QUAYLE, BAUER, KASICH ANNOUNCE FOR WHITE HOUSE
By Carol Long Tobias, NRL PAC Director

Three more pro-life candidates are throwing their hats into the ring. Former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Family Research Council President Gary Bauer, and Congressman John Kasich (R- Ohio) are all seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States.

Dan Quayle

In 1976, at the age of 29, Dan Quayle was the associate publisher of a newspaper in Huntington, Indiana, when he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives. He successfully defeated J. Edward Roush, a 16-year incumbent, by a 55-45 percent vote. Just four years later, in 1980, Quayle ran against, and defeated, pro-abortion Democratic Senator Birch Bayh, an 18-year incumbent, by a 54-46 percent margin.

In 1988, pro-life Republican presidential nominee George Bush selected Quayle as his vice presidential running mate. The pro-life Bush-Quayle ticket won a resounding victory in 1988, but lost to the pro-abortion ticket of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1992. Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, have three children and live in Arizona.

Quayle has been a steadfast defender of unborn children. Throughout his 12-year career in Congress, he cast 43 of 44 pro-life votes.

He spoke at the 1992 NRLC convention and stated, "Our opponents treat God's greatest gift - - new life - - as an inconvenience to be discarded. But we believe life is a beautiful gift to be cherished and cared for - - however "inconvenient" its beginning may be.... Whatever the disagreements in American society today, whatever our divisions, whatever our anger or disappointment with one another, we don't take it out on the kids."

Gary Bauer

In order to devote full time to his presidential campaign, Gary Bauer stepped down as president of the Family Research Council. FRC is a pro-family policy and lobbying group based in Washington, D.C., that addresses family and pro-life issues nationwide. Bauer has been a strong advocate for unborn children, championing the pro-life plank in the Republican Party platform.

In 1987, Bauer was appointed to serve as assistant to President Ronald Reagan for policy development and director of the Office of Policy Development in the White House. Prior to that time, he served as undersecretary of the Department of Education. In 1986, Bauer was named chairman of President Reagan's Special Working Group on the Family.

Bauer is a native of Kentucky. He received his law degree from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C., and lives in Virginia with his wife and three children.

In a recent speech, Bauer summarized his opposition to abortion, saying, "We have to get to the point where all of our children are welcomed into the world and protected by the law."

Rep. John Kasich

For 16 years, John Kasich has represented Ohio's 12th congressional district. In 1978, at the age of 26, he defeated a two-term incumbent to win a seat in the Ohio state Senate. Four years later, Kasich won a seat in the U.S. House, defeating the pro-abortion Democratic incumbent Bob Shamansky by a 50-47 percent margin.

Kasich was the only Republican challenger in the country to defeat an incumbent Democratic House member that year. He has been re-elected every year, receiving 67% of the vote in 1998.

Kasich is chairman of the House Budget Committee. In his 16 years in Congress, he has cast 100 of 102 pro-life votes. Kasich and his wife live in Ohio.

NRL News will continue to do profiles on presidential candidates in upcoming issues. In the January edition, Senator Bob Smith (R- NH) and Senator John McCain (R-Az.) were highlighted.

Smith has been a pro-life champion in the Senate and was the initial sponsor of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. McCain is co-sponsor of the McCain-Feingold "campaign reform" measure which would severely restrict the right of pro-life groups to educate the public regarding the positions and voting records of members of Congress and other congressional candidates. Thus, "campaign reform" would severely curtail the ability of National Right to Life, its state affiliates, and chapters to protect the lives of unborn children.