{"id":125409,"date":"2016-09-05T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T21:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=125409"},"modified":"2016-09-05T22:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T02:16:15","slug":"where-do-gary-johnson-jill-stein-stand-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/where-do-gary-johnson-jill-stein-stand-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do Gary Johnson and Jill Stein stand on abortion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Major party candidates aren\u2019t the only ones making headlines this year&#8211;Libertarian <a href=\"\/news\/gary-johnson-admits-no-plans-to-protect-preborn-babies-or-religious-liberty\/\">Gary Johnson<\/a> and Green Party nominee Jill Stein are too. To make an informed vote, one must look at where the candidates stand on the issues and today we will see how their abortion policies\u00a0line up.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/article\/2598088\">an interview<\/a> with the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>, Johnson declared he had \u201cno intention of changing the law\u201d on abortion and said it should be legal until viability. Children are usually considered viable at 24 weeks, although some have survived <a href=\"\/news\/babies-survive-22-weeks-doctor-crushes-24\/\">delivery at 22<\/a>. What does aborting them involve? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\/\">Dr. Anthony Levatino<\/a> is an obstetrician-gynecologist who\u2019s performed over 1,200 abortions, and he explains in the video below. As you watch, keep in mind that there\u2019s evidence a baby can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/10\/magazine\/10Fetal-t.html?_r=0\">feel pain<\/a> by week 20:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;After the amniotic fluid is removed, the abortionist uses a sopher clamp \u2014 a grasping instrument with rows of sharp \u201cteeth\u201d \u2014 to grasp and pull the baby\u2019s arms and legs, tearing the limbs from the child\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>The abortionist continues to grasp intestines, spine, heart, lungs, and any other limbs or body parts. The most difficult part of the procedure is usually finding, grasping and crushing the baby\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>After removing pieces of the child\u2019s skull, the abortionist uses a curette to scrape the uterus and remove the placenta and any remaining parts of the baby.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Stein has <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/loriz-3139\/2016\/08\/29\/twisted-these-two-jill-stein-tweets-say-it-all-about-feminist-libs-what-they-say-is-sickening\/\">called<\/a> abortion a \u201cnon-negotiable human right.\u201d She also applauded when the Supreme Court <a href=\"\/news\/pro-abortion-justices-relied-on-faulty-logic-in-abortion-decision\/\">overturned<\/a> legislation requiring abortion facilities to meet the same health and safety standards as other surgical centers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125381 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jill-Stein-abortion-tweet-700x405.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Stein abortion tweet\" width=\"510\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jill-Stein-abortion-tweet-700x405.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jill-Stein-abortion-tweet-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jill-Stein-abortion-tweet-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jill-Stein-abortion-tweet-500x289.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jill-Stein-abortion-tweet.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been an unusual election, so it&#8217;s understandable that Johnson and Stein have gotten attention. Their abortion policies should get some too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major party candidates aren\u2019t the only ones making headlines this year&#8211;Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein are too. To make an informed vote, one must look at where the candidates stand on the issues and today we will see how their abortion policies\u00a0line up. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Johnson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":95235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where do Gary Johnson and Jill Stein stand on abortion?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s been an unusual election, so it&#039;s understandable that Johnson and Stein have gotten attention. 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