He touts his receipt of the Family Research Council's "True Blue" award for "extraordinary integrity and character in their defense of the family and the sanctity of human life" and for legislators with "perfect voting records on issues of importance to the American family."

Abortion Rights Opponent

Franks has a long record of anti-abortion rights activism. When he was first elected to the Arizona House, he wore a tie-tack shaped like the feet of a fetus. But he may be nationally remembered for calling Obama an "enemy of humanity" in a September 2009 speech; he later clarified that he meant an "enemy of unborn humanity" because of the president's supports funding international organizations that perform abortions.

"A president that has lost his way that badly, that has no ability to see the image of God in these little fellow human beings, if he can't do that right, then he has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an enemy of humanity," Franks said.

During his time in the Arizona legislature, Franks was the chairman of the House subcomittee of Child Protection and Family Preservation, and made a name for himself by advancing the "Child Obscenity and Pornography Bill," as well "Dangerous Crimes Against Children Bill." He describes himself as having introduced the first anti-abortion rights bill aimed at overturning Roe v. Wade.

"While there are many sincere people on both sides of this issue, all of us must ask the central question. Does abortion kill a baby?" Franks says. "If it does not, then it is a non-issue. If abortion does kill a child, then you and I are living in the midst of the greatest human holocaust in the history of mankind."

While in Congress, he has supported measures like the 2003 PROTECT Act, which outlawed the morphing of images to make it appear as if a child was engaged in pornography, as well as prohibits the use of misleading domain names to lure children to pornographic sites. ,

"The evidence that hard-core pornography leads to violence against women and children is simply overwhelming," Franks says. "The sexual exploitation of women and children is not constitutionally protected, and it is the duty of government to enforce obscenity laws in the United States. Pornography is destroying American families."

Education

One of Franks' main priorities in the House is the Children's Hope Act, which would establish tax credits for those who donate to scholarship funds dedicated to school choice, including vouchers.

Franks' 1997 version of the legislation in Arizona has endured challenges at the Arizona and U.S. Supreme Court by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Educational Association.

Obama's Citizenship

In August 2009, Franks said he was misinterpreted in a local news report that stated he was considering a lawsuit to prove that Obama is a U.S. citizen.

Franks says that after investigating the matter himself, he "found several different newspapers that had shown that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii two years after it became a state."Now, there was no way to have forged thatI just don't have evidence that shows me that he was not born here."

He added that for the above reason, he could not "in good conscience" file a lawsuit, and that reports he intended to were "completely false."

Health-Care Reform

While Franks says that he supports universal insurance coverage, he argued that Democrats' 2010 health-reform plans would "blow a hole in freedom."

Instead, Franks supports reforming the medical malpractice industry, as well as market-based insurance reforms to change the system.

He says placing the health-care system under government control is "spectacularly insane," and contends that the U.S. currently has the "finest health-care system in the entire world." He supports tax-free medical savings accounts from which patients can pay medical costs not covered by insurance.

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