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Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life.
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003: Vote to pass a bill banning a
medical procedure, which is commonly known as "partial-birth" abortion.
The procedure would be allowed only in cases in which a women's life is
in danger, not for cases where a women's health is in danger. Those who
performed this procedure, would face fines and up to two years in prison,
the women to whom this procedure is performed on are not held criminally liable.
Reference: Bill sponsored by Santorum, R-PA; Bill S.3 ; vote number 2003-530 on Oct 2, 2003

Voted YES on banning human cloning, including medical research.
Vote to prohibit human cloning for either medical research or reproductive purposes.
The bill would make it illegal to perform, attempt or participate in human cloning.
It also would ban shipping or importing cloned embryos or products made from them.

Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion.
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across
state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.
Reference: Bill sponsored by Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL; Bill HR 1218 ; vote number 1999-261
on Jun 30, 1999

Rated 30% by NARAL, indicating an anti-choice voting record.
Ford scores 30% by NARAL on pro-choice voting record

For over thirty years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the political arm of the pro-choice movement and a strong advocate of reproductive freedom and choice. NARAL Pro-Choice America's mission is to protect and preserve the right to choose while promoting policies and programs that improve women's health and make abortion less necessary. NARAL Pro-Choice America works to educate Americans and officeholders about reproductive rights and health issues and elect pro-choice candidates at all levels of government. The NARAL ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.