NARALPro-Choice America

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Objective

• The purpose of our presentation is to educate and inform individuals on the political interest group called…

National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws

Background Information• Around for more than

30 years • Nation's leading

advocate for privacy and a woman's right to choose.

• More than one million members

• Fighting to protect the pro-choice values

NARAL President

• Nancy Keenan elected in 2004

• Wants to “protect and defend American values of freedom and privacy”

National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws

Political Leaning:

MAJOR ISSUEAbortion: fights to protect the right to safe and legal

abortion.

Major Issue:Birth Control: Improving

its access will prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce the need for abortion

NARAL’S Political Stand

• Do not support President Bush and his actions/ideas

• Do not support the Republican views on abortion:– Ban partial-birth abortions, and reduce

abortions overall

$ Budget $• 2008 election

$666,377 Total:

Spent  $433,452

100% to Democrats

0% to Republicans

Democrat Candidates Views on Abortion

“Trust women to make own decisions on

partial-birth abortion”

Barack Obama

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• “I have met thousands and

thousands of pro-choice men and

women. I have never met anyone who is

pro-abortion.”- Hillary Clinton

YOUR BODY, YOUR CHOICE

Republican Candidates Views on Abortion

• Hate abortion but allow it is like hate slavery but allow it.

• Outlaw all abortions; err on the side of life.

– Mike Huckabee

Current President’s View on Abortion

• “Pro life with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother”

-George W. Bush