"I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortions." The Dallas Morning News, 10/22/94
Bush has signed 18 anti-choice provisions as Governor of Texas, including parental involvement in abortion and prescription contraceptives, a 48-hour waiting period for young women and restrictions on reproductive services to low-income women.
". . . the Federal government ought to spend as much on abstinence as it does on other attempts to reduce teen-age pregnancies." Meet the Press, 11/21/99
"I'm going to set a goal that says the unborn ought to be protected in the law and welcomed into life. That ought to be a national goal." Meet the Press, 11/21/99
"A president can sign a partial-birth abortion ban. I would do so quickly if one got to my desk." Meet the Press, 11/21/99
Bush named Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas as the Supreme Court Justices he most respects. Meet the Press, 11/21/99
Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition, agreed that Bush is more socially conservative than he sounds. NBC Nightly News, 10/1/99
"I am against gay marriage because I believe that marriage is for men and women . . . I don't support gay adoption either because I believe that society ought to aim for the ideal, and the ideal is for a man and a woman to adopt children." Meet the Press, 11/21/99
Although Texas ranks second worst in the nation in percentage and total of children lacking health insurance, Bush fought efforts to expand coverage. Austin American-Statesman, 2/26/99