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WHERE DOES YOUR CANDIDATE STAND ON ABORTION?

HARDEN ABORTION COMPROMISE SCALE

 

The Harden Abortion Compromise Scale combines the most recent CDC abortion surveillance data with the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute’s Abortion Provider Census to determine the number of abortions occurring by gestational age. It then takes the candidate’s policy and measures the number of preborn boys and girls that the policy would allow to be aborted.

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THE CANDIDATES

How Far Will They Compromise? How Many Babies Are They Willing to Let Die at the Hands of an Abortionist?

Donald Trump
Donald Trump

15 Weeks - 892,310 babies

Mike Pence
Mike Pence

6 Weeks - 421,696 babies

Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis

6 Weeks - 421,696 babies

Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley

20 Weeks - 921,427 babies

Francis Suarez
Francis Suarez

15 Weeks - 892,310 babies

Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy

6 Weeks - 421,696 babies

Doug Burgum
Doug Burgum

6 Weeks - 421,696 babies

Chris Christie
Chris Christie

UNKNOWN

Tim Scott
Tim Scott

15 Weeks - 892,310 babies

Joe Biden
Joe Biden

40+ Weeks - 930,160 babies

Larry Elder
Larry Elder

0 Weeks -- Conception

Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson

UNKNOWN

Ryan Binkley
Ryan Binkley

UNKNOWN

Will Hurd
Will Hurd

20 Weeks - 921,427 babies

Perry Johnson
Perry Johnson

UNKNOWN

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

40+ Weeks - 930,160 babies

The Candidates

2024 Presidential Election

(Click on their name to go to a news link that defines where they stand.)

FORMER PRESIDENT

 

Vague about where he stands personally. Says government should play a vital role in opposing abortion.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR

 

Signed state law forbidding abortion beyond 6 weeks.  

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT

 

Has promoted a 6-week ban in his home state of Indiana. But is only willing to support a 15-week ban nationwide.

FORMER GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Supports a nationwide ban on abortions 20-weeks and under. That allows for about 99% of all abortions.

SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

 

“100% Pro-life” yet supports a 15-week nationwide ban on abortion. Which means he’s willing to allow about 900,000 babies to die each year.

CINCINNATI ENTREPRENEUR

 

Supports a nationwide ban forbidding abortions beyond 6 weeks.

NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR

 

Helped to pass a 6-week ban in state, but does not support a nationwide ban at any level.

FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY

 

He says he is pro-life but does not support a nationwide ban on abortion of any kind.

RADIO TALK SHOW HOST FROM CALIFORNIA

 

He says he is pro-life but does not support a nationwide ban on abortion of any kind.

MAYOR OF MIAMI

 

Supports a ban on abortion nationwide beyond 15 weeks.

FORMER GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS

 

His position on abortion is unknown. He says he is pro-life and, if president, he will sign some sort of nationwide ban.

PASTOR OF CREATE CHURCH IN RICHARDSON, TX.

 

His position on abortion is unknown.

FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX.

 

His current position on abortion is unknown. While in congress in 2022, he voted in favor a nationwide ban on abortion beyond 20 weeks.

DETROIT BUSINESSMAN

 

His current position on abortion is unknown.

The Harden Abortion Compromise Scale

The Harden Abortion Compromise Scale (HACS) reveals the practical consequences of a candidate’s abortion policy position in terms of babies killed by abortion. National pro-life strategist, Rev. Jim Harden, creator of HACS says, “With all the political rhetoric and emotional posturing, Americans need a tool to see at a glance exactly how many babies each candidate is willing to let die from abortion to gain office with their policy.” Rev. Harden goes on, “Since 99.1% of all abortions occur prior to 20 weeks gestation, Nikki Haley’s abortion compromise is about as effective at solving the abortion problem as Henry Clay’s Missouri Compromise was at solving slavery.”

Rev. Harden says, “Pro-abortion politicians in charge of the Democrat party like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prefer to mischaracterize not only the opinions of the public regarding abortion restrictions but also the policies of Republicans. They do this to dodge coming clean on their own very unpopular position of unfettered abortion access up to and after birth.”  But, according to HACS, even the most conservative policy of all Republican presidential hopefuls would still permit over 45% of all abortions.

 

HACS derives its name from Hebrews 3:13b: “…so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” HACS contextualizes policy positions on abortion for both candidates and their prospective voters to evaluate policy decisions and how they protect or fail to protect all people equally under the law. Rev. Harden wonders if a purely pro-life candidate will arise to fight for all citizens both born and preborn.

 

How we calculated the data.

DATA SOURCES:

Percentage breakdowns of abortions by gestational age reported by the CDC Abortion Surveillance 2020, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15585.mmwr.ss7110a1

Total abortions reported by Guttmacher Institute Abortion Provider Census. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12215