.
State Senate District 13
Scott Renfroe (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions (in fact he's the only Colorado legislator to have carried the equivalent of Personhood legislation).
State Senate District 15
Kevin Lundberg (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
State Senate District 16
Tim Leonard (R) is unclear in his support of Personhood, and though he has been 100% pro-life in the past he hasn't responded to our survey.
State Senate District 20
No pro-life candidates that we're aware of.
State Senate District 22
Mike Kopp (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
State Senate District 24
No pro-life candidates that we're aware of.
State Senate District 30
Ted Harvey (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
State Senate District 31
Doug Smith (R) is a new candidate we've not had time to contact. We have no reason to believe he's pro-life except that he appears to have supported pro-life candidates in the past. If you know Doug and can get him in touch with us, please do so.
Clifton Powell (Constitution) is another candidate we've not been able to contact. His party is considered 100% pro-life. If you know him please have him contact us.
State Senate District 32
Tyler Kolden (R) is a new candidate we've not been able to reach. No reason to believe either way so far.
State Senate District 33
Lisa Ringle (R) is a new candidate we've not been able to reach. No reason to believe either way so far.
State Senate District 34
No pro-life candidates.
NOTE ABOUT CANDIDATES: Senate Districts 31-34 and House Districts 1-9 are City of Denver districts, and even pro-life candidates from these districts often don't want to be on record. We would prefer if they would be public about their beliefs, but it is typical candidate behavior to avoid controversy. The same goes for Boulder Districts (Senate 16 and House 10-14).
State House District 1
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 2
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 3
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 4
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 5
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 6
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 7
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 8
No pro-life candidates we're aware of.
State House District 9
C.J. Garbo (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
(his Republican opponent does not appear to be pro-life)
State House District 10
We believe some of the Boulder Republicans are pro-life - please contact them.
State House District 11
We believe some of the Boulder Republicans are pro-life - please contact them.
State House District 12
We believe some of the Boulder Republicans are pro-life - please contact them.
State House District 13
We believe some of the Boulder Republicans are pro-life - please contact them.
State House District 14
Janak Joshi (R) says he is pro-life but we've not received his survey.
State House District 15
Mark Waller (R) says he is pro-life and is willing to talk with CRTL - haven't had an opportunity to talk with him yet.
State House District 16
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 17
Mark Barker (R) supports Personhood, pro-life without exceptions.
State House District 18
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 19
Marsha Looper (R) may support Personhood, and considers herself pro-life. Have not received survey responses to evaluate her positions. Please ask her to contact us.
State House District 20
Amy Stephens (R) may support Personhood, and considers herself pro-life. Have not received survey responses to evaluate her positions. Please ask her to contact us.
State House District 21
No reason to believe candidates are pro-life (Bob Gardner supported "emergency contraception" -- abortifacients -- in the legislature)
State House District 22
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 23
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 24
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 25
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 26
Candidates would not return surveys. No reason to believe they're pro-life.
State House District 27
Libby Szabo (R) has not returned surveys, but we believe she is 100% pro-life.
State House District 28
Jim Kerr (R) has not returned his survey, but he did sign the Personhood petition, and may be fully pro-life. Please have him contact us.
State House District 29
Candidates have not returned surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 30
Candidates have not returned surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 31
Tom Janich (R) is responding to the survey now -- we'll update this when we see his responses.
State House District 32
Kaarl Hoopes (R) supports Personhood, and is pro-life with no exceptions.
State House District 33
If you know Don Beezley (R) please have him respond to the survey. We hear he's pro-life but need confirmation.
State House District 34
Brian Vande Krol (R) supports Personhood, which we assume means he has no exceptions. We'd like to confirm this. If you know him please have him contact us. We haven't received his survey.
State House District 35
Edgar Antillon (R) says he's pro-life but we never recieved his survey. We cannot confirm.
State House District 36
No pro-life candidates.
State House District 37
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life. Spencer Swalm supported "emergency contraception" (abortifacients) in the legislature.
State House District 38
Kathleen Conti (R) supports Personhood, and is pro-life without exception.
State House District 39
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they're pro-life.
State House District 40
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 41
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they're pro-life.
State House District 42
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they're pro-life.
State House District 43
Frank McNulty (R) supports Personhood, and is pro-life with no exceptions.
State House District 44
Chris Holbert (R) supports Personhood, and is pro-life with no exceptions.
David Casiano (R) recently responded that he supports Personhood, and is pro-life without exceptions.
Polly Lawrence (R) responded to our survey, indicating she is "personally pro-life" (which means she's professionally pro-abortion) -- she refused to support Personhood.
State House District 45
Candidates did not respond to our survey. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 46
Steven Rodriguez (R) supports Personhood, and is pro-life with no exceptions.
State House District 47
Candidates have not responded to our survey. No reason to believe they're strongly pro-life.
State House District 48
Glenn Vaad (R) signed the Personhood petition this year, which implies that he is pro-life without exception. We have not received a survey response from him though, to confirm this. He did support "emergency contraception" in the legislature, and if he would respond to our survey we could confirm his promise not to do so again.
State House District 49
B.J. Nikkel (R) supports Personhood, and we have reason to believe she is pro-life with no exceptions. We've not received her survey, so we cannot confirm this for certain.
State House District 50
Candidates have not responded to our survey. We have no reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 51
Candidates have not responded to our survey. We have no reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 52
Candidates have not responded to our survey. We have no reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 53
Candidates have not responded to our survey. We have no reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 54
Ray Scott (R) supports Personhood, and is 100% pro-life with no exceptions.
(Ray's Republican opponent is pro-abortion)
State House District 55
Candidates have not responded to our survey. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 56
Candidates have not responded to our survey. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 57
Randy Baumgardner (R) supports Personhood, pro-life with no exceptions.
State House District 58
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 59
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 60
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life. Tom Massey supported "emergency contraception" (abortifacients) in the legislature.
State House District 61
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 62
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 63
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 64
Candidates have not responded to surveys. No reason to believe they are pro-life.
State House District 65
Jerry Sonnenberg (R) supports Personhood, and he is pro-life with no exceptions.
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3 comments:
Do you even know what an ectopic pregnancy is?
Tell me, how exactly do you propose people should deal with those?
Lynne, there is nothing in Amendment 62 (or in the Personhood argument) that would keep women from being treated for life threatening conditions. That's a lie put out by our opponents. Here's the easy answer:
A note on "life of the mother exceptions": Many pro-lifers get stuck on the “life of the mother” exception, because it’s the most compelling of the “hard cases” exceptions some regulations are meant to address (how many times have we heard politicians recite the line, "I oppose abortion except for rape, incest, and the life of the mother"?). But we need not fall victim even to the life of the mother objection. The Personhood movement cares deeply about the lives of both, mother and child, especially since if the mother dies before the baby comes to term, the child will obviously die too. However, that doesn’t mean we need a “life of the mother exception” in law. Instead, the anti-abortion statute should be absolute. The life of the mother is saved by a doctor trying to save both lives (and thereby “do no harm”), not by a doctor trying to kill one patient in order to save the other. It’s the same concept as separating cojoined twins. The goal should always be to preserve both lives. This is not always possible, because of relative viability, and so sometimes one of the patients dies. The measure of crime or not is intent. If ever the doctor attempts to kill one patient, rather than save him/her, that’s where it becomes homicide.
It think there several thing missed from the line, In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars for polymer additives, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law - from US Law Amandements capter 7.
better check it up, thanks.
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