FRC Action Praises John McCain's Pro-Life Comments

WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council Action
applauds GOP Presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his comments on
Tuesday from Villanova University supporting the pro-life platform of the
Republican Party. FRC Action also releases the pro-life voting record of
possible running mates.

FRC Action's Senior Vice President Connie Mackey stated, "I am encouraged to
hear Senator McCain depict his support for life as a 'deeply held belief.'
Tuesday night he wholly embraced the pro-life position as both the Party's and
his own. Furthermore, he rightly described the pro-life plank in the
Republican Party platform as 'one of the fundamental principles of my party.'"

"We encourage McCain to bring someone onto the ticket with himself that will
reflect traditional family values, support marriage between one man and one
woman, and have a strong pro-life stance," added Mackey.

In addition to McCain's former rivals, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Fred
Thompson, several other vice presidential candidates have been mentioned in
the media and are listed below with a brief explanation of their pro-life
record:

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has passed pro-life legislation but his
position on embryonic stem cell research needs clarification.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanfordis opposed to abortion, voted for a ban on
"partial-birth" abortion and advanced legislation requiring women to see the
results of an ultrasound prior to an abortion.

South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is strongly pro-life and opposed expanding
research on embryonic stem cell lines.

Former Ohio Rep. and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Rob Portman strongly opposes abortion and gets a 0% rating from the abortion
group NARAL. He has a lifetime ACU Rating of 89 and between 1997 and 2004 he
received a perfect 100% from the National Right to Life.

Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. supported and signed into law parental consent
requirement for abortion.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist says he is now pro-life, although formerly
pro-choice 10 years ago, he cast the deciding vote against a 24 hour waiting
period for abortion. Additionally, when asked recently by National Review if
he thought Roe v. Wade was "wrongly decided," he said, "No I don't think it
should be overturned." He does support parental notification rights and
believes in the prohibition of "partial-birth" abortion.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expresses her position on abortion as
"mildly pro-choice." She supports parental rights, opposes a ban on late-term
abortions, but she also takes a libertarian stance in support of a woman's
right to abortion.

SOURCE Family Research Council Action

J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan of FRC Action, +1-866-FRC-NEWS