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>> GOOD EVENING TO YOU BOTH.
THIS IS FOR MR. NEGRON.
YOU OPPOSE ABORTION IN ALL CASES, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A MOTHER WHO IS IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHO WILL DIE IF SHE HAS TO DELIVER A BABY?
MR. NEGRON: I THINK THAT IS A DECISION BETWEEN HER AND HER DOCTOR.
RIGHT NOW, THE DECISION IS THAT WE HAVE ADVANCED MEDICAL PROCEDURES -- IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE’S A MOTHER OR CHILD, I DO NOT THINK WE ARE AT THAT POINT.
WE HAVE PRENATAL CARE THAT IS OUTSTANDING IN SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD -- AS SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
I DON’T THINK IT IS SO DO CONEY AND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
I’M A PRO-LIFE GUY.
I DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD EXACERBATE A PROBLEM BY TAKING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED AND THEY MAKE A JOINT DECISION.
IF THINGS HAPPEN IN THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING, I BELIEVE THAT SITUATION WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY I HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
>> WE KNOW THE HEIGHT OF AMENDMENT PROHIBITS PUBLIC MONEY TO BE USED TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS, DO YOU THINK THAT LAW SHOULD BE REPEALED?
REP. KUSTER: THAT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SETTLED ON.
I THINK WHAT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IS THE LAWS AROUND WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE MOST PERSONAL DECISION IN THEIR LIFETIME.
I WAS AN ADOPTION ATTORNEY FOR 25 YEARS.
MY OPPONENT HAS TAKEN THE POSITION HE WANTS TO BAN ALL ABORTION WHETHER IT IS RAPE, INSIST, THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, AND I HAVE TAKEN THE POSITION THAT WE NEED LESS GOVERNMENT
INTERFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S PERSONAL LIVES.
I THINK THAT IS THE MAJORITY POSITION OF PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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REBUTTAL MR. NEGRON: WHEN A SITUATION ARISES WHERE SOMEONE COMES PREGNANT FROM A RAID, WE DON’T WANT TO ADD TO THE ANGST OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
TO THE PERSON THAT IMAD HAS HAD AN ABORTION, 100% HAS REGRETTED IT.
WE ARE NOT A SOCIETY OF DEATH.
WE ARE A SOCIETY OF LIFE.
WE SHOULD BE ADDING TO THE SITUATION BUT THAT LADY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
>> WOULD YOU SUPPORT ITS REPEAL?
REP. KUSTER: I SAID NO BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FORCE A WOMAN TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM, I PRESUME MR. NEGRON PRESUMES TO PUT A WOMAN IN JAIL SO SHE CARRIES A CHILD TO TERM.
I THINK THAT HIS GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S PERSONAL LIVES AND I AM OPPOSED TO THAT.
MR. NEGRON: I DON’T THINK I EVER SAID JAIL.
I DO OPPOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS GOING TOWARD A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TO KILLING BABIES.
THAT IS WHAT I DO OPPOSE, BUT WE DO IT ALL THE WAY IN FUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
REP. KUSTER: THERE IS NO FUNDING -- THAT WAS WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.
THE QUESTION WAS THE HYDE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS FUNDING.
MR. NEGRON: I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO PEOPLE THAT WERE CAP PLANNED PARENTHOOD I CONDUCT ABORTIONS.
ADAM: WE WILL STAY ON THIS TOPIC.
REP. KUSTER: AND THEY DON’T DO IT WITH FEDERAL FUNDING.
>> SOME LAWS HAVE BEEN PASSED THAT ARE BEING CHALLENGED IN THE COURT BANNING ABORTIONS AFTER TESTING THAT SHOWS THE FETUS LIKELY HAS DOWN SYNDROME.
IT IS NOT SAY IT SUPPORTS -- ARE THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE AN ABORTION SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL?
REP. KUSTER: AGAIN, I JST BELIEVE IN LESS GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S PERSONAL LIVES.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS A DECISION FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
IT’S ONE OF THE MOST PERSONAL DECISIONS.
I REPRESENTED OVER 300 WOMEN WITH UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES.
IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT’S CHOICE WHETHER THEY WOULD CARRY A BABY TO TERM, WHETHER THEY WOULD TERMINATE A PREGNANCY, PLACE A BABY FOR ADOPTION.
I HAVE WALKED THE WALK ON THIS AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MY POSITION, AND MOST VOTERS AGREE.
>> LET’S PIVOT TO THAT.
MR. NEGRON, YOU ARE A 10TH AMENDMENT GUY AND HAVE SAID YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF LEAVING MANY DECISIONS UP TO THE STATES.
WHY SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE INVOLVED IN DECIDING IF ONE CAN HAVE AN ABORTION?
MR. NEGRON: IT IS TAKING LIFE.
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IN TAKING LIVES ANOTHER CASES -- IN TRYING TO BE SMART, I LOOK AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S FINANCIAL REPORT AND FEDERAL DOLLARS WENT IN
THERE.
REP. KUSTER: THE DOLLARS ARE