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===Abortion=== On abortion, Portman describes himself as [[Anti-abortion movements|pro-life]]. He voted in favor of banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/1/portman-votes-to-protect-life-supports-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act|title=Portman Votes to Protect Life, Supports Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Press Releases - Newsroom - Rob Portman|website=www.portman.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924014657/https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/1/portman-votes-to-protect-life-supports-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act|url-status=dead}}</ref> Portman supports legal access to abortion in cases of rape and incest or if the woman's life is in danger.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/insight/2016/08/28/u-s--senate-race-where-rob-portman-ted-strickland-differ-on-hot-button-issues.html|title=U.S. Senate race: Where Rob Portman, Ted Strickland differ on hot-button issues|last=Dispatch|first=Jessica Wehrman, The Columbus|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=July 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref> [[National Right to Life Committee]] and the Campaign for Working Families, both [[anti-abortion]] PACs, gave Portman a 100% rating in 2018; [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]] gives him a 0%, [[Planned Parenthood]], which is pro-choice, gives him a lifetime 4% rating, and [[Population Connection]], another pro-choice PAC, gave Portman an 11% rating in 2002.<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, Portman sponsored a bill that would have made it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion if doing so would circumvent state [[parental consent]] or [[Parental notification (abortion)|notification]] laws.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 24, 2013|newspaper=[[PolitiFact]]|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/feb/06/rob-portman/sen-rob-portman-says-abortion-clinics-market-their/|title=Sen. Rob Portman says abortion clinics market their services to minors in states with stricter laws|access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref>
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