Posted on 07/05/2004 4:12:06 PM PDT by wagglebee
Sen. John Kerry said yesterday that he opposes abortion because he believes that life begins at conception, but said nothing about his wife's decision to have an abortion in 1984.
"I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion," Kerry told Dubuque, Iowa's Telegraph Herald. "I believe life does begin at conception."
But in May his wife Teresa revealed that she had decided to go through with her own abortion after learning her unborn child was deformed, fearing she was about to give birth to a "monster."
"I was very upset," she told ABC-TV's Barbara Walters. "I always wanted the baby, too. I didn't want to have an abortion, but they gave me 15 days to - because it was early."
Heinz Kerry said that the night before she was due to have the procedure, she miscarried.
"God was very kind," she told Walters. "But the point is, I'm glad I had a choice. I presume that most women will look at a choice like that as a terrible choice. But they should be given the chance to make it, as I was."
Making no mention of his wife's decision [the Heinz Kerry's didn't marry till 1995], Sen. Kerry explained that he did not intend to impose his opposition to abortion on non-Catholics.
"I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist . . . who doesn't share it," he told the Iowa paper. "We have separation of church and state in the United States of America."
In April, Mrs. Heinz Kerry told Newsweek that she, too, believed that abortion ended "the process of life."
But she acknowledged that her pro-choice values may put her at odds with her church, admitting, "I may be a good Catholic, a bad Catholic or a so-so Catholic. But that's who I am."
Then call abortion what it is, John -- manslaughter at the very least; more likely, murder.
Uh, Oh! Mrs. Heinz-Kerry is about to announce that John F'n Kerry has had his allowance taken away!!
On CNN the pundits were prognosticating about why Kerry would even think about doing this latest flip-flop - they ridiculed farmers noting how Kerry was trying to appeal to them by pretending he's one of them, etc., and how they're eating it all up but yet Kerry stands to gain practically nothing politically from it, they surmised, and pondered all the more why the endless flip-flops especially when it comes to their most priced issue.
These two should open up a waffle house together...
The only thing sure was that the presumed bwitch was sure she had a 'monster' inside ... and actually let the media hear those words.
John Kerry on Abortion
Partial-birth abortion ban undermines a women's right to choose
Q: Do you support the ban on partial-birth abortions recently signed into law?
A: I don't support the President's law because it doesn't allow the exception for situations where the health of the woman is at risk. I believe this is a dangerous effort to undermine a woman's right to choose, which is a constitutional amendment I will always fight to protect.
(Source: Concord Monitor / WashingtonPost.com on-line Q&A Nov 7, 2003)
No criminalization of a woman's right to choose
"The Republicans want to criminalize the right of women to choose, take us back to the days of back alleys, gag doctors and deny families the right to plan and be aware of their choices - we Democrats want to protect the constitutional right of privacy and make clear that at the center of this struggle is our commitment to have a Supreme Court that will protect the equal rights, the civil rights, and the right to choose in this nation."
(Source: Keynote Speech to Massachusetts Democratic Issues Convention Jun 7, 2003)
Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions.
Vote on a motion to table [kill] an amendment that would repeal the ban on privately funded abortions at overseas military facilities.
(Bill S 2549 ; vote number 2000-134 on Jun 20, 2000)
Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions.
This legislation, if enacted, would ban the abortion procedure in which the physician partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion. [A NO vote supports abortion rights].
Status: Bill Passed Y)63; N)34; NV)3
(Reference: Partial Birth Abortion Ban; Bill S. 1692 ; vote number 1999-340 on Oct 21, 1999)
Voted NO on disallowing overseas military abortions.
The Murray amdt would have repealed current laws prohibiting overseas U.S. military hospitals and medical facilities from performing privately funded abortions for U.S. service members and their dependents.
Status: Motion to Table Agreed to Y)51; N)49
(Reference: Motion to table Murray Amdt #397; Bill S. 1059 ; vote number 1999-148 on May 26, 1999)
Oooh! JFK is getting scared (of the wimpy bishops, of all things!). What he's trying to do is his usual: be on both sides of the issue.
"fearing she was about to give birth to a "monster."
That is one sick, evil woman.
Yep, so much for loving your children unconditionally.
Kerry is a good argument or making abortion retro.
This is absolutely a lie. If Kerry did in fact believe this, why has his votes over the last 25+ years been overwhelmingly in support of unfettered abortion?
Too damned bad that Kerry's mother didn't believe in abortion!!
Is this guy a nut or what???
Kerry Ad on Abortion: Fuzzy Math
Kerry claims the Supreme Court is "just one vote away" from overturning abortion rights for women. Make that TWO votes.
April 24, 2004
Modified: April 24, 2004
http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=176
Well, I think we all know who the monster is in this scenario.
I know what John Kerry's problem is. He doesn't have the testicular fortitude to take a stand and to stick too it!!
Hillary Clinton at least almost sticks to what she says. At least Kuchinich sticks to what he says, no matter how out of whack it is....Kerry has no guts!!!
We do not want this guy as our President!!!
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