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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTodd Akin for Virginia Governor?
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/03/1259531/meet-ken-cuccinelli-virginias-todd-akin/"'1. He wants an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. His 2002 campaign website laid out Cuccinellis abortion views clearly: Ken believes that human life begins at conception, and that human beings should be respected and protected from conception to natural death, it said. Ken would seek to require sonograms to be part of a 24-hour waiting period with an informed consent requirement. Ken opposes abortions that are not for the purpose of saving the mothers life. Over his political career, he has pushed to defund Planned Parenthood and embryonic stem cell research. He pushed for a ban on third trimester abortions making no exception for serious health risks on the woman and for safety regulations for abortion providers designed to force clinics to close. He has also highlighted his opposition to RU-486 and his support for a conscience law protecting the right of professionals to refuse to perform an action that is inconsistent with their moral convictions such as providing emergency contraception without losing their job. Cuccinelli frequently attacks Planned Parenthood and has suggested that the fact that abortion clinics in Virginia are in urban areas with large African American populations is an example of white racism. His ultimate goal, he has said, is to make abortion disappear in America.
http://keepkenout.org/the-facts/
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Todd Akin for Virginia Governor? (Original Post)
Dawson Leery
May 2013
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. No, that's Cuccinelli whose extremist views on abortion were known
well before Akin was a name anyone knew.
In other words, I don't think you need the op title you're using.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)2. Akin's name is highly recognizable, Cuccinelli's is not.