NARAL Pro-Choice America Launches New Online Resource Featuring Presidential Candidates' Statements on Choice

Washington, DC – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said the organization is the first political pro-choice group to provide statements from presidential candidates on where they stand on women's freedom and privacy.

"NARAL Pro-Choice America is committed to letting voters know where presidential candidates stand on a woman's right to choose," Keenan said.  "The 2008 elections are about protecting and electing pro-choice candidates.  We must protect the gains we made in the 2006 midterm congressional elections and elect more pro-choice candidates, beginning with a pro-choice president.  Voters want a president who will demonstrate clear and consistent leadership in protecting America's pro-choice values."

In addition to the candidates' statements, NARAL Pro-Choice America's site includes a summary of candidates' congressional voting records (where relevant) and a selection of public statements from all candidates on the issue of choice.  The site also features candidates who declined to provide a written statement.  NARAL Pro-Choice America will share this information with more than one million of its member-activists in all 50 states.

"The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold Bush's Federal Abortion Ban only reiterates the importance of electing a pro-choice president," Keenan said.  "Americans are tired of Bush-like divisive attacks on a woman's right to choose.  They want leaders to stand up against political interference in our most personal, private medical decisions."

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