| Stephen F. Freind | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 166th district |
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| In office 1976[1] – 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Faith Ryan Whittlesey |
| Succeeded by | Greg Vitali |
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| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Stephen F. Freind (born 1945) is a Republican politician who was elected as a Representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature representing Delaware County from 1976 until 1993 when he unsuccessfully challenged Arlen Specter in the 1992 Republican Senate Primary. He was most notable for authoring a law designed to restrict abortion rights, that included "requirements that a married woman notify her husband, that there be a 24-hour wait before any abortion, and that doctors show patients a pamphlet with pictures of developing fetuses."[2][3] It was mostly upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States except for the spousal notification provision in the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey.[4]
In 1992 Freind decided to challenge Arlen Specter in the Republican Senate Primary because "according to the American Conservative Union" Specter "votes with conservatives only 34 percent of the time.".[2] Underfunded Freind lost to Specter by a 2:1 margin.
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania, 1992[5]: