Ken Cuccinelli Quotes

I believe that abortion is the taking of human life.

There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings.

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience.

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?

In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.

I believe that abortion is morally wrong.

I have to certainly stand for life. I know that there are some who disagree, and I respect their point of view. But I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have on abortion is in that case - of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God.

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents.

A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.

Abortion is the ultimate violence.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

Abortion is an attack on the family and the humanity that unites us all.

I'm proud of the fact that the Republican Party is the pro-life party on the issue of life.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.

I think abortion is murder.

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

Whenever the abortion issue is raised, people are asked to compromise their principles in order to reach some sort of political accommodation.

We acknowledge the diversity of deeply held convictions within our fellowship even as we seek to interpret the Scriptures under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Many American Baptists believe that, biblically, human life begins at conception, that abortion is immoral and a destruction of a human being created in God's image … Many others believe that while abortion is a regrettable reality, it can be a morally acceptable action and they choose to act on the biblical principles of compassion and justice … and freedom of will. … Many gradations of opinion between these basic positions have been expressed within our fellowship.

If you really think abortion is murder, how can you carve out exceptions?

Pro-lifers believe there are two victims in an abortion: the unborn child and the woman who felt that that was her best option.

Science can and should inform debate about abortion and the law. But science does not resolve questions of moral value and moral choice.

I happen to be pro-life.

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.