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Not that anyone had any doubts, but CNN made its stance on the abortion issue crystal clear in the context of an interview by Inside Politics' Judy Woodruff of former U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer of Indiana, who has announced that he is seeking the chairmanship of the DNC. Unusual for a Democrat, Roemer is pro-life. But on the two occasions when that fact arose, Woodruff referred to Roemer not as being "pro-life," but as being "opposed to abortion rights for women." Yet when Woodruff quoted Kate Michelman, former head of NARAL, who condemned Roemer's candidacy, she referred to pro-abortion people...

The "Hardball" host wanted to know how a feminist like me could support someone other than Hillary Clinton. Well, here's how. By Kate Michelman Feb. 8, 2008 | As the red light atop the camera went dark on Monday night, there was still much more I wanted to say to Chris Matthews, much more that I needed to say. So for the moment, my time on "Hardball" continues here. Knowing that I had just announced my support for Barack Obama for president after having earlier supported my old friend John Edwards, Matthews had me on his show Monday. His first...

What if pro-choicers wrote a column filled with well-articulated pro-life arguments . . . and never mustered a substantive response? Would it suggest they have effectively conceded defeat on one of the great moral issues of the day? That "what if" becomes reality in Abortion's battle of messages in today's LA Times. As noteworthy as the column's substance is the identity of one of the co-authors: none other than leading pro-choice light Kate Michelman, past president of NARAL [and current John Edwards advisor]. Consider these excerpts, which with minor editing could just as easily have come from a Bill Buckley...

If Rudy wins the "National" Primary next February 5th then who should he pick as his VP nominee. Dr. Regina S. Peruggi, President, Kingsborough Community College, http://www.kingsborough.edu/sub-administration/office_president.htmlDonna, a radio host for WOR 710, http://www.wor710.com/pages/46303.phpSomeone else?

At Boston College, David Hollenbach, S. J., remains a Big Man on Campus even after his unsuccessful effort to block the awarding of an honorary degree to the Secretary of State, but the family that endowed his chair is now saying what protesters put on placards during Condoleeza Rice’s speech: Not in my name. “Well, the commencement was today, and too bad the Flatley Professor [David Hollenbach, S.J.] did not also quit,” Dan Flatley wrote to us on Monday. “If he had any integrity he would, and you can quote me on that.” “Let the public know that the Flatley...

Pro-Life Women Fight for Feminism Today’s feminists are far from yesterdays. EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece is reprinted from Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports, by Kate O 'Beirne, with the permission of its publisher, Sentinel. Today's feminists attempt to ennoble their demands by wrapping themselves in the suffragettes' principled campaign for the right to vote. They argue that you can't be pro-women without being pro-choice. But the radical abortion views of today's feminists like Kate Michelman, Faye Wattleton, Gloria Steinem, Gloria Feldt and Eleanor Smeal betray...

Boston, Mass. — From the podium, Democrats don't spend too much time talking about the U.S. Supreme Court. Sure, Al Gore threw some barbs their way, but that is to be expected: After all, they stole the election from him. But talking to delegates in the Fleet Center and listening to activists around the town, it is clear that control of the Supreme Court is a major motivating issue for the liberal base. Two questions arise this week in Boston regarding judges: First, why are the Democrats keeping quiet on this topic when the nation is watching? Second, why are...

Today, Thursday, January 22, marks the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that recognized a woman's right to decide the most private aspects of her life. But instead of celebrating another year of a woman's right to choose, we are working to ensure that 2004 is not the year that the rights of privacy and choice are extinguished. Energized by President Bush, an organized anti-choice movement is successfully taking our choices away. In December President Bush signed the first-ever federal criminal ban on abortion procedures, and he continues to pack our nation's federal courts with anti-choice...

NARAL is beginning its search for a new president to replace Kate Michelman, who has announced she is stepping down next spring to work to defeat President George. W. Bush and care for her ailing husband. Michelman says she wants to stay on board in order to lead the organization's effort to put on a national march for abortion in April 2004. An exclusive LifeNews.com report in August revealed that the AFSCME labor union is lending support to the pro-abortion march organizers.However, the fact that Michelman will not step down from the position until late April is due in part...

Leader of national abortion rights group to resignTuesday, September 23, 2003BY BRETT LIEBERMANOf Our Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Kate Michelman, who cut her teeth in Harrisburg and went on to become one of the nation's most influential abortion rights advocates, is stepping down after 18 years of heading the country's leading abortion rights group. Michelman, 61, was executive director of Planned Parenthood in Harrisburg before becoming president of what was then called the National Abortion Rights Action League in 1985. The organization became known as NARAL Pro-Choice America. Michelman worked to expand area reproductive health services and trained students and...

The leader of one of the nation's most influential abortion rights organizations announced Monday that she would give up her post next spring. Kate Michelman, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said she would step down after 18 years to care for her ailing husband. A mother of three and grandmother of five, she also plans to spend next year actively trying to defeat President Bush, who opposes abortion rights. "I made the decision to step down from the day to day work of running a large national organization so that I could both meet those family responsibilities and devote myself...

ASHINGTON, Sept. 21 — Kate Michelman said today that she would step down as president of Naral Pro-Choice America, ending 18 years at the helm of the country's most vocal group advocating abortion as a legal right for women. Ms. Michelman, 61, became one of the grandes dames of the reproductive rights debate by interpreting her mandate broadly. She campaigned for state and national politicians who supported abortion rights, testified at Congressional hearings, started national advertising campaigns, worked to expand access to clinics providing abortions, and protested and marched in the streets. She said she would leave her post on...

********************************* >From the desk of Kate Michelman NARAL Pro-Choice America ********************************* Dear Trace, I am writing to you tonight because NARAL Pro-Choice America needs you to act now. As you read this, the U.S. House of Representatives is passing federal legislation on co-called "Partial Birth" abortion that will criminalize safe and legal abortion procedures -- legislation the President has promised to sign into law. In doing so, he will become the first president in the nation's history to criminalize safe abortion procedures. I do not exaggerate when I say this is just the beginning. That's why we need you to...

She is waging the good fight. Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, has won many battles. But in our political system, there are no final victories. It has been 30 years since the Supreme Court ruled that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, may choose to terminate a pregnancy. Few cases in American history have been more politically divisive and controversial than Roe vs. Wade. The "right-to-life" movement, dominated by the Christian right, has long sought to reverse the court's decision and make abortion a crime. It is in no small...