James, a Farmington Hills businessman and U.S. Army veteran, is a staunch proponent of rolling back access to abortions.
He opposes abortion in cases of rape and incest, said he would support Roe v. Wade being overturned and compared to abortion to “genocide” during his failed 2018 Senate bid.
Michigan Democrats hit John James for anti-abortion comments
We found that James has repeatedly dodged questions when asked whether he would make an exception to abortion prohibitions in cases where a mother’s life is at risk. Meanwhile, James favors overturning Roe v. Wade. The 1973 Supreme Court case invalidated Michigan’s 1931 law that makes it a felony to administer an abortion in all cases except when the mother’s life is at risk. This law is still on the books and could be enforced if Roe v. Wade is overturned. James has not said whether he supports Michigan’s pre-Roe abortion ban.
What James has said about cases involving risk to a mother’s life
James anti-abortion stance is clear. In a 2018 tweet, James
wrote: “I am 100% #ProLife because I believe life begins at conception and ends at a natural death. We will not stop fighting until we end abortion, for it is our sacred duty to protect the most vulnerable among us: the unborn.” During a July 13, 2018, campaign event, James
called abortion a form of “genocide,” according to audio released by the Michigan Democratic Party.
Whether James supports an exception when a mother’s life is in danger is less clear. When James ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2018, his campaign
said he supports an exception in such cases, but neither James nor his campaign has
answered questions on his position since.
Ahead of the 2018 primary election, when James was asked in a
WILS-AM 1320 interview whether he supports exceptions in cases where the life of the mother is at risk or pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, he answered: “I believe the focus should be given to maintaining and protecting life and exhausting every remedy to wrap our arms around both the mother and the baby, making sure that we eliminate situations that put our women in these terrible situations that no one wants to be in.”
James supports overturning Roe v. Wade, but he has not clarified whether an abortion might be permissible in some circumstances.
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But I'm pro choice, is what majority are in MI. A women's right to choose and privacy are at stake.