Posted on 02/24/2007 12:41:23 PM PST by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The three leading Republican candidates for president are disappointing pro-life advocates when it comes to the issue of abortion. None of them have been reliably pro-life throughout their careers and all three are seen as guilty of pandering to pro-life advocates recently in efforts to win their support.
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, is the least pro-life of the three given that he has supported abortion throughout his political career and still does.
Giuliani recently flip-flopped on his position on partial-birth abortions after consistently opposing a ban on the gruesome abortion procedure. And in an effort to please pro-life advocates, he told the media just weeks ago that he would appoint judges as president who would strictly interpret the constitution.
Arizona Senator John McCain has perhaps the most consistent pro-life record of the bunch and has voted against abortion and abortion funding on a frequent basis in Congress.
McCain previously opposed reversing Roe v. Wade and missed a vote in Congress on a resolution supporting the Supreme Court decision. He later voted against the resolution in another vote and twice in the last few months said he supports overturning Roe.
However, McCain's inconsistent views and his positions in favor of forcing taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research and supporting campaign finance reform that limits pro-life groups haven't earned him any points.
Meanwhile, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney changed his position on abortion just a couple of years ago after supporting it throughout his political career. His conversion is met with skeptics from throughout the pro-life movement who doubt his sincerity and point to his health care program and support for limited embryonic stem cell research as proof he's not genuine.
Through their staff members, the candidates -- mostly Romney and McCain -- have engaged in a battle in recent days with one campaign accusing the other of flip-flopping more or not being the best pro-life candidate.
McCain renewed his opposition to Roe last weekend and his campaign fired off a memo that LifeNews.com received pointing out inconsistencies in Romney's abortion statements.
Romney conservative outreach staffer Gary Marx fired back and emailed LifeNews.com a rebuttal.
"Ask the pro-life movement where his leadership has been in the six years since 2000 that he's been running for President," Marx said of McCain. "What has he done?"
The squabbling among candidates who don't have any claim to the pro-life mantle has turned off some pro-life leaders.
"Come off it, guys, this is kind of unseemly," David Keene, the president of the American Conservative Union, told the web site Politico. "The people you're doing this to aren't stupid. Eventually they'll figure out this is all bull."
Scheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance, who has the pulse of Republicans in the state that holds the first presidential caucus, says none of the three is consolidating support within the pro-life community.
"I don't see any consensus on any candidate right now," he told Politico. "All three have got challenges."
Gary Bauer, a former presidential candidate who headed the Family Research Council, told the political web site that "The jury is still out."
"What a lot of people are looking for is do they understand the issue and do they understand that Roe v. Wade is the ultimate example of judicial activism?" he said, adding that rhetoric about appointing only "strict constructionists" isn't sufficient.
Michael Franc of The Heritage Foundation told the web site that, ultimately, pro-life advocates may have to settle for a less than stellar candidate and support him over a Democratic nominee who will strongly support abortion.
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To legalize abortion, or to outlaw it completely, is not a function of the Federal government. That was always one of the issues that should properly be decided on a state or even local level.
Similar approach to civil unions/gay marriages. While as a matter of convenience, most laws concerning civil marriage or cohabitation are accepted by all states if accepted in one state, there is no overall requirement that just because ONE state has adopted some controversial body of law about legal determination, that ALL states are similarly bound. These matters should be subject to a vote in the legislature, and either adopted, or rejected. If rejected, the courts should be constrained by this knowledge, and act in accordance with the expressed will of the representative government. It is not the business of the courts to lobby any legislature.
And I'd suggest that if one carefully examine choices one agrees with in the history of SCOTUS, there will be at least some that don't follow such a philosophy. It's the nature of living in a system--there are ALWAYS eexptions to rigorous interpretation that we will say "OK, well, I agree with THAT decision, even if it isn't strictly according to the original intent."
Abortion is wrong and partial birth abortion is an absolute abomination.
President Bush and the Republican led congess and senate did what about it It's still legal.
YEP! Duncan Hunter's record speaks for itself. His biggest challenge is getting his name out there for the masses. Big business isn't going to support him - it's going to be up to the people. He's got my vote.
GO DUNCAN HUNTER!!!
I just don't see Hunter winning. I'm still hoping some viable candidate that I can stomach will declare.
The Second Amendment crowd is already mobilizing against Rudy. Word is getting out, Rudy is no friend to conservatives...
I agree with your entire statement. His name will get out there.
I wonder if he's going to the Gathering of Eagles rally in DC. Wouldn't that be fantastic if he did.
Michael Franc of The Heritage Foundation told the web site that, ultimately, pro-life advocates may have to settle for a less than stellar candidate and support him over a Democratic nominee who will strongly support abortion.Oh really?!? They HAVE to???
So... Just because the MUTT has an 'R' there they 'have' to. Well excuse me 'mr' Franc, but go (blank) yourself.
ps: Look up Hubris in the dictionary asshat.
LMAO!
Christian conservatives + the NRA = Nuns with Guns. *
There's nothing worse than that to be gnawing on your rear end!
*(Guns and Rosaries? Hehee...)
Aside from appointing judges who believe in Constitutionalism, there is little to nothing the President can do about abortion. And even the Supreme Court can do nothing more than remove itself from the issue (by overturning Roe vs. Wade).
Doing my part to help with the name recognition:
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