Wonder if it's just a coincidence that Lowden's new views on abortion reflect the Mormon church's view which also includes the hardship of the mother exception, I assume Lowden being in a state with a large percentage of Mormons, has evolved her position to match the Mormon church position. Is she Mormon too?
She is a Roman Catholic and cjhck her site for her views on the issues, including abortion.
To wit:
Abortion:
As a born and raised practicing Catholic, I am pro-life. My personal views on abortion are consistent with the views of my church – and they are the views I carry with me everyday. While this issue has created significant debate and controversy within our states, our political parties and our federal government, my views on abortion will not change should I be fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
It is my strong belief that Roe v. Wade was an act of judicial activism and that this decision remains inconsistent with our U.S. Constitution. Further, while I have many dear friends and family members who I may disagree with on the issue of abortion and the Roe v. Wade decision, I believe the practice of partial birth abortion is one of the most appalling procedures ever condoned by our government. It is simply beneath the dignity of any free society.
For decades federal law has prohibited the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion. As a part of the health care bill, there has been an effort to change this established law. I am strongly opposed to using the taxes – that the American people pay – to fund abortion in any form. If I am elected to the U.S. Senate, I will fight to maintain the existing law that prohibits our tax dollars from funding abortion.
Finally, as a state senator, I voted for and worked to pass parental notification legislation that required parents to be involved in the decisions of their minor children regarding pregnancy. As a U.S. Senator, I will work to ensure we have strong and enforced federal parental notification laws so minor children cannot be taken across state lines for abortions in states that do not have their own parental notification laws.
IMO, if you call yourself pro-choice, you are pro-abortion. I do believe a pregnant woman has a right to self-defense on life and health, and nothing more. Rape and incest are weak options and not in keeping with the unalienable rights of life and liberty.
I’m more worried about the Constitution and the survival of this country than I am about abortion at this time. If I can find a strong fiscal conservative and is a strict constructionist I’m happy.
While I am pro-life with no exceptions (and believe that rape and incest exceptions are obscene—why should the baby be killed for the sins of the father?), I recognize that many pro-lifers allow for exceptions in cases of rape and incest (in fact, that’s George W. Bush’s position).
[It looks like Sue Lowden may be a little more than a Mitt Romney in a skirt who’s really pro-choice on abortion. ]
The odds that Sue Lowden will be a pro-choice deciding factor on any issue regarding abortion is nil. GWBush was in for six years with the wind at his back and nothing happened. But if you want to debate the number of angels on the head of a pin, go for it.