Clark backs abortion until birth/Democrat: 'Life begins with the mother's decision'

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, January 9, 2004

[JohnHuang2]

ELECTION 2004
Clark backs abortion until birth
Democrat: 'Life begins with the mother's decision'

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Posted: January 8, 2004
2:55 p.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

On the issue of abortion, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark has taken the most extreme position possible, declaring he supports the legality of the procedure up until the moment of birth.

Saying "life begins with the mother's decision," the retired general told the Manchester Union Leader he would never, as president, appoint a pro-life judge.

"I don't believe people whose ideological agenda is to burn the law or remake the law or reshape it should be appointed whether they are from either side," he told the paper.

Clark claims he would not use a litmus test to determine a potential appointee's position on abortion, but would read the judge's previous decisions.

"I'm not going to be appointing judges who are pro-life," he said, according to the report.

"I just want good, solid people with judicial temperament who respect the process of law that we have in America."

Clark further explained to the Union Leader how he would pick judges:

"You just work through what the judge has done and if you find guys who follow judicial and established precedent, you're not going to find a judge who is pro-life. It's a hypothetical that is very unlikely to happen because" a judge who follows precedent "is not going to be the kind of person who is going to use his ideology. He's not going to have an ideology to advance at the expense of the law."

The candidate refused to talk about when life begins, saying, "I'm in favor of choice, period. Pure and simple.

"I don't think you should get the law involved in abortion. It's between a woman, her doctor, her faith and her family and her conscience. You don't put the law in there."

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[JohnHuang2]

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[miltonim]

Saying "life begins with the mother's decision," the retired general told the Manchester Union Leader he would never, as president, appoint a pro-life judge.

[highlander_UW]

Isn't this a limitation of abortion Clark is imposing from his previous statement?! He said life begins when the mother decides...now he's limiting her choice to birth.

[KeepUSfree]

What is she "decides" when the baby is 3 years old?????

[BrucefromMtVernon]

The judgement of abortion is like....a ten billion ton shithammer!

[kingu]

Come on, all ye dwarfs of Democrat fame, please, tell us more that we can use to slam you in November.

[wontbackdown]

Let's see - my son is 30 years old, but I have not yet made the conscious decision that his life has begun. What are the possibilities, General Clark? By the way, I love my son so abortion at this stage is out of the question. I just want to know if it's possible under the Clark rules.

[mict42]

Life begins when the mother, female, says so? God save us from these people. How on earth can anyone arrive at this pronouncement?

[Godebert]

Clark is pure evil. He gives me the creeps whenever I see his beady little rat eyes.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

"I don't believe people whose ideological agenda is to burn the law or remake the law or reshape it should be appointed whether they are from either side," he told the paper.

If I read this correct, this hypocrite just said he's also against Roe v Wade at the same time.

Clark claims he would not use a litmus test to determine a potential appointee's position on abortion

I believe in a litmus test for Democrat politicians. Put them all in a sealed room and hook a car exhaust hose to the air supply. Whichever Dem turns blue has passed the litmus test.

[Lazamataz]

Saying "life begins with the mother's decision

He's wrong. Life begins 25 years after your child's death. You should be able to abort your unwanted child well into his 70's.

[Lazamataz]

What is she "decides" when the baby is 3 years old?????

Then you can club the two-year-old like a baby seal.

[I_dmc]

The worst moment I ever had was being told that aborting my firstborn son was under consideration. I had no say in the matter.

[doosee]

Watch the weasel come back out and alter his statement to back off the stance. Clinton coaching all the way, throw a bone to the baby haters in NOW and lock up their support, then fog the issue with further statements.

[scan58]

I was thinking that same thing. That's an awful big bone, though. We won't let him bury that one and forget about it, either.

[highlander_UW]

What is she "decides" when the baby is 3 years old?????

I'm waiting to see if Clark's mother is going to invoke his definition and abort him.

[highlander_UW]

The worst moment I ever had was being told that aborting my firstborn son was under consideration. I had no say in the matter.

I had the same experience. I have one child I will never meet on this earth. My sympathies go out to you my friend.

[I_dmc]

And mine to you. I was fortunate. It was (I think) just a way to ensure I did what was desired by the mother. I'll never know for sure and I don't want to.

[FormerACLUmember]

"I'm not going to be appointing judges who are pro-life," he said, according to the report. "I just want good, solid people with judicial temperament who respect the process of law that we have in America."

Yes, we have a winner of the coveted George Orwell Doublethink Award!