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Sen. Kerry explained that he did not intend to impose his opposition to abortion on non-Catholics.
I did not support abortion before I supported it.
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."
I'm sure that those born with physical deformities will take comfort in knowing that Pickle Puss thinks of them as "monsters."
Davis, Wife at Odds Over Slavery (She bought a slave)
Sen. Jefferson Davis said yesterday that he opposes slavery because he believes in equality, "sorta," but said nothing about his wife's decision to buy a slave in 1854.
"I oppose slavery, personally. I don't like slavery," Davis told Dubuque, Iowa's Telegraph Herald. "I believe all men are created equal. Sorta."
But in May his wife Teresa revealed that she had decided to buy her own slave after selling another slave she already owned who was deformed, thinking that the slave she sold was a "monster." "I was very upset," she told ABC-TV's Barbara Walters.
"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 Davis's didn't marry till 1855], Sen. Davis explained that he did not intend to impose his opposition to slavery on non-abolitionists.
"I can't take my abolitionist 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 reality and justice in the United States of America."
In April, Mrs. Heinz Davis told Newfweek that she, too, believed that slavery ended "the process of freedom."
I for one think Bush could make really effective use of a potential future FLOTUS calling children born with birth defects "monsters" who should have been butchered in the womb.
I had a choice......and it didn't include telling myself that if my baby wasn't 'perfect' I would kill it.
The guy flip-flops because it's his nature -- he's a man of few real convictions, and the ones he has are so out of step with the majority of America he's trying to do a smoke-and-mirrors trick.
Then she goes out and marries one.
Every bottle of ketchup and 57 sauce you buy goes into this evil woman's coffers... and subsequently into her gold digging husbands campaign.
That statement is not true.
Remember, when Howlgore referred to Republicans as the "extra-chromosome right-wing," and had to apologize to those suffering from Down's Syndrome?
This is the dilemma Liberals face and it is one of their own making. They are killing off future Liberals before they even get a chance to take a breath of fresh air.
It explains why they have to resort to lying, slander, registering convicted felons to vote and pushing for illegal aliens to be allowed to vote.
They have to make up for their self-induced shortfall of voters somehow.
I've already sworn off of their products. She can fund her hate-America causes without my money.
Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, theme song sung by the Swanky Modes in "Tapeheads."
I can just picture the South African princess in an apron and hair net, slinging hash from behind the griddle.
We can dream.
Are you going to explain or leave us all hanging?
Here are quotes of her interview from MSNBC, no where does it say 'Monster'.
During her first marriage, Heinz Kerry said she wanted a fourth child after the birth of her son Christopher in March 1973. She said she had a “severe reaction to something,” was taking heavy cortisone medicine and did not realize she was pregnant.
“I told my doctor I think I’m pregnant and ... he said well then if you’re pregnant, you have to abort that baby ... and I was very upset ... I didn’t want to have an abortion, but they gave me 15 days because it was early and the night before I was due to go in, I miscarried it. So God was very kind,” she said.
Cybill Shephard, is that you? Gosh, she said the same thing about Dick Cheney's mother.
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