didnt realize hutchinson was marginally pro-choice although obviously tacking away from that.

Abortion positions

Hutchison is against outlawing abortion.[5] She also believes that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade was appropriate and secures a constitutional right, and that it should not be overturned.[6]

Hutchison is currently considered to be liberal on abortion issues, at least compared to most elected Republicans from Texas.[citation needed] Although she has served on the Advisory Board of The Wish List (Women in the Senate and House) Political Action Committee, which contributes to pro-choice female Republican candidates for Congress, she is no longer on the board [14] and the PAC did not endorse her in 2006. [15]. In the past years NARAL has given her ratings of 0%, 7%, 20%, and 0%, indicating that her voting record mostly favored enacting proposed abortion restrictions. [16]

While in the Texas House of Representatives (1973 to 1977), Hutchison worked to protect rape victims from having their names published with Sarah Weddington, the attorney who won the Roe v. Wade case. She supports some abortion rights, but does not believe taxpayers should fund abortions. Hutchison has also endorsed parental notification laws [17] and in 2006 sponsored legislation to prevent minors from being transported across state lines to circumvent such laws.