Posted on 04/17/2014 2:17:36 PM PDT by Morgana
New Jersey Governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie said during a speech at a forum on drug and alcohol abuse that he is pro-life and he tied his opposition to abortion to his respect for human life, chrischristie4saying he is pro-life both before and after birth.
Christie was a featured speaker at the conference, held at Saint Peter’s University. His comments on abortion came during a conversation with former Gov. Jim McGreevey.
“It’s great to be pro-life, but you need to be pro-life after they get out of the womb, too,” Christie said to applause.
Video and transcript follow:
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Governor Christie: I’m pro-life and I believe strongly in the sanctity of life and as do many of my conservative, fellow conservative governors and I say to them you know, it’s great to be pro-life but you need to be pro-life after they get out of the womb too. We have to be pro-life all the way along. And sometimes life presents us with challenges to being pro-life. People make mistakes. People anger us. People do things that we can’t understand and it becomes harder at that moment to be pro-life but if we believe in the sanctity of life then we need to believe in how life is precious for every moment that God gives us. Not only the really good moments, but the really tough moments too.
Governor Christie: And so if in fact we believe life is precious and I do, then the life of the drug addicted teenager who has been arrested for the sixth time is just as precious as the lives of any one of my children. The life of the 45 year old lawyer who is addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol is just as precious as any one of the prosecutors who ever worked for me. the life of the 65 year old woman who has spent her entire life helping others and then falls victim to alcohol or drug abuse is just as precious as the life of my own father. Now these are things that we need to stand up for. And it’s hard to stand up for them. But if you’re going to be pro-life, you’ve got to be pro-life the entire journey, not just the beginning of it. So I think if you talk to conservative leaders and say to them yes there is a class of people who deserve to be incarcerated and whether conservative or moderate or liberal, whatever you call yourself, you don’t want violent people on the street.
Governor Christie: Nobody does. It doesn’t matter what neighborhood you live in, you don’t want a violent person armed on your street that may hurt you or your children or your other loved ones or your neighbors. But we also have to understand that there is a class of people who will benefit much more from us reaching out a helping hand to them and understanding that we’re all flawed and we all make mistakes and we all at some moment in our lives need help. I just recently lost a dear friend to alcohol and drug abuse. And I could tell you that as we all stood around at his wake at 52 years old, that all of us were in a sense at the same moment of disbelief and inevitability. I said to my wife that night, is it possible to be completely stunned and not the least bit surprised at the same time. And I can tell you from just having experienced this, it is absolutely possible. I knew we all tried to reach out to this friend and help him for nearly a decade and he continued not to be able to deal with the ravage that this addiction did to him. And at the same time though, I was completely stunned that a guy who had been a dear friend of mine for 30 years was laying there in that coffin because he couldn’t deal with the illness that he had. When I tell you everybody that this can happen to everybody, when I talk about this over and over at town hall meetings, it’s because it can and it does every day. So I don’t believe this is a conservative or moderate or liberal issue. I don’t believe this is a Republican or Democrat issue because let me tell you, I know as many drug addicted Republicans as I know drug addicted Democrats. It just is what it is. Because alcohol, prescription drugs, heroin, cocaine, they don’t ask you for your party registration card when the drug dealer is selling it to you.
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Earl Ray I mean.... whatever
If ever there were a politician capable of “evolving” on this issue, Krispy Kreme would be the one.
Pro-life is as Pro-life does.
“Krispy Kreme” LOL
Yes, Christie *used to be* pro abortion and has contributed money to Planned Parenthood. I’m happy to see he has come around, but that doesn’t mean I want him to be my president.
The baby is innocent. Fat boi is a loser.
Yea somehow I get the feeling he’s telling us what he knows we want to hear.
What a lying sack! He sets up the classic false distinction of old used by baby-killing liberals that pro-life people by definition don’t care about anyone else but the unborn. The unborn get one throw-away line in this entire statement. I’ll give him a little slack because of the nature of the forum he was in, but this is hardly the “pro-life” statement he thinks it is.
Must be a winner for this connected Jerseyite...until it isn’t.
His loyalty is just not to the constitution, so...
Stop.
Stop what?
Nope. I don't vote for liberal republicans.
/johnny
i can’t beliee he was there with mcgreevey...lol
He only cares about the child his mother gave birth to on his birthday.
He believes in the sanctity of the afterbirth?!
Exactly
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