Posted on 01/22/2016 4:11:24 PM PST by conservativejoy
Businessman Donald Trump says he is pro-life and wants to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. He's vocal on just about every topic and is ready to offer a quip at a moment's notice on anything that concerns him, the presidential campaign of politics.
But Trump is remarkably silent today on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. His campaign has issued no statement from him on the 58 million unborn babies killed in abortion, he's not addressed pro-life topics today in any interviews and the prolific tweeter hasn't said a word on Twitter or even RTd a statement or picture from anyone else opposing abortion.
His silence has resulted in a top pro-life U.S. Senator challenging him to speak out for unborn children on today - the day that the majority of Americans who are pro-life solemnly recall the dreadful Supreme Court decision that ushered in an era of virtually unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy for any reason.
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Senator Joni Ernst, a pro-life Republican who happens to hail from the site of the first presidential caucus, Iowa, told the Weekly Stndard that Trump needs to speak out. She also wants Trump to talk about where he stands on the monumentally important issue of Supreme Court judges - key to whether or not America will suffer from abortion on demand another 43 years.
Ahead of her speech at the March for Life on Friday, Iowa GOP senator Joni Ernst said that Donald Trump should tell voters where he stands on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that declared a right to abortion-on-demand.
"It is extremely important—extremely important†to have a president who would "appoint judges that understand that Roe v. Wade really wasn't a decision that was based on the Constitution," Ernst told THE WEEKLY STANDARD during an interview in her Senate office Friday morning.
Asked if Trump should tell voters his position on the issue, Ernst replied that Republican candidates "need to spell that out. They should know where they stand. They're running for the office of president. They should know where they stand on this issue because it is so important."
Unfortunately, Trump's campaign is not responding to pro-life news sources like The Weekly Standard about more details on his pro-life positions on abortion and Supreme Court judges.
"Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks has not replied to emails from TWS asking for clarification on these points," TWS reporter John McCormack wrote.
If Trump wants pro-life voters to take his views seriously, he needs to speak our more frequently and more thoroughly on abortion - especially on a day when America is mourning 58 million aborted babies.
I’m sorry, but my vote isn’t going to turn on abortion.
Here are some of the things that Cruz has already done to fight for the pro-life cause.
1. Fought to take away taxpayer dollars from Planned Parenthood.
2. Led the charge on behalf of 13 states to successfully defend a federal law that bans partial birth abortion before the U.S. Supreme Court.
3. Advocated for an investigation into abortion practices in the U.S. to prevent the atrocities witnessed in Kermit Gosnell’s facility from ever happening again.
4. Joined 18 states in successfully defending the New Hampshire parental-notification law before the U.S. Supreme Court.
5. Successfully defended Texas Rider 8, which prohibits state funds for groups that provide abortions.
Cruz did. An article was posted about it.
I don't doubt that at all. I just don't give much credence to symbolic acts.
I've been loving how the states are going after the clinics and getting them shut down. It has been the most effective means of addressing the issue. It points out the absolute hypocrisy of the abortion crowd.
We'd love the utopian world where the Supreme Court would overturn Roe V. Wade but the court can not be counted on to issue a ruling that the sky is blue.
Go, States, Go!
Hey, you can try and use the abortion issue all you want, it is not a factor this time around.
Abortion is the greatest sin of this nation no doubt, but it just isn’t an issue, the country is in danger of being aborted.
If that’s the issue that matters most to you in 2016, then by all means, make your decision based on that.
I’m not concerned with litmus tests any longer.
Marco Rubio says he’s all about that, I recommend you consider voting for him. I’m sure he’ll end the practice on day one.
Our nation is rotting from the inside out. Do you think we can save it while letting it completely lose its soul. Do you think that God will bless a nation that kills its own children.
Trump isn't running on jobs either. Trump is running on Trump.
No! I won’t shut up.
Trumps a waffling NY limousine Liberal with a lifetime of actions to prove it.
He’s a coward that hides behind smears and hit and run bully tactics.
A sitting senator from Iowa called him out on the issue today and he is too busy posting white extremist and Russian Soldier photos on his twitter site to address it on the ruling anniversary.
He’s not going to come out and bash pro-lifers today. That can come later.
Here's a statement from Ted Cruz:
https://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage/posts/415345375208689
Normally we would be picking on Sanders and Clinton too, except that those two Democrats aren't seeking the GOP nomination like Trump is.
Cruz was a law clerk for William Rehnquist one of the two Justices who dissented on Roe v Wade. He isn’t likely to make a mistake in nominating Justices. The suggestion that he would is absurd.
Clinton and Obama were lawyers. The Justices they chose vote the way they were expected to vote.
Who would Trump appoint? I have no idea and I bet he doesn’t either.
And it never has been.
Point of Fact H. Appointed Souter after being talked into it by two Major RINO politicians. Warren Rudman and John Sunnunu
Anyone Care to bet who those two turd blossoms will support?
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