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.
THE CANDIDATES
How Far Will They Compromise? How Many Babies Are They Willing to Let Die at the Hands of an Abortionist?
Donald Trump
15 Weeks - 892,310 babies
Mike Pence
6 Weeks - 421,696 babies
Ron DeSantis
6 Weeks - 421,696 babies
Nikki Haley
20 Weeks - 921,427 babies
Francis Suarez
15 Weeks - 892,310 babies
Vivek Ramaswamy
6 Weeks - 421,696 babies
Doug Burgum
6 Weeks - 421,696 babies
Chris Christie
UNKNOWN
Tim Scott
15 Weeks - 892,310 babies
Joe Biden
40+ Weeks - 930,160 babies
Larry Elder
0 Weeks -- Conception
Asa Hutchinson
UNKNOWN
Ryan Binkley
UNKNOWN
Will Hurd
20 Weeks - 921,427 babies
Perry Johnson
UNKNOWN
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.
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.
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.
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.
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